Military Technology

"One hour to prepare!"

As a manly voice broadcast came from the radio, the launch mission officially entered the final countdown stage.

On the beach opposite the Nanhai Space Launch Site across the sea, tourists who received the news cheered. In order to facilitate tourists to watch, the local area also erected two large screens on the beach to simultaneously broadcast live broadcasts.

On a beach about one kilometer away from this beach, many people also gathered. However, compared to the overcrowded beach in front, there were not too many people on this beach.

This is the beach of a local high-end coastal hotel. It is not open to the public and is only open to guests staying at the hotel. Although hotel room prices have skyrocketed in recent days, the hotel rooms were all booked because of this launch mission.

There is a special place on the beach. There are more than a dozen old people gathered here. They are sitting around a bonfire, chatting and looking at the brightly lit launch tower halfway across the sea.

These were Wu Hao, Zhang Jun and Lin Wei's parents. Under Lin Wei's persuasion, Wu Hao's father-in-law and mother-in-law came with them this time, as did Tong Juan, Yu Chengwu and Zhou Xiangming's parents.

So many seniors gathered together to form a luxury senior tour group. In order to be able to take care of these elderly people, under their arrangement, there is a team to provide services, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., and there will also be a team of doctors responsible for the health of these elderly people.

In the past few days, these old people, under the arrangement of the team leader, visited various scenic spots in the South China Sea, and even took a cruise to visit the islands and reefs of the South China Sea.

In order to watch the launch, these old people rushed back to check into the hotel yesterday. It was not dark yet today, so everyone came to the beach early, waiting for the final rocket ignition and launch moment.

Compared with the lively and excited tourists, the atmosphere in the command and control hall also became solemn. Everyone performed their duties and concentrated on the work at hand.

In the hall, apart from the various non-stop messages coming from the radio, the only sounds left were the ringing of the phone and the sound of typing on the keyboard.

Although busy, there was no panic at all. Everyone was in their places and all work was progressing smoothly. After all, experienced people are no longer surprised by whether they are launch system staff, rocket or payload system staff.

"Thirty minutes to prepare, the swing pole is released!"

Accompanied by the "di-di-di" alarm sound, several swing rods surrounding Jianmu-9 immediately opened up and separated from the rocket body. This means that the external circuit connection between the rocket and the launch tower has been interrupted. The rocket no longer needs external power supply, but uses its own battery system for independent power supply. The rocket has truly reached the final launch stage.

"The swing rod is detached."

"The rocket enters the independent self-check procedure."

"Self-test data is being verified."

"The self-inspection procedure is completed, all systems of the rocket are operating normally, and the launch can be carried out on time."

"Ten minutes to prepare!"

"Attention all units, it is time to prepare for ten minutes."

"All personnel within the launch area are to be evacuated."

"Dongguai reports that all personnel in the launch area have been evacuated to a safe area and the launch area is clean."

"Five minutes to prepare!"

"three minutes!"

"One minute to prepare!"

"Thirty seconds!"

"Ten, nine, eight..."

“Three, two, one, ignite, take off!

"take off!"

Sizzling, as several bunches of sparks like fireworks were sprayed out, the huge tail jet engine and the tail jet engine on the two main thrusters were ignited, and a huge tail flame was sprayed out.

At the same time as the flames were sprayed out, there was also a huge stream of water sprayed out from around the launch platform. Hundreds of tons of water poured out like a celestial river. These water flows will be sprayed onto the entire launch platform to reduce the high temperature caused by the huge tail flame ejected from the rocket's tail engine, thereby preventing the launch platform and launch tower from being burned by the high temperature of the rocket.

The huge tail flame collides with these water flows, thus creating a huge white mist. The white mist contains the smoke emitted by the rocket's tail flame, but more of it is water vapor.

The huge Jianmu-9 rocket held up the lunar cargo spacecraft, soared into the clouds, and slowly rose.

Our country's rocket launches use a free-ascent method, so the rocket's initial take-off speed is relatively slow. A huge tail flame spurted out, as if it was lighting up the entire air near the launch tower. So much so that the images captured by the surveillance cameras here will be distorted and shaken by the airflow generated by the high temperature.

At the same time, violent tail flames were ejected from the engine mouth, making violent roars that could tear the air. As these roars were transmitted, objects several kilometers away from the rocket seemed to be vibrating.

Even on the beach several kilometers away, the huge roar of the rocket launch could be heard, making all the onlookers deeply feel the huge energy radiated by this behemoth. This kind of shock can only be truly experienced by visiting the scene in person.

The excited tourists cheered after seeing the rocket ignite and take off. For a while, the cheers of the crowd and the roar of the rocket were intertwined on the beach, forming a beautiful and majestic symphony.

"Make a procedural turn!"

As the command was issued, the rocket's ascending angle began to tilt, as if a sharp sword began to penetrate the sky.

The night sky at this moment was cloudless and the moon was bright in the sky. The taking-off rocket and the bright moon formed a spectacular scene. Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but be infatuated. Many people couldn't help but shed tears when they looked at it. By the time I found out, I was already in tears.

These people may have suffered too much pressure, too many worries, and too long grievances in their lives, and they were all released at this moment as the rocket took off.

At this moment, they completed their own redemption. Compared to this magnificent scene, compared to the bright moon in the sky, compared to the vast starry sky, their grievances, worries, and pressures are nothing. At worst, they will have to start over.

"Position No. 1 reports that the rocket tracking is normal, the flight is normal, and the telemetry signal is normal."

Nanhai reported that the rocket tracking was normal, the flight was normal, and the telemetry signal was normal.

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In the office, Wu Hao and Zhang Jun watched the entire launch process through the big screen. Although they did not sit near the South China Sea, nor did they go to the Xinyuehu Space Command and Control Center, which was right in front of them, but here, they could see the whole picture from the Nanhai Space Launch Site and the Xinyuehu Space Command and Control Center.