双语：中国打造天基互联网工程WiFi信号覆盖全球

　　China launched a communications satellite on Saturday, marking the start of construction of a vast space-based communications network capable of covering the entire world with broadband internet service.

　　上周六，中国成功发射了一颗通信卫星，标志着我国打造的全球天基宽带通信卫星系统建设迈出实质性步伐。

　　The first satellite in the Hongyun project, which was planned by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) to be the country’s first low-orbit broadband communications satellite constellation, was launched on Saturday at 7:51 am on a Long March 11 carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China.

　　周六上午7时51分，我国在酒泉卫星发射中心用长征十一号运载火箭，成功将虹云工程首颗卫星发射升空，这是中国航天科工集团有限公司牵头研制的覆盖全球的低轨宽带通信卫星。

　　The spacecraft is tasked with verifying basic designs of Hongyun satellite and demonstrating low-orbit broadband communications technologies.

　　这颗卫星的任务是开展虹云工程低轨天基互联网试验与应用示范。

　　Its main payloads are Ka-band transponders and transmission antennae. It also carries several scientific and technical devices to explore Hongyun system’s applications in scientific research, environmental survey as well as air and sea transportation, CASIC said in a statement.

　　这颗卫星主要搭载了Ka波段应答器和传输天线。中国航天科工集团公司在一份声明中说，它还携带了一些科技设备，以探索虹云工程在科学研究、环境调查以及海空运输中的应用。

　　Globally, the concept of running a low-cost, high-performance satellite network to provide space-based communications and internet services has become popular among industry players.

　　在全球范围内，运行低成本、高性能的卫星网络以提供基于空间的通信和互联网服务的概念已在通信行业中流行起来。