In outer space, less than two thousand kilometers from the earth, a secret war between China and the United States without smoke of gunfire is in full swing. Will Musk's 42,000 satellites be like a big net surrounding the earth? Do you think we're going to lose? This is not the case.
It's not who is the "one brother" thing
On April 5, Amazon's two-year-old Coigber Project finally began to take action. This time, Bezos will launch 3236 satellites into space. Clear-eyed people can see that Bezos is going to kill Musk and seize the position of "space brother". But for us, this is not a question of "who will be a brother" at all, after all, people are "brothers", and no matter how fierce they are on the surface, it is a family affair behind closed doors. But if the satellite orbit is occupied by others, there will really be nothing for China.
"143:22" We lost?
Near the ground can only accommodate about 60,000 satellites, now the United States has contracted 70%, plus Samsung to launch 4600, the United Kingdom to launch 600, Europe, India to mix a foot, so how much orbit left for China? What is even more cruel is that Musk's Falcon 9 broke India's record of "one arrow and 107 stars" and achieved "one arrow and 143 stars", while our domestic launch record was only 22.
Has been "bleeding", Musk took what to launch rockets
Very passive right, don't panic, I want to tell you that Musk's star chain plan is just a "paper tiger". The 42,000 satellites are a "big pie" that Musk painted for Lao Mei. Has anyone ever thought that StarChain really made money for Musk? Musk has to launch nearly 50 satellites into space almost every week, and the cost of launching alone will reach $25 million, and the current network business of StarLink obviously cannot make so much money. So why can Musk still desperately send rockets into space, and where does this money come from? The answer is the Beauty Official and the Gold Lord Daddy.
Space X came back to life, and NASA reached out to help
Don't look at Musk is now mixed up, in fact, in 2008, Musk almost went bankrupt. At that time, Falcon 1 experienced three failed launches, burning musk's $100 million, if this continues, not only Space X will shut down, but even Tesla is stillborn. It can be said that Musk put all his hopes on the fourth launch, and thankfully, this fourth launch, Musk finally succeeded. Musk got a $1.6 billion contract from NASA to help TRANSPORT astronauts and supplies to NASA.
The "Starlink Project" has increased Space X's market capitalization by 16 times
But for a company like Space X that needs continuous research and development, $1.6 billion is not enough to plug the gaps, and it is not long before the money is burned out, and Musk is living a life of pulling investment everywhere. However, in 2015, this situation suddenly changed dramatically. This year, space X's market valuation soared directly from $600 million to $10 billion, a full 16-fold increase. The reason is that this year, Musk proposed the Starlink plan.
Musk bragged, and Lao Mei paid for it
12,000 satellites were launched in five years, and no one dared to blow this cowhide at the time, but Musk even felt that the cowhide was not blown big enough, and soon after he continued to increase the number, threatening to launch 42,000 near-Earth satellites by 2024. At this time, not only the passion of the capitalists was ignited, but even the Us officials were also interested. What is the concept of 42,000 satellites? If Musk can really complete his plan, then the United States can dominate the low-Earth orbit, which is too tempting for the United States. In 2018, the United States officially invested more than $1.2 billion in the Starlink program, and NASA even sent its own technical backbone to support Musk.
It is not difficult to see that the United States officials have given high hopes to Musk, but in fact, Musk's cowhide is about to "blow up". On the one hand, Musk simply cannot launch 42,000 satellites before 2024. At present, the Starlink program has only 1625 satellites in orbit, and according to the data released by Space X, they can build up to 45 satellites per week. In the remaining two years, Space X can only launch less than 4,700 satellites, and all of them can successfully launch less than 42,000. Musk's cowhide has blown too big, and it's hard to justify it now.
On the other hand, in order to increase speed and reduce costs, Musk began to release water on quality. Some data show that the failure rate of Starlink satellites has reached 3%, which means that even if all 42,000 satellites are launched, 1260 satellites will become space junk. To make matters worse, during a satellite launch in February this year, Space directly overturned, and 40 of the 49 satellites were directly scrapped. This means that the situation may be even worse. Looking at our domestic achievements, a total of 55 satellite launches were carried out last year, and the success rate reached 100%.
The cowhide blew up, and Space X was in trouble
The US official is obviously not a fool, and it is certainly impossible to accept Musk's foolishness. In recent years, the United States has begun to cut financial subsidies for Space X, and Space X has also been exposed to the news that it will lay off 10% of employees. After Thanksgiving last year, Musk, who has always been positive and optimistic, sent an email to all employees saying that if the development of the Raptor engine has been stagnant for a long time, then Space X may face bankruptcy. In this way, Space X is already difficult to protect itself, so can the Starlink plan start and end well?
Musk should earn no less money
But for our world's richest man, this does not affect his full profits. On November 8, November 9, and November 10 last year, Musk sold 4.52 million shares under his name for three consecutive days, accumulating more than $15 billion in cash. What is even more intriguing is that he also sold all the properties under his name and changed to renting a house, a series of riotous operations that had to make it doubt that Musk was playing a big game. Today's Musk draws a big pie for Lao Mei while making a "run away at any time" posture. If Musk really doesn't do it, then who should clean up this mess?
China has accumulated a lot of money
In contrast, in our country, a number of "Chinese versions of StarLink" are advancing in an orderly manner. There are official projects led by the "national team" such as the Hongyan Project, the Hongyun Project, and the Heaven-Earth Integration Information Network, and there are constellation plans led by private enterprises such as Galaxy Galaxy. Not long ago, the mainland successfully launched the "Long March 6 reform", this rocket uses advanced "liquid power chip + solid power booster" technology (solid-liquid hybrid), with this technology, so that the "Long March 6 reform" carrying capacity far exceeds the Falcon 9.
Those who run in front of them may not reach the finish line first
The Chinese nation has always had the saying that "thick accumulation and thin hair" have not been hyped up, and this does not mean that progress has not been made. In the face of the starlink plan, which is still unpredictable, I believe that Chinese scientists can give their own countermeasures. As the ancient Greek saying goes, "Under the sun, those who run in front of you may not reach the end first." (Huo Hao)
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We lost? In fact, it is not, Musk's cowhide is broken, and Space X itself is difficult to protect