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The console on the ground communicates with the space shuttle.

Simulate the environment of the space shuttle and its flight attitude.

On the light curtain of the space base ship, play the space shuttle animation made by Xinglan.

People can clearly see the image of the space shuttle flying in space and the subtle movements of deploying satellites.

The shuttle opens a hatch on its belly, and three robotic arms extend from it.

Each robotic arm grabs a quantum communication satellite.

After the space shuttle adjusted its attitude, the mechanical arm released the quantum satellite.

It directly retracts the robotic arm. Turn the nose and start switching tracks. fly elsewhere.

Seeing this picture, netizens in the virtual space started discussing it.

Little Taurus: This operation really surprised me. I thought the space shuttle had to switch orbits repeatedly.

Deploy quantum communication satellites to different geosynchronous orbits.

Unexpectedly, the space shuttle dropped the satellite directly.

Demacia: The space shuttle is gone, what about these satellites, this is in a geosynchronous orbit of 36,000 kilometers.

The revolution period of the satellite around the earth is the same as the autobiographical period of the earth. For us, they are always in one position.

Xu Mingda (professor of Huaxia University of Aeronautics and Astronautics): I estimate that Xingyu Technology put the satellite into geosynchronous orbit.

One of the satellites remains unchanged, and the other two satellites need to rely on their own power to fly to its designated location.

This is a very efficient solution. If the space shuttle is used to release at different positions in the orbit, it needs to change orbit many times.

The time and fuel consumed are huge.

While they were talking, the animation changed and four images appeared.

Three small and one big, the big one is that the space shuttle is constantly changing its orbit, entering the designated location, and deploying the remaining two satellites.

Three small screens showing the actions of three quantum communication satellites.

The two satellites were ignited and started to fly to both sides.

In the universe, as long as they are given a forward momentum, they will naturally be under the action of gravity.

It takes less than a day to start moving around the earth and reach the designated position.

Even the seemingly stationary satellite is actually revolving around the earth at high speed, but it takes the same time as the earth's rotation.

Using the earth as a frame of reference, it is stationary.

Just like people on the earth, they use the earth as their reference system. Man is motionless.

In fact, people are orbiting the sun at high speed along with the earth.

The quantum communication satellite that was parked in place turned on the solar panels and officially provided quantum network signals to the earth.

Li Lingqiu walked to Zhang Zhi's side, and she said happily: Brother Zhang, there's news from Sister Qu. The quantum satellite in the sky has officially started operation.

The quantum signal it sends out has been received by our company.

As long as the quantum satellite network is successfully established. After debugging, we can log in to the virtual world anywhere in the world.

After Bai Qing heard it, he looked at Zhang Zhi. Suspiciously asked: Mr. Zhang, usually as long as there are three synchronous orbit satellites, quantum communication can cover almost the whole world.

I see that you are going to build a quantum satellite network, and you are using five quantum communication satellites. What kind of orbit are these two deployed on?

Zhang Zhi looked at Bai Qing, thought about the specific situation of the quantum satellite network, and said with a smile: Director Bai, we are going to deploy it in polar orbit. Enhance the communication carrying capacity of the satellite network.

Bai Qing said in surprise: Mr. Zhang, you are really generous. In addition to military reconnaissance satellites, land and resources exploration satellites, weather satellites, and navigation satellites in polar orbits.

Few other satellites use polar orbits, you already cover most of the ground with geosynchronous orbits.

It's not worth it for you to do so. The operating conditions of satellites in polar orbits are much harsher than those in geosynchronous orbits.

Li Lingqiu blinked, and asked suspiciously: What are polar orbit satellites used for? Is this better than synchronous orbit satellites?

Zhang Zhi simply explained: A polar orbit is an artificial earth satellite orbit with an inclination of 90°.

Satellites operating in polar orbits can pass over any latitude and the north and south poles in each circle.

Zhang Zhi went on to say: Let two quantum communication satellites operate in polar orbits, and they can reach any place in the world through polar orbits.

This is an effective supplement to quantum communication networks if there are significant communication needs that geosynchronous orbit satellites cannot meet, or if they experience unexpected circumstances.

After listening to Zhang Zhi's words, Li Lingqiu said with a smile: I understand, it can reach the sky above any place in the world.

By virtue of this, we should set up polar orbiting satellites. It's so flexible.

Bai Qing gave a thumbs up, and said with emotion: I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to specially arrange two polar-orbit satellites for the quantum communication network.

It would be an accident if quantum communication networks did not take the world by storm.

When they were talking, the space shuttle had already flown to the designated position and adjusted its flight attitude.

Use the mechanical arm to release the two quantum communication satellites one after the other.

Now the space shuttle is parallel to the Earth's equator, as seen from its perspective.

Two quantum communication satellites, one up and one down. Fly to the North and South Poles respectively.

After the space shuttle retracted its robotic arm, it adjusted its attitude and returned to the earth.

Now it has completed all the tasks that occurred this time, and it only needs to wait for the safe return, and this launch will be perfectly completed.

Zhang Zhi saw that there was still a while before the space shuttle came back, so he brought Li Lingqiu and Bai Qing to the restaurant.

Sipping tea and eating snacks. Wait for the shuttle to return to the space base ship.

He is not worried about the space shuttle at all, but now all the instruments of the space shuttle are out of order.

It hits the earth like an asteroid, and the space shuttle will not be damaged too much.

Zhang Zhi saw that Poplov was looking for him with the documents. He took the documents and said gently, Mr. Poplov, sit down and drink some tea first.

Poplov sat down, rolled his tongue, and said happily in Mandarin with a Russian accent: Mr. Zhang, Xingyu Quantum Communications has sent us a message.

The five quantum communication satellites we sent have all been activated, and the control has been transferred to the Quantum Communication Company.

Li Lingqiu feels that there are more and more situations that make him feel lack of knowledge today than before.

She asked Poplov: Mr. Poplov, I only entered one satellite into the designated place.

Poplov glanced at it, and he said in broken Chinese: There are three satellites in polar orbits, and they are operating at any time.

The remaining two quantum communication satellites carry enough electrical energy to start their basic functions.

Now they have respectively started the quantum communication service and are debugging while flying.

Zhang Zhi nodded, just about to ask for details.

In the restaurant, someone shouted in amazement: Look, there is something blocking the way in front of the space shuttle, can it reach the earth safely?

Thanks to He Yongzhang for the reward.