What is the truth? If you want to launch a satellite in the future, you have to look at Musk's eyes.

Last year, two satellites in the space exploration technology company's satellite chain plan suddenly approached the China Space Station without prior notice, posing a serious security threat to the safety of the China Space Station. In order to avoid collision, China's space station had to change its orbit urgently to avoid being hit by two "stuck" satellites. To this end, it also consumes a lot of expensive fuel. With the promotion of the "Star Chain Project" of space exploration technology companies, satellite networks in space will only become more and more crowded, and similar "jams" will become more and more. How to deal with this situation?

Space Exploration Technology Company was founded in June 2002 by Elon Reeve Musk, the richest man in the world. At first, Musk wanted to build a laboratory on Mars, so that crops on Earth could adapt to growing on Mars. This project is called "Mars Oasis". However, due to the need to buy a launch vehicle from Russia, this cost exceeded Musk's expectations, even worse than the development of the rocket itself. Therefore, this project has been put on hold for the time being.

Subsequently, Space Exploration Technology Company was established, with Musk as CEO and Chief Technology Officer, and proposed a new plan, namely "Mars Immigration" plan. The plan aims to realize Mars migration in the foreseeable future and create a new civilization in space. At that time, this plan once caused a sensation in the world. Many people firmly believe that "Martian immigrants" will come true and become enthusiastic supporters of Musk, and Musk has also won the nickname "President of Mars" because of this plan.

Less than five years after the establishment of Space Exploration Technology Company, Musk launched the Star Chain Project. The project is expected to launch about 65438+200,000 communication satellites into orbit, which will form a dense satellite network over the earth. And this plan was officially implemented on 20 19. It is worth mentioning that it is revealed that space exploration technology company is preparing to increase the total number of satellites in the "Star Chain Project" to 42,000! Although Space Exploration Technology Company claims that "Star Chain Project" is a commercial satellite network, its application scope is very wide, and its military use has also become one of the focuses of widespread concern. At present, Space Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. cooperates with the US Air Force and Army to provide military services.

By March 2022, Space Exploration Technology Company had launched more than 2,000 satellites into space and provided Internet access services to users in 25 countries including the United States, Britain, Australia and Canada. At the end of March, the Philippines also became a customer of space exploration technology company, using the broadband service of "Star Link" satellite. It is worth mentioning that the Philippines is the first country in Southeast Asia to access this service.

As early as Musk announced the launch of the "Star Chain Project", the controversy of the project has always existed. In addition to military use, there is also one of the most important functions, which is to "occupy the pit." As we all know, there is no concept of sovereignty in space, and no country dares to claim sovereignty over space. In this context, countries launch satellites and other aircraft into space first, and then arrive, and the launched aircraft can not conflict with the existing aircraft orbit either in orbit or position.

Based on this principle, countries leading in space technology have excellent advantages. The United States, Russia and the European Space Agency are among the best. At present, there are more than 7,300 satellites in space, half of which are from the United States, while the number of satellites in China is about 400. Both quantity and position are occupied.

However, Musk is not satisfied and is still preparing to launch tens of thousands of satellites as planned, making the already dense satellite network more crowded. Some people worry that space will be "full" when other developing countries on earth have the ability to send satellites into space. If you want to send a satellite into space, you have to buy a high-priced collision-free satellite orbit from Musk's company. Analysts said that the limit capacity of low and medium orbit in space is about 50,000, and Musk's "Star Chain Plan" is ready to occupy 85% of it. This is undoubtedly taking the road of others, leaving others with no choice. For many developing countries, this is unacceptable.

Although space exploration technology company is a commercial company, it has been pointed out that the United States wants to take the lead in "occupying space territory" under the banner of Musk. What is more noteworthy is that when the "Star Chain" satellite approached other aircraft for thousands of times, none of them approached the United States, which was somewhat intriguing in terms of probability.