Recently, a newly formed company has attracted attention in the commercial space field.
On April 26, Aerospace Science and Engineering Development Co., Ltd. held an inauguration meeting in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Representatives of more than 80 organizations from national ministries, military, local governments, aerospace companies, research institutes, universities, finance, and media attended the conference. , to witness the important moments in the development of the company.
Today, we take a look at how this company was born.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Second Institute of the Ministry of Space Engineering Birth
In April in Wuhan, the wind and sunny days. In this season of long grass flying, China Aerospace Science and Industry, a new company officially unveiled.
Unlike other fraternal units that specialize in missile construction, this new enterprise will be deeply involved in the commercial space industry. It is a space engineering industry company integrating R&D, manufacturing, and commercial financing. It is the overall department of space engineering of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.
Newcomers are not new to the industry
The Department of Space Engineering was born in the midst of commercial space. Although it is a new company, it is not a newcomer to the industry.
Since the party’s eighteenth National Congress, the aerospace science and engineering industry has been actively working on articles and focused on developing the aerospace industry in a commercialized way. In this context, the Second Institute of the Second House established the Center for Space Technology Research and Development in 2011, using the Ministry of Missile Technology as a whole. Technological advantage, development of space technology. This is the predecessor of the Department of Space Engineering.
Since then, the center has continued to grow and expand. In June 2014, it was upgraded to the second floor of the Department of Space Engineering Design Department. In May 2015, it was upgraded to the Group's Space Engineering Department. In just four years, it became the company's level to lead the development of space engineering. General department.
In December 2017, the General Department of Space Engineering was registered as an independent legal person and operated in a corporatized manner. This in-house unit, which focuses on the development of commercial aerospace, is closer to the market.
With more than 6 years of technology accumulation, the entire space engineering department has the ability to complete the overall design and development of satellites. It has established a hard-working talent team in core areas such as structure and thermal control. Currently, most of the company’s technical staff are He has participated in major tasks such as Tianzhu No.1 and Hongyun Engineering, and has rich experience. 'Lu Dongming, Director of the Department of Space Engineering, introduced.
Develop commercial space and take the path of differentiation
Comparing with the 'space force main force' that undertakes major national space projects, the overall department of space engineering is taking a differentiated development path. Its industrial fields involve commercial space, space security, and manned spaceflight.
In the field of commercial space, the Department of Space Engineering will work hard to build a low-cost, high-value commercial aerospace product service system represented by low-altitude broadband mobile communications satellites and other communications and remote sensing satellites, namely the Hongyun Project.
Hongyun Engineering first proposed the establishment of a low-altitude broadband Internet access system based on small satellites in China. It has the integration of communications, navigation and remote sensing, global coverage, and autonomous control of the system. With its extremely low communication delay, High frequency reuse rate achieves global coverage. 'At present, half of the world’s population does not have access to the Internet. There is a huge information gap between different regions. The rainbow cloud project will change the current society to a large extent. Lifestyle, form a complete industrial ecological chain. 'Lu Dongming said.
The Department of Space Engineering will also focus on the development of disruptive space technologies, such as low-cost manned space technology, to promote industrial development. At present, the Ministry of Global Development is developing flexible space shuttle aircraft. The birth of this aircraft will promote manned space flight. The commercialization is of great significance to the development of space economy such as space tourism and space breeding.
Micro-nano satellites are also one of the important development directions of the overall department of space engineering. In Lu Dongming's view, the use of small satellites to form a constellation to replace large-scale satellites not only can reduce the cost of satellites, but also have the advantages of rapid deployment and customized services.
The surname is space, but it is the general part of socialization.
Gao Hongwei, Secretary of the Aerospace Science and Industry Party and Chairman of the Board of Directors, elaborated on the concept of commercial space in the field of space science and technology on several occasions. To develop commercial space, it is necessary to gather the power of everyone and constantly break through the 'fence' of traditional aerospace and build aerospace industry. Become a 'society's general hospital, society's general department, society's final assembly factory'. This is exactly the core development concept of space engineering as a whole.
Lu Dongming stated that the Department of Space Engineering will follow the principle of “lead is the absolute principle, success is the absolute principle, and development is the absolute principle”, and traction and united within the group's fraternal units, synergistically and leading domestic partners and even international partners to implement unified Front, to create an industrial ecosystem.
In addition to core technologies adhering to independent innovation, the Department of Space Engineering has established collaborative innovation mechanisms with Chinese Academy of Sciences and key universities and colleges in China. It is committed to achieving diversified technology sources, multi-level technology applications, and establishing technological innovation that highlights the combination of original innovation and re-innovation. system.
'Crowdfunding and co-building' as a new type of financing model has provided support for the establishment of the business model for the overall department of space engineering. 'We will change the development approach that relies solely on state funding, and form a joint consortium with various types of capital and listed companies. 'Space + Finance' industry chain and ecosystem. '
In terms of management innovation, the Department of Space Engineering also has its own thinking. On the one hand, it is necessary to actively explore the use of Internet thinking to develop commercial aerospace; on the other hand, it learns from the cost control and market development experience of private enterprises and builds coordination among military, civilian, and commercial companies. The new pattern of development.
The blueprint has already been drawn, but the road ahead still requires the young general department to practice and explore. 'We will strive to build a world-class space industry company and contribute to the construction of aerospace power.'