Che Yourui commented that car companies can also build satellites, and this time Geely's goal is the sea of stars.

(Text/Peng Kefeng) Can you believe that car companies in China will also participate in satellite projects? On March 3rd, the centralized commencement ceremony of major projects to expand effective investment in Zhejiang Province was held in the form of video teleconference. Che Jun, secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, announced the start of construction, and the Taizhou branch venue was located at the start-up site of Taizhou Geely Satellite Project. Li Yueqi, Secretary of Taizhou Municipal Party Committee, Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Holding Group, and Xu Zhihao, CEO of Geely Technology Group attended the Taizhou Branch. This means that Geely's industry has expanded from land to the sea of stars.

Sword finger low orbit satellite

What do you think of Geely's satellite project this time?

It is reported that Taizhou Geely Satellite Project is the first pulsating modular satellite intelligent AIT (Assembly Integrated Test) center built by Geely Technology Group in Taizhou. It plans to build satellite R&D center, component intelligent manufacturing center, measurement and control center, cloud computing big data platform and other facilities, and learn from the advanced assembly technology of the automobile industry to build a modular, flexible and intelligent manufacturing factory, which can flexibly meet the assembly test of satellites of different models and specifications.

So, why did Geely choose to build its own satellite?

Geely said that in recent years, Geely Holdings has increased its investment in the field of digital technology, actively laid out the smart three-dimensional travel ecology, and accelerated the transformation to innovative technology enterprises. Taizhou Geely Satellite Project is a part of the whole industrial chain of Geely layout satellites. As the first auto company in China to independently develop LEO satellites, Geely strategically invested in the space-time fishway of aerospace science and technology company on 20 18, and began to lay out an integrated travel ecology between heaven and earth. At the same time, in the fields of autonomous driving, future travel, unmanned aerial vehicle transportation, heavy machinery, etc., we will carry out business scenario application testing with leading enterprises in the industry to promote the commercialization of commercial aerospace in China.

In 2020, the satellite will be officially "released"

Cheyou Headline noticed that Time and Space Fish Road Technology was formally established in 2018165438+10. At that time, the official profile said: "The company is mainly responsible for the establishment and operation of the global communication constellation system, supporting the future travel communication needs of Geely and Daimler, and providing satellites for users in various industries. The communication integration solution has been laid out as a service provider for the integration of heaven and earth with its own satellite constellation as the core, serving the future travel ecology of mankind. "

From this point of view, the establishment of Time and Space Fish Road Technology is related to Geely's acquisition of 9.69% voting shares of Daimler AG in February 2065438+2008. But this time, Geely did not talk about cooperation with Daimler.

According to reports, the first two low-orbit satellites independently designed by Yudao Space-Time Company have passed various appraisal tests and tests, and are expected to be launched in 2020. The layout of LEO satellite will provide high-precision positioning service for high-level intelligent driving, and comprehensively enhance users' intelligent travel experience. At the same time, it is planned to start the verification of the world's first commercial LEO navigation enhancement system in 2020. All the core technologies of the space segment, the ground segment and the application segment of this commercial system are completely autonomous and controllable.

It seems that Geely is full of confidence in "putting satellites".

Intention is the internet of everything.

In fact, as a fixed view in the public mind, the function of LEO satellites is indeed to provide accurate positioning services for ground users. The well-known GPS and Beidou systems also use the orbit of satellites in the sky to provide positioning for the public.

However, the positioning accuracy of GPS system is limited, and the general error is about 1 meter. I believe everyone can feel this by taking a taxi with Didi. Sometimes the mobile phone guide clearly shows that the vehicle has arrived, but you just can't see it. The accuracy of satellite positioning is more affected in the metropolis with dense high-rise buildings.

This time, Geely's low-orbit satellite is aimed at precise positioning with higher precision. In other words, we can understand that in the coming unmanned and 5G era, ultra-precision positioning of centimeter or even millimeter level is urgently needed. In order to realize instant communication between cars and people, cars and cars, it is necessary to ensure the accuracy of the space-time position of self-driving vehicles driving at high speed. From this perspective, we can praise Geely's advanced investment. After all, the current automobile industry still has a long way to go before it is truly driverless. And investing in advance is doomed to pay a great price. Traditionally, many car companies will choose specialized location service providers to provide services for them, rather than "putting satellites" themselves.

Geely said that it will gradually realize the transformation to the future travel technology group through satellite communication network, satellite data application, high-precision space-time service and other fields. In the future, Geely will be deeply integrated with smart manufacturing, future travel, big data and other industries based on aerospace technology to establish an open and win-win cooperation ecology.

"Global development has entered an unprecedented scientific and technological height, innovation speed and intensity of change in human society. The global automobile industry is facing great opportunities for innovation. Geely Holding actively welcomes changes, leads development with innovation, creates new advantages of online and offline integration, unites global partners, promotes changes in the travel field through collaboration and sharing technological commanding heights, and continuously creates value for users. " Li Shufu said this.

In the era of Internet of Everything, accurate positioning is essential. Not only the automobile industry, but also other industries have urgent needs for this. As Geely said, perhaps Li Shufu's ambition is not only in the automobile industry. In this cross-border era, who can say that Geely can only build cars forever?

Perhaps, such "inaction" Geely is the hope for the future development of China automobile. When the automobile industry is ushered in a great change that has never happened in a century, we need more people who are immersed in making cars, and we also need to look at the industry leaders in the sea of stars.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.