Chapter 785 The role of satellites
Also in July, the news that Xingfu Investment received a Hong Kong and Macau banknote is too sensational. Its glory obviously surpassed another Zhongxing announcement. Another Zhongxing enterprise, Star Dynamic Network, which has become famous abroad in recent years, announced in the United States that after unremitting efforts, the satellite network company affiliated with the company now has exceeded 20 satellites. Especially after acquiring the maritime launch company last year, Star Dynamic Network has basically mastered the full process capability from satellite design to rocket launch. Over the past year, the company has launched more than ten satellites in succession, which can be regarded as "rocket speed" around the world, which has made Star Dynamic Network step into the ranks of international aerospace companies.
The most popular among StarDragon network satellites is undoubtedly the new generation of Iridium used for satellite communication. After StarDragon Network acquired Iridium, it not only successfully brought it back to life, but also made great progress in the field of satellite mobile phones. The disadvantages of the older generation of Iridium phones can only talk voice calls and cannot transmit big data are becoming more and more obvious.
The new generation of Iridium has greatly enhanced its data transmission function and can transmit multimedia information at speeds up to 1m. Satellite video calls will no longer be expensive, and only a few people can enjoy it. Even the largest competitor, the International Maritime Satellite Organization, has sent a request, hoping to temporarily borrow the bandwidth of the new Iridium during the rescue. The US military hopes to use the new Iridium to build a cheap and secure battlefield mobile phone system on the battlefield.
In addition, Star Movement Network proposed to update the satellite pictures of the "Star Movement Earth" in a timely manner on the grounds that it promoted the company's geographical location services (LBS) launched. In combination with accurate electronic maps, two observation satellites were launched in April, one was taken optically and the other was detected by radar. The shooting accuracy reached 5 meters, which was higher than the accuracy of spy satellites in many countries.
Only a few people around Yang Xing knew that these two satellites were still in the world. After the new Iridium began to form a network in space, while Yang Xing was assassinated, the ground control station automatically uploaded a program. The new Iridium immediately began to monitor signals in the communication network, looking for clues related to Yang Xing's attack. The performance was close to that of the US "echelon". The only difference is that the "echelon" needs to monitor and analyze the signals around the world, while the new Iridium only needs to find a few signals related to Yang Xing. As for the specific analysis, it still depends on the "Xiang Liu" network computing. As long as you listen to keywords related to Yang Xing, you can continue to track down the characteristics of the numbers. "Xiang Liu" has huge network star computing power, which is also the confidence that Yang Xing is confident that he can find all the mastermind behind the assassination.
This time, Yang Xing reflected on the incident and found that although his intelligence network had strong ability to collect intelligence networks, he still lacked in specific matters. In order to make up for the loss, as soon as he was attacked, the intelligence department immediately activated the satellite listening that had been cautious in the past. In the past, he was afraid of being found in trouble, but now the big boss has been assassinated, which is a complete tear-off with his opponent. There is no need to cover it up anymore. Including the new Iridium, satellite relay communications, satellite TV, surveillance satellites, etc. under the name of Star Move Network have other functions except for surface uses.
Many of the photos Yang Xing used to threaten the enemy were photographed by surveillance satellites in conjunction with unmanned aircraft. Optical observation satellites can take pictures of daytime images with high resolution, while radar observation satellites can penetrate the night and smoke to achieve the needs of surveillance at any time. The combination of the two can continuously update every move on the earth's surface, and is known as the "Sky Eye" and is a capability that various aerospace powers have been pursuing. Even Japan has only recently launched two similar satellites. It can be seen that the effect is great.
In the Cold War, only the two major countries of the United States and the Soviet Union had this kind of reconnaissance satellite, and other countries could only be envious with their eyes open. With the end of the Cold War, a large number of Soviet aerospace talents were outflowed, and Israel, India and others absorbed Soviet talents to develop their own reconnaissance satellites. The United States also relaxed its willingness to use surveillance satellites, and a large number of commercial satellite companies rose. In the past, satellite pictures, which were the highest military secrets, were also declassified, allowing the public to view them freely.
The "Constellation Earth" project launched by Xingdong Network relies on satellite images. It has been widely praised since its launch. It used military decryption and commercial satellite images, which were very time-consuming and fuzzy in some sensitive areas according to the requirements of various governments. Xingdong Network is naturally unwilling to be always bound.
This time, the Star Dynamic Network launched a monitoring satellite in the name of improving the accuracy of the "Constellation Earth" satellite image and independently releasing the latest images, claiming that after combining GPS and other functions, mobile users such as mobile phones can obtain more updated LBS services. Because they use civilian technology, and the current wave of smartphones such as the phone has launched, there is a huge demand for LBS services, even the US government, which has always been suspicious, has been concealed, and only requires the handling of sensitive targets such as military use, so the two monitoring satellites came to the sky. The domestic intelligence department who knows the inside story sighs that Yang Xing is so lucky.
