The Start Of Technology Live Broadcast To Build Rockets

Chapter 14 Launch Site

China, South China, Changhai Space Launch Site.

This is a coastal launch base and one of the few low-latitude launch sites in the world. Geosynchronous orbit satellites, large-mass polar orbit satellites, large-tonnage space stations and deep space probes are all launched here.

The "Tianwen-1" Mars probe to be launched this time also chose the Changhai Space Launch Site.

Colleagues at the space agency have long been prepared. On the sea launch platform, the "Tianwen-1" Mars probe has been loaded on the Long March 5 Yao-4 (B) carrier rocket.

This rocket is different from the previous ones. It has been modified and equipped with a rocket recovery system designed by Du Xingyu, so it attracts more attention.

"Are you sure?" Cao Liang, the leader of the space agency, asked He Jingcheng standing outside the launch site, looking at the 56.97-meter-long rocket.

"The rocket recovery and simulation test results are all successful. The success rate for the actual launch should be more than 50%." He Jingcheng said.

"Fifty percent?" Cao Liang frowned slightly and said, "Old He, please give me an explanation. The Mars Exploration Mission Bureau has been preparing for nine years! The last Mars probe was borrowed from a Russian rocket in 2011 Launch...we have to fight for our breath!"

"I can't guarantee anything else, but there will be no problems during the launch!" He Jingcheng said firmly, "Our rocket can definitely send Tianwen-1 to orbit. If it can be recovered successfully, it will be an unexpected surprise! "

"More than an unexpected surprise!" Another middle-aged man with thinning hair said from the side, "Then you will be world-famous and set a new record in the history of aerospace!"

He is Mo Shen, the leader of the Mars rover design team. This mission involves nine years of efforts by him and his team!

Mo Shen said: "Currently in the world, only the National Space Administration and Space Exploration Corporation of the United States have mastered basic rocket recycling technology. However, the rocket engines they recycled cannot be reused."

"If we can take the lead, not only will the whole world look at us with admiration, but it will also create a tens of billions and hundreds of billions of aerospace markets for us!"

At present, all over the world, even the United States, which has the most advanced aerospace technology, has to treat expensive rockets as disposable items. If China can master mature rocket recycling technology and allow rockets to be reused, I am afraid that countries all over the world will come to us and pay for help in launching satellites and spacecrafts.

The aerospace market worth hundreds of billions is really no joke!

"Look, you can't put too much hope in it. After all, we don't have much experience in this area. I'm already prepared to fail a hundred times." He Jingcheng said.

"Today's first task is to send Tianwen-1 into the Earth-fire orbit!" Cao Liang said with his hands behind his back: "Get ready, don't let reporters from other countries laugh at the joke!"

Today's launch is a public launch. Reporters from various places and countries have already come to the launch site to watch and interview.

The rocket will be launched at 12:41 noon. Du Xingyu arrived at the launch site at 6 a.m. and conducted a final test on the status of the rocket with his colleagues. Everything was normal.

Next, they all have to wait patiently in the command center until launch.

After seeking permission from his superiors, Du Xingyu was allowed to live broadcast the launch process on his mobile phone.

At 12:20, Du Xingyu started the live broadcast.

Immediately tens of thousands of people flooded into his live broadcast room, all coming to watch the rocket launch.

"It's on, it's on!"

"Where's the rocket? Let me see the rocket?"

"The anchor is finally on the air. I've been waiting for two months!"

"Where's the rocket you modified?"

The audience kept posting barrages. Du Xingyu stood outside the auditorium of the launch site, with the camera facing the launch pad, and said: "Look, everyone, that is the Long March 5 Y4-4 carrier rocket we are launching this time. Tianwen Mars Probe No. 1 has been installed inside the rocket."

"In another twenty minutes, the rocket will ignite on time."

The audience looked at the launch site and marveled.

"6666! Rocket launch live broadcast!"

"Last time it was a model, this time it's real!"

"Did the anchor participate in the rocket design?"

"Definitely not. The anchor has only been with the space agency for two months, how can he be so fast?"

Du Xingyu explained: "Everyone, the Mars probe and rocket were designed and manufactured by the predecessors of the space agency. What I participated in was adding a recovery system to this rocket."

"Everyone should know that rocket recycling is currently a worldwide problem... There have been many voices questioning me on the Internet, saying that the Starry Sky 1 rocket I made is just a toy!"

"Look, today's rocket has a total length of 56.97 meters, a wingspan of 17.3 meters, a take-off thrust of 10,524 × 1,000 Newtons, and the rocket body alone weighs 867 tons!"

"I recycled this rocket today. The first-stage rocket body, the second-stage rocket body and the fairing were all recycled to ensure that they can be reused."

After Du Xingyu finished speaking, many people still didn't understand and asked on the barrage: "What's the use of this?"

"In a big way, it's technological progress, which will make aerospace technology great. In a small way, if it succeeds this time, it will save the country at least one billion!" Du Xingyu said casually.

After he finished speaking, the barrage was immediately filled with "6666!"

"The boss is awesome!"

"One billion is saved once, and ten billion is saved ten times. Our country launches dozens of rockets every year, and how many tens of billions are we going to save a year?"

"Blow, just blow as hard as you can. There are still a group of mentally retarded people who actually believe that this guy can do it. I ate the keyboard!" Some people started to complain when they disagreed!

"Tsk tsk, no way, no way? No one really believes this liar, right? Some aerospace experts have publicly criticized him online!"

"I just want to ask, if it fails, how many years will the anchor be sentenced?"

Du Xingyu looked at the barrage and said: "That one called 'Biaodandan', you said you will eat the keyboard if the launch is successful? Don't be afraid later."

Zaodandan: "Haha, are you afraid of you? Whoever is intimidating is your grandson!"

Audience: “I want to trick you into eating and drinking again!”

"Remember, wait for him!"

Du Xingyu is live broadcasting here, and reporters and photographers are already setting up equipment and starting to shoot.

"Du Xingyu!" A clear voice shouted his name. Du Xingyu looked back and saw that it was the TV reporter from last time, Lu Jiajia.

The weather in the south is hotter, so she wore a cool white T-shirt and shorts, revealing her healthy wheat-colored skin and slender figure.

"Sister Jiajia, are you here?" Du Xingyu asked.

"I'm a reporter for the Science and Technology Channel. I'm basically here to cover aerospace news." When Lu Jiajia smiled, her eyes were slightly narrowed, like a crescent moon.

"I saw in the news that you entered the space agency. That's awesome!" Lu Jiajia praised him. When she saw the camera of his mobile phone, she asked curiously: "Are you doing a live broadcast?"

"Yes." In Du Xingyu's live broadcast room, many viewers were already posting comments about "pretty young lady".

"I still have something to do, let's talk later." Lu Jiajia was called away by her colleagues, and Du Xingyu continued the live broadcast.

At 12:40 noon, with only one minute left before the rocket launch, He Jingcheng, Mo Shen, Tao Ran, Liu Yuan and others were already nervous in the command center.

In Du Xingyu's live broadcast room, there are already hundreds of thousands of viewers, waiting for the countdown to ignition.

He Jingcheng's voice came from the loudspeaker, "Ten, nine, eight...three, two, one!"

"ignition!"

(End of chapter)