International First Achievement: A Chinese team's new breakthrough may extend the lifespan of artificial satellites to 30 years.

Recently, the team led by Zhou Peng and Ma Shunli of Fudan University successfully developed the "Bluebird" atomic layer semiconductor radiation-resistant RF communication system. By relying on the "Fudan-1" satellite platform entering space, they achieved, for the first time internationally, the "super long life" and "ultra-low power consumption" on-orbit verification of two-dimensional electronic devices and systems. The "Bluebird" system not only extends the theoretical on-orbit lifespan of satellite communication systems to 271 years, but also reduces energy consumption to one-fifth of traditional solutions. The weight has also been reduced to about one-tenth of the original weight, and it is expected to increase the service life of artificial satellites from around 3 years to 20-30 years. In the early morning of January 29, Beijing time, the results were published online in Nature.