Chao News client reporter Zhu Cheng.
At 7:37 on February 3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The second orbital plane of Geely's future constellation was successfully launched with 11 satellites in one stone, and the satellites successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and all satellites were in normal condition, setting a new record for the number of satellites launched at a single launch site.
Geely Future Planetary Constellation Second Orbital Plane Launch Site Source: Space-Time Daoyu.
One step closer to completing the deployment goal of the entire constellation! The relevant person in charge of Spacetime Daoyu told reporters that Spacetime Daoyu plans to complete the deployment of 72 satellites in the first phase of the constellation within two years to achieve global real-time data communication services. The second phase will be expanded to 168 satellites to achieve global centimeter-level high-precision positioning services, providing highly reliable and low-cost application services for human future travel, such as autonomous driving, intelligent networking, and consumer electronics. Previously, at 12:00 on June 2, 2022, the first orbit of Geely's future travel constellation was successfully launched at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Traveling the stars and asking the sky is the common dream of mankind. According to industry data, there are about 100,000 satellites that can fit in low-orbit space worldwide. More and more countries are launching low-orbit constellation plans. According to Space** news, the American company SpaceX sent two batches of Starlink satellites from January 28 to 29 Eastern Time. Up to now, the number of Starlink launches has exceeded 5,600.
The construction of China's commercial low-orbit satellite constellation is still in its infancy. According to an industry insider's analysis, the formation of domestic low-orbit satellite constellations faces three challenges: first, the mass production of satellites; second, high-reliability and low-cost carrying capacity, that is, sending satellites into space to meet the needs of constellation construction; Third, the most important thing is the implementation of the business model, otherwise the huge investment in space infrastructure will not be sustainable for a long time.
We have made a targeted layout. The relevant person in charge of Spacetime Daoyu revealed that Spacetime Daoyu deeply integrates aerospace manufacturing and automobile manufacturing capabilities, realizes satellite mass production through its own satellite super factory, and can achieve an annual output of 500 satellites, reducing satellite production costs by about 45%, and helping the rapid networking construction of global constellations. Through independent technological innovation and cooperation with highly reliable carriers, the satellite orbit surface-level deployment is realized, the rapid construction and deployment of the constellation is realized in the form of one launch and one orbit, and the stability and reliability of the constellation service are ensured through the constellation-level tracking and control. Through large-scale commercial landing, the constellation service business model is effectively constructed.
Founded in 2018, after five years of development, Daoyu has grown into an enterprise in the world that has the ability to independently build and operate commercial satellite constellations after Iridium, Globalstar, Orbcomm, OneWeb, and SpaceX, and is also the only commercial aerospace enterprise in China that has realized the entire orbit deployment of the constellation. In addition, unlike the Starlink plan, which focuses on broadband satellite communications, Geely's future travel constellation is positioned as the world's first constellation that integrates commercial communication, navigation and remote sensing.
It is understood that in 2023, Spacetime Daoyu will become the first commercial company in the world to realize the mass production and application of satellite communication vehicle specifications, and realize the communication function of direct connection to satellites on models such as ZEEKR 001 FR, ZEEKR 007 and Geely Galaxy E8, which can provide satellite communication services for car owners.
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