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Dong.
Two days later, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, secret meeting room.
Liu Feng put a globe on the conference table and began to talk about tomorrow night's launch plan.
"Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is here," he said, pointing to a spot on the globe.
"Tomorrow night at 10 o'clock, the Shenzhou-II Carrier Rocket will launch from here. About 20 minutes later, it will reach space at an altitude of 300 kilometers above Earth's surface. Then the rocket's fore cabin will open and release our Skyspace Aircraft, Little White."
His finger slowly moved up, then stopped at a position, pulling out an eraser from his palm:
"This represents our Skyspace Aircraft, Little White. Its current altitude is 300 kilometers. And the glass ball in my left hand—"
Liu Feng pinched a glass bead between his left thumb and forefinger, moving slowly towards the globe from a position further away from Earth:
