While Chu Yang and his team at the Ninth Heaven Technology Research Institute were busy working on various projects, the Beautiful Country was making steady progress of its own.
A report regarding the Beautiful Country's defense plans quietly appeared before the public: "[Huaxia International Defense Agency Broadcast News]: At the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) held on November 18, the Beautiful Country's Special Operations Command announced plans to launch a low-Earth orbit satellite on December 1 of this year, carrying a classified Special Reconnaissance (SR) payload. It is reported that the satellite was designed and manufactured by the Blue Ocean Science and Technology Company of the Beautiful Country, with the payload provided by national laboratories and other institutions. It is part of the Modular Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (MISR) program under the Special Operations Forces Special Reconnaissance Program Executive Office (PEOSR), intended for the development of space-based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) technology..."
As soon as this news was released, countless reports flooded the internet.
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