What’s more interesting is that Xingdong Network recently launched a service called “Stardong Street View”, which is to use a dedicated street view vehicle to take pictures, and then integrate the 360-degree real-life photos taken into the “constellation map” for users to use. The houses marked with satellite images in the eyes of users can quickly look at the surrounding unfamiliar environment as if they were in a real environment.
With the intensification of globalization and the influx of people, people's desire to become familiar with a strange area as soon as possible provides broad prospects for this new technology. Xingdong's ultimate goal is to provide street landscapes around the world. Combined with the various lbs-based application services it launched, even simple paid users can bring a considerable amount of revenue. Once launched, it has been popular, and the clicks and views have increased steadily.
If you think about this technology in depth, you will naturally find that as long as the street view vehicles pass by, they will be photographed by omnipresent cameras. In addition to the architectural scenery, there are more secrets to record. Although Star Network promises to blur the photos and sensitive places taken in real time, because the accuracy is too high, combined with the constellation map, it still gives people the feeling of being monitored at all times.
Therefore, since the launch of this service, it has caused considerable objections. There are high calls for Xingdong to ensure that this service does not infringe on private ***. However, most of the protests are developed Western countries, and many developing countries do not even have laws on the law. They can still take photos as they want.
Yang Xing's intelligence agency used this method to monitor Frank and others' hiding places. What was given to Richards Mellon was the extremely clear latest real-time coordinates and street scene photos. Therefore, Lite suggested taking Frank back to China. With his keen military feeling, he knew that hiding his head and tail was hidden and hiding his name was no longer possible. Unless he was hiding in the deep mountains and forests as a savage, he would be unable to fly as long as he was discovered under the surveillance of satellites, drones and street scene vehicles.
Iridium and monitoring satellites also come down to Yang Xing's use of high technology to build a solid shield for himself, and the relay communication satellite and television broadcast satellite of the star-moving network are the sword hilts that Yang Xing is preparing to wield the sword of Revenge. The relay communication satellite is called "satellite satellites". It is actually a geostationary communication satellite used to forward the earth station's tracking, measuring and controlling signals of medium and low-orbit spacecraft and the relay spacecraft's information sent back to the ground. In layman's terms, it is a forwarding station for all satellite communications, which is equivalent to a space commander who controls all satellite signals.
The high-frequency band radio waves used in satellite communications are affected by linear propagation characteristics and Earth's curvature, and are tracked by ground measurement and control stations. The orbit and communication time of low-orbit spacecraft are greatly limited. The role of relay satellites is equivalent to raising the ground measurement and control stations into space, and most spacecraft operating in near-Earth space can be observed at a high altitude. The networking of two satellites and one earth station can replace many measurement and control stations distributed around the world to achieve orbit coverage of the orbit of the medium and low-orbit spacecraft. After the Americans successfully developed it in the 1970s, they maintained it as the highest military secret for many years.
Until now, only the United States, Russia, Europe, and Japan can launch such satellites in the world, and China is stepping up its development and has not had time to launch it on the spot. Due to the particularity and importance of relay satellites, the cost is very expensive. The satellite network spent 3 billion US dollars to launch two relay satellites in June. Now, the "Xiangliu" company, a subsidiary of Zhongxing, can communicate through satellite networking, which is far ahead of its opponents in terms of security and convenience.
As for the TV signal satellites jointly launched by Star Dynamic Network and Starlight Entertainment not long ago, in addition to normal TV signal forwarding, they are also equipped with signal collectors, which can secretly collect various radio signals like vacuum cleaners. TV satellites have also made Starlight Entertainment realize the dream of broadcasting programs around the world. Western countries have the right to speak in international public opinion and often use their advantages to suppress media in other countries. However, Al Jazeera and Russian RT TV have risen one after another, no longer using Western perspectives to broadcast news and began to challenge Western counterparts. The Yahuang Channel, a subsidiary of Starlight Entertainment, is undoubtedly one of the dazzling players among these rookies.
In recent years, Yahuang Channel not only defeated its old rival Hong Kong TVB in the ratings war, but also expanded its influence to Asia with the help of the Asian financial crisis. Its unique views and novel programs that are popular among the audience quickly made it the most popular TV station in Asia.
In the 911 terrorist attack, as the only foreign TV station that first arrived here and broadcast the scene of the entire plane hitting the building live, Yahuang Channel's influence also broke out of Asia and went to the world. In conjunction with emerging online media, Yahuang Channel has successfully attracted 500 million viewers around the world and implemented Yang Xing's policy of promoting China's "soft power". To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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