source: Guangzhou daily Author: He Ruiqi Zhuang Xiaolong
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his enterprise is the only private space enterprise in Guangzhou
the fastest year at the end of this year, and a satellite named "Guangzhou Development Zone No. 1" will be launched. The microsatellite is made by a team of about 10 people in the Whampoa銆� district and the Guangzhou development zone. The person in charge is Rox, a senior graduate born in 1992. Last year, the team carried out the development of a communications satellite by itself through the long march eleven solid rocket launch vehicle.
how does a "sophisticated" satellite relate to young Guangzhou tourists? As the only private aerospace enterprise in Guangzhou, what kind of future is pregnant with the research of microsatellites?
2016 at 7:42 on November 10th, the long march eleven solid rocket launched with several satellites manufactured by private enterprises for the first time. Among them, the first communication test satellite, KS-1Q, which is independently developed by Guangdong Science & Technology Co., Ltd., which is located in the Whampoa district and Guangzhou Development Zone, has also been successfully sent to the scheduled orbit.
"the first hit satellite successfully launched!" "It's not a dream for college students to launch a satellite!" At that time, domestic media reported in succession, to the CEO Aerospace Science and technology Luo Shu numerous applause. Now, KS-1Q has completed its pilot projects, such as verifying the space - borne power, shooting space video, testing virtual reality (VR) live experience, and so on. It is now in a dormant state, waiting for a chance to start again.
the experience of the last successful launch proved that we are not an idiot. The technical difficulties have been broken through, and the next step is to find the commercial value of small satellites. Luo Shu said.
looking for the commercial value of small satellites, the breakthrough they found is intelligent agriculture. Luo is supported by the same investor, Mr. Huang, whose start-up company is engaged in agricultural digitalization. At the end of 2014, Luo told his Mr. Huang's idea of the application of his micro satellite and got millions of venture capital. This time, Mr. Huang hopes to solve the problem of intelligent irrigation under the ground through a satellite in the sky.
all along, how to irrigate crops depends on traditional experience handed down from generation to generation. If some water meter like probe can be made, a lot of direct inserting into the soil and perceiving the change of soil moisture content can provide reference for the frequency and intensity of farmers' irrigation. Now, these moisture meters have been studied, and launching a satellite to collect real-time data through sensors becomes the key to the project.
satellite engineering is a complex system engineering, involving power generation and distribution, thermal radiation, electronic communications, optical tracking, fuel chemistry and many other fields. The most difficult part is the radiation resistance design. Fortunately, the data sent by KS-1Q on orbit can make them more capable of fighting against the space radiation environment.
it is revealed that the tiny satellite weighs about 5 kilograms and weighs a lot more than KS-1Q only 1.4 kilograms. "This time, technology is not a big problem," he repeatedly stressed. In the course of the study, the Whampoa and Guangzhou development zones provided support funds for the Whampoa development space. The satellite was named "Guangzhou Development Zone No.", which will soon be flying into space by the end of this year or early next year.