"Did you see the live stream? Immediately pinpoint the location of the launch center!"
In order to determine the coordinates of the launch center used by China for this lunar landing mission as soon as possible.
Secretary Cohen had given prior orders to the White House intelligence agencies.
On call 24/7, information experts are ready to respond as soon as the live broadcast begins.
Geographical experts, intelligence experts, and meteorological experts all pitched in.
Analyze the footage and determine the launch center coordinates as soon as possible.
Then, the orbit of the Gravity launch vehicle around the Earth was simulated.
Finalize the interception plan!
"Reporting to the Minister, the investigation is already underway!"
At the intelligence center, a team of dozens of experts watched the live broadcast.
The discussion started immediately.
"The West!!! Look, the soil is all sand."
Based on the topographical distribution of China, this is clearly not the terrain of eastern or southern China!
"Could it be that they deliberately showed it to us? To fake a launch center covered in sand?"
For China, the country known for its infrastructure development, this is no difficult task!
"Time zone! Immediately retrieve all the recordings of today's live broadcast and determine the time zone location of the enemy's launch site!"
Based on the live stream recording, the time of sunset can be estimated.
This allows us to roughly calculate the time zone and orientation of the launch site.
"Report! Based on current data and simulations, the other party is most likely located in the UTC+6 time zone."
"The time zone and terrain are the same, so it must be in the west!"
As the US's most powerful intelligence agency, the information obtained from the live broadcast...
Less than three minutes later, the launch center for Houyi was located in western China.
"Minister, it can be confirmed that the launch took place in western China!"
Do you know how large the land area of China is? I need its specific location.
"Not the West!!! Damn it, a bunch of useless trash!"
Cohen was quite dissatisfied with the information provided by the intelligence agency.
Before Gravity can enter Earth orbit, the launch coordinates must be determined.
"Wait a minute, look next to the launch center, isn't there another large complex of buildings?"
As the Gravity rocket ascended higher and higher...
The remaining silhouettes of the Zangnang Desert R&D base buildings also appeared in the live stream footage.
However, it's not very clear.
"Isn't this the Zanang Desert research and development base where the EF air defense missile system was developed before???"
A tactical officer recognized the shape of the building.
The Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft that the US sold to India were used to reconnoiter this area.
It was shot down by China.
This officer was very familiar with the Zangnang Desert research and development base.
"So, the Houyi launch site is near the research and development base in the Zhanang Desert?"
The other experts in the meeting room nodded in agreement.
"Minister, the launch center is very likely located near the Zangnang Desert R&D base."
These are the specific coordinates!
Secretary Cohen immediately forwarded the coordinates to NASA's working group.
"Minister, how about we have the Indians send out a reconnaissance plane to confirm this?"
"What are you confirming? By the time you've finished confirming, everyone else's rockets will already be in orbit."
Besides, do you think Su Lin is a fool?
The launch site was built here because of the Western Military Region's air defense capabilities.
"Don't even mention India, our own reconnaissance planes never come back!"
Secretary Cohen directly ordered NASA to deploy GPS positioning satellites.
And reconnaissance satellites located in low Earth orbit over India,
Conduct reconnaissance of the target area to see if the trajectory of the first four Gravity launch vehicles can be determined!
"Please respond to messages from 'Electric Star,' 'Shin Kang,' and 'Morning Bird'!!!"
Professor Nelson immediately contacted the US satellite dispatch agency.
Three GPS satellites in low Earth orbit above India were selected to perform the positioning task!
"Received! Please issue the task!"
"Coordinates: North latitude, XXXX.XXX, East longitude, XXXX.XXXX"
Identify the target area and determine if there are any rapidly moving space units.
"OK! Lock on immediately and pinpoint the enemy's movement trajectory!"
"receive!!!!"
"Notify Keyhole 1 and 4 reconnaissance satellites to take pictures of the target area!"
We need to pinpoint the location of the Huaxia launch center immediately!
"receive!!!!"
The satellite dispatch agency received an order from the White House NASA department.
Five satellites began reconnaissance of the target area.
First, there are high-resolution reconnaissance images taken from the Keyhole 1 and Keyhole 4 reconnaissance satellites at high altitude.
It was projected onto the large screen in the White House conference room.
The KH-11 Keyhole satellite is currently the most advanced reconnaissance satellite in the United States.
It can take high-definition optical images of the ground from near-Earth orbit.
According to previously disclosed information, a resolution of 10 centimeters can be achieved.
It's no exaggeration to say that the clarity is so good you could practically photograph a launch center.
That is, how many staff members are on the ground at the launch center?
They could count heads now.
"Transmit to the intelligence bureau immediately!"
"receive!"
Intelligence agency personnel who received the high-resolution images
The images were immediately compared with the previous live stream video footage.
"Report! Comparison accuracy: 96%... It can be confirmed that this is the footage from the Houyi Launch Center in China!"
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