Chapter 646 Finalize the cooperation plan

After 10 days of consideration, the development plan for the rocket industry finally achieved substantial results. Ye Zishu held another symposium on January 11.

The person who came this time was of a higher level. After a whole morning's discussion, the other party did not choose a single plan, but combined the two plans.

They hope to obtain the technical authorization of Baihu Technology Company, and promise to purchase the entire production line, as long as the production line is delivered, they can pay the fee immediately.

However, they do not plan to involve some parts, and plan to entrust Baihu Technology Company to help produce them, mainly including materials and engines, which are the most important parts of the rocket.

In addition, they also hope to obtain the supply of new propellants from Baihu Technology Company, which was not originally within the scope of this cooperation.

Because the previous propellants are used for rocket propulsion, it is also possible, and more advanced propellants are not needed to help, unless you want to launch a large-tonnage spacecraft.

You must know that the price of the new propellant is more expensive than the previous propellant. For cost considerations, it is actually better to use the previous propellant, unless it is a special case.

However, Ye Zishu did not refuse. Anyway, these propellants are still to be produced. One more customer means more income, and it can also make full use of the production line's capacity.

Then we talked about the secondary development of authorized technologies, which is the main reason for them to purchase authorizations. If they are not allowed to improve and develop these technologies, the meaning of authorization will be lost.

Ye Zishu also agreed to this, but if the secondary development is based on the existing technology, the previous authorization fee will still be paid, and the other party also agrees.

After discussing these interests, they then discussed the progress of the plan. Ye Zishu naturally hoped that the sooner the better, so as not to delay the construction of the satellite system of Baihu Technology Company.

But the other party also has its own difficulties, so after some discussions, a more realistic plan was formulated. According to this plan, if you want to use a new type of rocket to launch, you will have to wait until May next year.

This is a lot later than Ye Zishu's imagined plan, but the other party promised to build two or three more launch towers to speed up the launch frequency and reduce the entire launch cycle.

The last thing is to discuss the launch fee. Since it is launching the satellite for itself, Ye Zishu promises that Baihu Technology will not charge authorization fees, so as to reduce the launch cost.

After some discussions, a low-orbit launch costs 200 million yuan. If it is a medium-orbit launch, the cost is set at 300 million yuan. As for the geostationary orbit launch, the cost is 400 million yuan.

These are all launched with one arrow and multiple satellites. The higher the orbit, the fewer satellites can be carried, and the more difficult it is to recover, the higher the cost.

Like low-orbit satellites, it is common for rockets to carry more than a dozen or twenty satellites. On the whole, the launch cost of each satellite is still acceptable.

Moreover, low-orbit launches can achieve full recovery of rockets. Not only these first- and second-level rockets, but also fairings can be fully recovered and reused.

Like geostationary orbit, it is difficult to achieve multiple satellites with one rocket. The rocket has fewer recoverable parts, and it is a matter of course that the charges are higher. The launch cost of a single satellite is relatively high.

Moreover, different orbits use different types of rockets. The higher the orbit, the larger the rocket required and the higher the cost.

Fortunately, the rocket that Ye Zishu came up with this time can achieve multiple satellites in a geostationary orbit, but it can reduce the cost of launching some single satellites.

Moreover, the number of satellites in geostationary orbit will not be very large. There are only 12 satellites in the three major satellite systems, and the other satellites are mainly in low and medium orbits.

Because these satellites of Baihu Technology Company are more powerful and have a longer service life, the weight of each satellite is not low, and the launch cost of a single satellite is still relatively high.

But he didn't bargain. The cost is actually quite satisfactory, mainly because his satellites are relatively heavy, and they are all large satellites.

If it is a small and medium-sized satellite, or even a micro-satellite, the launch cost is very low, and it is no problem to launch hundreds of satellites with one arrow.

Fortunately, the service life of these satellites is very long, exceeding the service life of 50 years, which is several times higher than the service life of satellites which are generally only about 15 years.

Conversely, if you use those small micro-satellites, you need to increase the number of launches. For example, Musk’s Starlink project in the previous life has a number of more than 40,000.

And they launched so many satellites, the ability to achieve is not stronger than the communication satellite system he built, no matter the number of accesses or the quality and speed of communication, it does not have an advantage.

White Tiger Technology only needs 1,024 satellites, which can exceed what they can do with more than 40,000 satellites. Overall, the launch cost is still acceptable.

People have to make money. After all, they have spent such a high price, and they have to earn back the cost in the subsequent launch process. Too low a price is not conducive to long-term cooperation between the two parties.

Most importantly, they can set a global benchmark for satellite launches, which is conducive to receiving more international business and earning more revenue at the same time.

