"Sorry for the delay, you can fly over." Last month, several news about the recruitment of "satellites" and "rockets" and the start of the "Taizhou Geely Satellite Project" have already unveiled the mystery of Geely’s "satellite launch plan".
On April 24, China Aerospace Day, Geely Holding Group further announced the details of the plan for "the first two low-orbit satellites in 2020": the star-rocket combination test will be carried out in June, and the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center will be launched into orbit within the year.
Chosen on China Space Day, I believe Geely has a deep meaning.
This time, Geely’s goal is the sea of stars. Cars and satellites are worlds apart. The reason behind Geely’s satellite is still inseparable from cars. But this time, it is about the big changes that will happen in the field of travel in the future.
This scene is familiar. Space X, a space exploration technology company headed by Tesla’s head Musk, released the "Starlink system" in January 2015 and plans to launch 12,000 satellites by 2027.
So, why build cars and satellites with one hand? Does Geely really want to become China’s Tesla and SpaceX?
Low-Earth Satellites: New Infrastructure You Didn’t Expect
It is not surprising that satellites have become new infrastructure. And not only in the field of travel, but in the past two years or so, an important concept has triggered and to some extent driven the thinking and consensus of more and more commercial aerospace practitioners, that is, commercial aerospace must start from the mass market. Combining with other mature consumer industries is one of the correct ways to open "Aerospace +".
Geely’s "Space Trader"
Qichacha shows that the legal representative of Zhejiang Time and Space Dao Yu Technology Co., Ltd. is Wang Yang.
Who is Wang Yang? In May 2019, Wang Yang attended the "2019 Geely Automobile Technology Day and the Second Longwan Forum" held in Hangzhou Bay. As early as 5 years ago, Wang Yang and some people chatted about how satellites and cars + mobile phones can be combined and applied. He believes that satellites can be mass-produced and high-quality like cars and mobile phones.
Born in aerospace systems, Wang Yang served as the CEO of Shanghai Ouke Microspace Technology Co., Ltd., a commercial aerospace company. Before founding Ouke Microspace, he also worked at Huawei and the Institute of Microsatellite Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Giant Entry Satellite Internet
After the launch of these two low-orbit satellites, Geely will fully enter the commercial verification stage of the "integrated high-precision positioning system of heaven and earth". All core technologies of the space, ground and application segments of this commercial system will be fully autonomous and controllable by Geely.
On this basis, Geely will also launch the first domestic aerospace AI data cloud, OmniCloud, through which aerospace AI data can be integrated with industrial Internet and other industries, with satellite technology (communication, navigation, remote sensing) as the core, satellite information services as the content, and online services such as satellite cloud products and customized industry solutions.
On April 20, the National Development and Reform Commission included "satellite Internet" in the category of "new infrastructure" for the first time, and the prelude to the "Star Age" of big communication began in China.
There is no doubt that Geely has moved towards "satellite Internet". It has shed its traditional car manufacturing role and fully entered the commercial satellite field, further transforming into an innovative technology company.
Li Shufu once said that while rooted in one earth, we should also look at the vast universe, where there are countless planets. With a bolder and more scientific attitude, we should constantly explore and accelerate the development of the space world and the future of the universe. While protecting and developing the earth’s economy, we can completely open up a wider universe.
Perhaps a Chinese "Tesla" is on the rise.
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The original title: "Geely crosses the border to build satellites, this time, their goal is the sea of stars"
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