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The Father of Beidou: A Lifetime of National Star Creation | Original Aspiration Story
创始人2019-10-15
For the vast majority of time in China's aerospace industryhis nameContinuously shimmering with lightHe is a recipient of the Order of the RepublicChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation LimitedAcademician Sun Jiadong↓↓↓Among the first 100 independently developed and launched spacecraft in China, 34 were led by Sun Jiadong as the technical director, chief engineer, or engineering chief engineer.▲ Sun Jiadong (photo by Su Dong)From the Two Bombs and One Satellite to the Beidou Chang'e, he wrote the legend of space exploration. As a witness, observer, and participant in the new China's space industry, he saidOn April 24, 1970, China's first artificial satellite, Dongfanghong-1, rose from the Gobi Desert and the music of Dongfanghong echoed through space. China became the fifth country in the world at that time to launch a domestically produced satellite using a homemade rocket.▲ Dongfanghong-1 satellite launchedSun Jiadong was the overall design director of the Dongfanghong-1 spacecraft. At the age of 41 in that era of material scarcity, Sun Jiadong and other senior astronauts proved to the world that China had the ability to develop the aerospace industry. "We can send satellites up," and "we can make a satellite to survive in the sky.2. "Only when the quality of each component is improved can China's space journey go further." The space journey is not smooth sailing. On November 5, 1974, the launch failure of China's first recoverable satellite left a deep impression on Sun Jiadong. After flying for 21 seconds, the rocket exploded. In the icy and frozen environment, everyone searched for all the debris on the ground with tears in their eyes and picked it up for 3 days.▲ Rocket controlled self destructionAfter analysis, the main cause of the accident was the breakage of a copper wire in a rocket. Sun Jiadong led everyone to thoroughly inspect the quality of each product and immediately address any existing problems and hidden dangers. Sun Jiadong believed that "only by improving the quality of each component can China's aerospace path go further." 3 "Safety must be protected in our own hands." In the 1990s, under Sun Jiadong's leadership, China began to build the Beidou satellite navigation and positioning system. How should China's Beidou be built? Sun Jiadong believed that the satellite positioning system must be independently controllable because it is a standard system representing the entire country's space and time.▲ Schematic diagram of global networking of Beidou navigation satellites CurrentlyChina's Beidou satellite navigation system is steadily being constructed under the promotion of astronauts such as Sun Jiadong. The construction of China's Beidou global system is expected to be fully completed by 2020. In 2004, China launched the lunar exploration project. Although Sun Jiadong is already 75 years old, he still shoulders the responsibility of the chief designer of the lunar exploration project.▲ Chang'e-1 satellite accurately enters lunar orbitOn November 5, 2007, at the moment when Chang'e-1 successfully orbited the moon 380000 kilometers away, Sun Jiadong gently turned around to wipe away tears of joy.Chang'e-1 successfully orbited the moon, and Sun Jiadong wiped away tears of joyThis time, Sun Jiadong led a new generation of astronauts to announce to the world that China's aerospace industry has entered the era of deep space exploration. Even in the old age, he still sends deep affection to the sky.In June 2018, 89 year old Sun Jiadong personally guided the Fengyun-2 satellite launch mission at the launch site (photo by Wei Jinghua)On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sun Jiadong, who has spent his whole life dealing with aerospace, said that patriotism for us astronauts is manifested in loving aerospace. Loving aerospace means turning the aerospace industry into a success, doing one's own thing well, adding strength to the country, and making contributions to the country.