Now the cost of launching a satellite is very high, basically hundreds of millions of dollars. If the domestic launch cost is the same, the international competitiveness will be very strong.

This does not include insurance costs. If insurance costs are added, it will be even more expensive. This is why satellite launches are symbols of great powers in this era.

Of course, the cost of a satellite in this era is also very expensive. Anyway, activities related to space are full of money.

So from this point of view, the quotation given by the domestic aerospace launch department to Baihu Technology is actually very conscientious, but it only adds a little to the total cost, which is not too much.

According to the overall launch plan, if a total of 101 satellites of the two satellite systems are to be launched this year, it will basically take two days to launch once, and the launch frequency is very high, at least in the current space field.

This requires the entire launch system to operate efficiently, and at the same time prepare more spare rockets. Even if it is a recoverable rocket, the detection after recovery is quite time-consuming.

To improve the launch efficiency and success rate, the rocket itself is not enough, so the software and hardware products related to rocket launch provided by Baihu Technology Company have also been purchased by them.

These products mainly include various advanced sensors and software systems. Advanced sensors can reduce the preparation time for rocket launch, realize rocket self-test, and reduce the time required for inspection.

Under normal circumstances, after the rocket is pulled to the launch tower, it will take a few days or even longer to check to avoid failures leading to launch failures.

However, with various advanced detection and sensing technologies, as well as the application of other auxiliary inspection technologies, the overall status of the rocket and the status of each component can be well known.

Of course, doing so also leads to higher manufacturing costs of the entire rocket. After all, these sensors are expensive, especially for sensors used in aerospace, and the cost is even higher.

After the symposium, I came back and went directly to Baihu Technology Company, and discussed the results of this symposium with the management, and they needed to communicate with them about the next thing.

Then I asked about the construction of the factory buildings of Baihu Technology Company. The factory buildings built this time are not one or two, but four huge industrial groups.

In order to ensure the safety of the military industrial complex, it is impossible to build all the industries here, but to build them in Chengdu, Xi'an, Shenyang and Nanchang.

The industrial clusters built in each city are also different, and they produce different equipment. These places themselves have a certain foundation, and their scientific research strength is relatively strong. Doing so is conducive to making use of these foundations.

The construction of these industrial chains needs to cost hundreds of billions of yuan. In addition to the construction of the satellite system, the financial pressure faced by Baihu Technology is actually very high.

However, once these industrial clusters are established, the situation will be completely different. The advanced assembly line production mode has very high production efficiency.

You can't see anything at ordinary times, but once you need it urgently, you can achieve a substantial increase in production capacity, so the money is well spent.

Then we discussed about the Spring Festival holiday. Since there are so many research tasks here, even if more than 60,000 researchers are involved, they need to work overtime if they want to produce results as soon as possible.

Therefore, the Spring Festival holiday here is in accordance with national standards, only for three days. Ye Zishu has no opinion on this, and special circumstances must be treated specially.

For civilian enterprises under his umbrella, the holiday time is generally more than 10 days, and the longest reaches 15 days. For example, the electronic product manufacturer of Xuanwu Technology Company has a holiday of 15 days.

The reason is also very simple, it is to allow these employees to spend more time with their families, because these employees generally only provide one room as a dormitory.

It is not a big problem to live alone, but it is a bit difficult to take over the family to live together, so these employees are separated from their families all year round.

As for other high-level intellectual employees, they can generally be allocated a suite. Many of them have already brought their family members over to live with them. Usually, there is no separation of family ties, and it doesn't matter if there are fewer holidays.

The same is true for Baihu Technology Company. Their employees can basically be allocated a house to live in. Since they are not sure how long they need to stay here, quite a few of them directly take their family members over.

However, this situation is not too many, because their partners generally have jobs, and it is impossible to change jobs specifically for them.

However, Baihu Technology provided them with reunion expenses. If their children, partners and parents come over during the Chinese New Year, all transportation expenses will be reimbursed, as well as air travel.

In addition, there will also be an annual fee, which can be enjoyed regardless of whether they are seconded or company employees, but this fee is not very high, only 5,000 yuan.

The main reason is that Baihu Technology Company currently has no revenue and does not dare to spend money lavishly. It can only provide some benefits under its current capabilities, which is considered very good.

This can also be regarded as a kind of compensation. Although three days is in line with laws and regulations, Baihu Technology Company cannot completely ignore it and must express it.

After communicating with the management, Ye Zishu went to the R\u0026D center and went around the various project teams to learn about their current R\u0026D progress.

Most of the basic research work can come to an end before the Spring Festival, and the next stage of research work can be carried out after the Spring Festival, followed by the assembly stage, testing stage and mass production stage.