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#284 - Geek Technology's 'Starlink Project'!

As for the second method, solving the problem from the local ground end is actually very difficult and costly.

Because the environment of each city is quite complex, each building has its own characteristics, and the personality and customs of people in each region are different.

If you want to install an auxiliary positioning device for autonomous driving on the roof or wall of someone's residential building, they may not agree, and even if they do, you may have to pay a sum of money.

The global area is so large, how difficult it is to build an autonomous driving communication and positioning network system on Earth.

Of course, there is a solution, which is to be compatible with the 5G mobile communication network and use the 5G mobile communication network for auxiliary automatic positioning and autonomous driving.

Therefore, in the previous life, 5G mobile networks were so highly sought after, believing that they would change the world.

However, the previous life has proven that although the 5G network is very strong, even until 2024, the 5G network has not fully replaced the 4G network, and many areas still use 4G network signals.

Because the construction cost of the 5G network is too high, and the construction speed is not much faster, it is estimated that it will still take several years to fully popularize and replace the 4G network.

And this is still the popularization of 5G mobile networks in China. The popularization rate of 5G mobile networks overseas is even worse.

Therefore, distant water cannot quench present thirst. From the issuance of 5G licenses in 2019 to 2024, a full five years have passed, and it is still the same.

If Geek Technology Company chooses the 5G network route at this time, it will definitely not be able to create an autonomous driving technology standard system in two years.

Therefore, the only path left for Geek Technology Company is to take the satellite system route!

The disadvantage of this satellite system route is that the cost is very high, but the advantage is that it is a one-time investment for long-term profit. Once you occupy that orbital position, that orbital position will always be yours.

Because according to current international law, whoever launches a satellite to that position owns that position.

Others will not launch satellites to squeeze your satellite out. Of course, in reality, they can't squeeze it out.

If they really do that, the two satellites will only crash into each other.

So if you occupy this slot in advance, others will not be able to snatch your slot. From a long-term perspective, this is naturally a one-time investment for long-term profit.

Finally, if you take the satellite route, you don't need to obtain the approval of the residents of the area, and you can directly provide services to the area.

After all, if you want to install a 5G mobile network, you need to install those distributed 5G signal communication devices in that location.

If the residents are unwilling, you can only give up, and even if you reluctantly persuade them, you may have to pay some money.

Now, providing services directly to the area from space through satellites means that the residents of the area naturally have no way to raise any objections.

This is also the reason why Musk worked so hard to build the Starlink network in his previous life. The reason why they worked so hard to build the Starlink network.

It is not just to earn users' internet access fees. Their main purpose is to use the Starlink network to provide basic services for autonomous driving technology.

Once this Starlink network plan is successful, and other related technologies are also successfully developed.

Then countless electric vehicles, delivery drones, unmanned aircraft, unmanned automatic machines, etc., will have to pay Tesla for the use of the Starlink network.

At that time, relying solely on the Starlink network, their market value will easily break through several trillion US dollars.

Because the cash flow of their Starlink network is simply too good, and the future is too bright.

Even because the Starlink network occupied the slots in advance, other companies have no way to compete with them.

After all, you can't possibly shoot down the Starlink network's satellites and replace them with your own satellites, right?

If you really do that, it's not a small matter. It's equivalent to two countries going to war. Therefore, once the Starlink network is established, it will be a monopoly!

This is Musk's ambition, a magnificent plan, a great super project that will change human history.

At this time, Gao Nian obviously wants to take the same path, but relying solely on Geek Technology Company cannot do this, and does not have so much money.

Moreover, even if Geek Technology Company has the money and can do it, Geek Technology Company cannot build and exclusively monopolize the Starlink network by itself, because this is simply too hateful.

Therefore, Geek Technology Company needs to share the benefits with others, let them pay to support its Starlink network plan, and jointly bear the risks and public opinion pressure.

Of course, to build such a large-scale satellite communication and positioning network, Geek Technology Company also needs to persuade China.

Therefore, Geek Technology Company wants to build this Starlink network system.

In addition to finding other companies to jointly fund the research and development and build this Starlink network system, it also needs to obtain China's approval and even strong support.

As for whether this goal can be achieved, to be honest, Gao Nian does not have much confidence.

After all, China's StarNet network was hastily launched in 2021, because it realized the huge strategic use and potential threat of Musk's Starlink network.

In order to prevent Starlink network satellites from occupying a large number of slots, and for national defense security, it is natural to only establish its own StarNet network to counter Starlink network.

After all, as mentioned before, the position of low-Earth orbit is limited, and the total number of slots in low-Earth orbit is only 60,000 satellite positions.

The number of satellites that Musk's Starlink network wants to launch is as high as 42,000. Once this plan is successful, the satellites in the entire Earth's low-Earth orbit will be Musk's Starlink satellites.

Faced with such a situation, who can tolerate it? Therefore, the StarNet plan was born.

It's just a pity that the progress of the StarNet network plan is not very smooth. Although the StarNet network plan was officially launched as early as 2021, it was not until the second half of 2024 that the StarNet satellite was officially launched.

Musk's Starlink network was officially launched in November 2014, and the first Starlink satellite was officially launched in 2019. Finally, by the end of 2024, before Gao Nian's transmigration, there were already 6,849 Starlink satellites.

It can be said that it is really difficult for China's StarNet network to catch up with Starlink. At this time, if Gao Nian has the opportunity, he naturally wants to occupy the slots in advance.

After all, the position of low-Earth orbit is limited. When China's 'Starlink Network' satellites occupy a large number of slots, even if the Beautiful Country wants to build its own Starlink network, it will already be too late!