This Doesn't Fall Under the Air Traffic Control Bureau! Please Contact the Space Administration!

Not long after Chen Yi's preview was posted.

Qin Xiaoyu and Xia Keke, who were always paying attention to their boss's updates, discovered it.

Seeing Chen Yi pull out a drone from the back warehouse, which had been installed with a tracking chip, Xia Keke asked curiously.

"Boss, can this drone really fly to the moon?"

This was the first time they had seen Chen Yi's latest drone.

It looked ordinary, even a bit ugly, and wasn't very big.

With a wingspan of 1.38 meters, a fuselage length of 1.79 meters, and a height of 0.46 meters.

Among the many turbofan model aircraft, it was only of medium size.

Apart from the two engine nozzles and two protruding strange cones, there was no indication that it possessed the capability to fly to the moon.

"We'll know soon enough."

Chen Yi picked up the notebook beside him and once again confirmed today's flight path and orbital data.

Compared to the previous erratic flight of Xijiba.

Today, to reach the moon, the flight path and orbit must be carefully planned.

After all, the current drone uses chemical energy, not atomic energy, and employs combustion propulsion, not the more efficient Hall thruster. It's difficult to achieve a direct, forceful flight to the moon. It must utilize the planet's gravitational orbit, making multiple course corrections to accelerate before finally reaching the moon.

The overall lunar flight plan is divided into two parts.

The first part is a parabolic ascent to overcome the planet's centripetal force and enter a planetary orbit.

Once the drone enters orbit, it will then use a Hohmann transfer to change orbits, eventually leaving Earth's orbit and heading towards the moon.

Chang'e 1's lunar mission, for example, first used a rocket to send it into an 16-hour orbit that circled Earth for about one and a half revolutions. After many laps in orbit, it maneuvered into a 24-hour orbit, and then into a 48-hour orbit.

Through such multiple orbit changes, the orbital altitude was gradually raised, eventually leaving Earth and flying to the moon.

"Old Chen, I'm here!"

While Chen Yi was calculating the orbit.

Flower Arm Zhang, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, with well-defined muscles, and revealing a pair of large, tattooed arms, also arrived.

Behind Flower Arm Zhang followed a group of model drone dealers from Penghai City.

"It's good you're here, help me move this drone to the car."

Chen Yi didn't stand on ceremony with Flower Arm Zhang, who used to work with him tightening screws, and directly ordered him to get to work.

After speaking, he glanced at the model drone dealers who had followed: "Yifei's production capacity is currently insufficient, so all wholesale and pre-orders are suspended. If you're here to inquire about orders, please don't bother."

"No problem, no problem, we just came to take a look."

"Right, right, President Chen, you're busy, don't mind us."

"We'll help out too!"

In response to Chen Yi's words, the group of dealers quickly replied, their tone carrying a hint of flattery. Some of them were particularly observant and came forward to help move the drone.

It was no wonder. Flower Arm Zhang had secured a monthly quota of 200 engines from Yifei and resold them after assembling them into a batch of supersonic turbofan model aircraft.

They were all pre-ordered within two hours.

The dealers, after calculating the supply chain costs for the assembled parts, realized the profit margin was easily fifty percent, which made them envious.

Some of the more well-informed individuals had also learned that the Director of the Penghai Branch had visited Yifei today and offered a 500 million yuan order from the police.

With both technical prowess and backing like this, if they didn't try to appease Yifei now, they might not have the chance to do so in the future.

"Holy crap, Old Chen, is this drone solid? Why is it so heavy!"

Flower Arm Zhang walked up to the drone and squatted down.

He and one of the dealers grabbed the drone's landing gear, intending to lift it into the car.

But with a heave.

And another heave.

The drone wobbled slightly, its wheels lifting a few centimeters off the ground before they couldn't lift it any further.

This seemingly small and exquisite drone, with a wingspan of less than 1.5 meters, was incredibly heavy.

"You guessed right, it's solid. Go get a hand pallet truck."

Chen Yi didn't look back, relying on the results of his virtual learning to finalize all the flight paths and orbital parameters for this lunar mission.

"Let's go, we're leaving!"

After Flower Arm Zhang loaded the model drone into the trunk with the pallet truck.

And then loaded in the other accessories and signal antennas.

Chen Yi waved to Xia Keke and Qin Xiaoyu, got into the car, and navigated to their usual spot at the seaside park.

Xia Keke was in charge of driving.

Chen Yi, in the back seat, held his laptop and submitted the application for this test flight on the website.

By the time they reached the seaside park, the test flight application had been approved.

Chen Yi seemed to remember something else and turned to Qin Xiaoyu in the passenger seat.

"Xiaoyu, hand me my phone, connect me to the Air Traffic Control Bureau."

"Yes, Brother Yi."

Qin Xiaoyu took out her phone, dialed a dedicated air traffic control channel left by the director, and then handed the phone to Chen Yi.

"Hello, this is Air Traffic Control 0A987, how may I help you?"

The call was answered in less than three seconds, and a standard Mandarin female voice came from the other end.

"Drone test flight application."

Chen Yi checked Yifei's flight number: "Serial number 0A01."

"Okay, may I ask the area and route destination for this test flight?"

Hearing the drone test flight application, the operator was stunned for a moment, then replied professionally.

"Takeoff from Penghai City Seaside Park, coordinates E114,05,52.08, N22,38,17.43.

First, ascend vertically, then follow a parabolic trajectory eastward, passing through Fuhai Xiamen, Bay Province Taichung, crossing Bay Province into the Pacific Ocean. Enter Earth's orbit, destination, the Moon."

Chen Yi did not hide anything, stating the planned route and the purpose of the trip.

???

The operator was dumbfounded.

A parabolic trajectory eastward, entering Earth's orbit, destination the Moon?

"Sir."

After a long silence, the operator asked seriously, "Have you been drinking?"

At that moment, if it weren't for her excellent professional demeanor and the new drone regulations issued last night, she would have wanted to curse him out on the spot.

Last night's regulations stipulated that for registered drones, air traffic control needed to provide unified scheduling and guidance of flight paths to avoid conflicts with civilian airliners.

But now.

The first person to report was talking about a parabolic ascent eastward, flying around the planet to the Moon.

How were they supposed to schedule that?

That was the Space Administration's responsibility!

"I haven't been drinking."

Hearing the other party ask if he had been drinking, Chen Yi thought it was a safety inquiry and explained very seriously.

If you drink, don't fly drones. If you fly drones, don't drink.

If you fly drones improperly, you'll end up in jail.

He understood such safety regulations.

"Hoo!"

The operator took a deep breath, feeling like she had been teased. Suppressing her anger, she said, "Sir, your test flight application has been approved.

In near-Earth airspace, we will provide you with aviation communication, route navigation, and scheduling services.

But if you intend to fly to the Moon, please contact the Space Administration.

That falls under their jurisdiction, not ours at the Air Traffic Control Bureau."

"Okay, thank you."

After hearing that the application was approved, Chen Yi automatically ignored the operator's subsequent words and hung up the phone.

"Set up the site, adjust the antennas and equipment. The window is closing, start the live broadcast and prepare for lunar takeoff."

Chen Yi put away his phone, got out of the car, greeted the Hurricane Tracking and Filming Team who were already waiting, and then started the live broadcast.