Chapter 1003 The whereabouts of the Kitty Hawk


    This situation was completely unexpected for everyone here.


    Several leaders from the Navy and the General Armament Department looked at each other, and then almost all looked at the people responsible for the research and development of Ocean One.


    The expression contained shock, confusion, questions and a little bit of doubt.


    The interpretation is probably -


    ??Isn''t this really what you arranged in advance?


    “Ahem—”


    In the end, Chang Haonan was the first to react, cleared his throat, and explained:


    “Technically speaking, it can only be said that there is an information flow in the remote sensing results that triggers the program’s judgment mechanism.”


    “In order to ensure that there are no false alarms, we specifically lowered the threshold of the program before launch, so... it may also be a false alarm.”


    After all, satellites are just a means of obtaining information. Ultimately, it is up to people to truly screen information and make judgments.


    Hence, for the satellite terminal, it is definitely better to have excess than shortage.


    Only content that is 100% sure to have no important information will be excluded, and as long as there is a 1% possibility of suspicion, it will be retained.


    This is what Chang Haonan just said.


    ?Of course, having said that, the main reason why I say this is to be on the safe side.


    ?The algorithm developed by him, even if the threshold is lowered, the accuracy is unlikely to be so low.


    So, not to mention the other people, even Chang Haonan himself was somewhat looking forward to it.


    But while looking forward to it, there are also some worries.


    Worry about the loss that will follow if your expectations are not fulfilled.


    But no matter what.


    The results are always worth looking at.


    ?So, the group of people who could no longer sit still stood up and quickly came to the big screen in the measurement and control center.


    “Although the test plan is to have the satellite return complete data, since we caught up today, how about testing the algorithm developed by Comrade Haonan in advance?”


    ? Luan Wenjie glanced at Chang Haonan and Lin Senming next to him.


    Strictly speaking, today is to test the basic functions of the satellite. In fact, it doesn’t matter what is sent back, as long as the process is completed.


    So, the answer is naturally yes.


    ?Chang Haonan nodded and signaled to a staff member next to him to choose to send back only that part of the filtered information.


    16540 kilobytes, which is actually a little over 16MB.


    Ocean 1’s onboard storage capacity is limited to 80MB, which means that approximately one-fifth of the “useful” data has been captured.


    For a computer on the ground, 16MB is certainly a small amount of data worth mentioning.


    ?However, it will take a long time for the sky-to-ground link to transmit this data.


    And if all the content of nearly 80MB just was transmitted back, even one transmission window would not be enough.


    ?This is why a round of data screening needs to be done in advance on the satellite side.


    …


    As a program that is not designed for the open market, it is naturally impossible for designers to put too much effort into those fancy UIs.


    Therefore, there is no transfer progress bar like Windows to visually show how much time is left.


    The atmosphere in the lobby of the Measurement and Control Center was a little depressing for a while.


    So much so that the air seemed to freeze.


    "Report!"


    ?Just when everyone almost lost the concept of time, a technician behind the console suddenly stood up and said loudly:


    “Data transfer completed, visualization processing is in progress!”


    With just one word, everyone’s restlessness disappeared in an instant.


    Several officers from the navy even stood up subconsciously.


    Data processing is much faster in comparison.


    After all, it’s only 16MB.


    It takes a few minutes.


    “Quick, put the image on the big screen!”


    Even Chang Haonan, who has always been calm, his voice was slightly distorted at this time.


    After some operations, a pair of... or strictly speaking, a set of photos appeared on the big screen of the measurement and control center.


    When a remote sensing satellite needs to take pictures of a wide area, of course it cannot be turned on all the time like a video recorder. Instead, it performs multiple imaging in divided areas, transmits the data back to the ground, and then stitches it together.


    The final effect may not be as good as once done, but the purpose of satellite remote sensing is not to take artistic photos, so in most cases it is enough. In an instant, everyone in the hall, except those who had work at hand and couldn''t put it down, focused their attention on this satellite image.


    However, even after one round of screening, the amount of information contained in the 16MB grayscale photo is still considerable.


    What everyone can see is still only a gray sea.


    There is almost no place for the eyes to focus.


    “It seems that... you don’t see anything?”


    Someone asked in a less confident voice.


    “Zoom in a little bit.”


    ?Chang Haonan took a deep breath and ordered in a deep voice.


    Although the screen size of the measurement and control center is large, its resolution is actually average.


    ?? Tiny information on a large-size image can easily appear as several discontinuous pixels.


    Sure enough, after zooming in, as the focus position of the image continued to change, Chang Haonan soon discovered a long light-colored trace at a joint where the two images were spliced.


    "stop!"


    ?He quickly raised his hand and pointed to a location on the big screen:


    “Look here!”


    “It seems like... it’s a track?”


    One naval leader quickly speculated.


    ??The wake generated by the high-speed navigation of large ships may be pulled out thousands of meters or even tens of kilometers away. It is an excellent detection method for both satellites and submarines.


    After all, as long as you follow the wake, you will find the rightful owner sooner or later.


    “Keep zooming in!”


    ?Chang Haonan suppressed his excitement and tried to keep the tone of instructions calm.


    Sure enough, within a few minutes this time, everyone saw a blurry bright white shadow.


    “It’s a ship…”


    Someone wanted to evaluate the target model based on the visual effects, but as soon as he started talking, the voice stopped abruptly:


    "Boat?"


    This area is at the seam of the two frames. The angle is awkward. Moreover, it has been spliced ??in the post-production process. The imaging effect is mediocre. In addition, the resolution of the large screen is very low, which makes the outline of the shadow look...a bit abstract. .


    Even if it is said to be a ship, it is not entirely identifiable by its appearance.


    According to common sense, a thing sailing at high speed on the sea can only be a ship.


    As for what kind of ship it is...


    ?That’s really not easy to analyze.


    “Comrade Haonan.”


    ?After getting closer to the big screen and watching without success for a long time, the navy leader put on his glasses again and came to Chang Haonan’s side:


    "What do you think...is the probability that this thing will be the target of our interest?"


    Chang Haonan frowned slightly:


    “Theoretically, the spaceborne screening program can judge the target attributes through some features that are difficult for the human eye to identify. In other words, the outline that we think is abstract may not necessarily be abstract in its view.”


    “But what the probability is…I can’t say”


    "Um…"


    ?The other person lowered his head, pacing back and forth while thinking.


    Not long after, he stopped again:


    “Where is the location of this sea area?”


    Soon, a technician reported the coordinates.


    As a naval admiral, he could interpret the approximate location of the coordinates almost instantly:


    “East of the Philippines, north of the Palau Islands…”


    Then, he turned to look at another naval officer behind him:


    “Staff Zhu, go check and see if there is any public information about which aircraft carrier is operating near this sea area.”


    When not performing combat missions, the action routes and schedules of aircraft carriers, at least US military aircraft carriers, are not completely confidential and can even be easily checked from public websites.


    ?Of course, the specific coordinates at a certain moment can only be known through reconnaissance means such as ocean surveillance satellites or long-range reconnaissance aircraft.


    The officer known as Staff Officer Zhu acted quickly.


    In less than half an hour, we returned to the measurement and control hall from the outside.


    “Reporting to the Chief, during the time when the satellite was photographed, the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier had just left Manila and was on its way back to China for inspection and maintenance.”


    “Based on the navigation route and direction, it’s very likely that what we photographed was it!”


    (End of this chapter)