The Start Of Technology Live Broadcast To Build Rockets

Chapter 6 The rocket takes off!

Du Xingyu had already started the live broadcast at this time, and the audience who received the notification entered the live broadcast room.

"Hello everyone, you should be able to see that our rocket launch preparations have been completed. In three minutes, it will be ignited and launched on time."

"Here, we went to the farmer's market and bought a live big rooster, which weighs 2.8 kilograms. We also designed a small space capsule for it. The rocket will then send the chicken up to an estimated altitude of 20 kilometers! "

"I named this rocket Starry Sky 1, which means our first step towards the stars!"

In the live broadcast room, the audience started to joke.

"Three minutes of silence for this chicken, soon it will be a high-altitude roasted chicken!"

"Hope the launch is successful!"

"Where's the little sister? I'm here to see the little sister!"

"Hurry up, I can't wait!"

"Sit back and wait for the flying monkey to ascend to the sky!"

At this time, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room showed that there were one thousand people.

Du Xingyu explained a few words and asked Xu Lianqiu to appear. The number of viewers in the live broadcast room immediately increased by a thousand, and some people directly gave small gifts.

"Only thirty seconds left, everyone!" Du Xingyu and others were sitting in the distance, and they connected to the rocket's control system through laptop computers.

"Start the countdown!" Du Xingyu looked at the time and counted down: "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

The students' mood became tense unconsciously. Although they did not make the rocket, as classmates and live audience, they had a strong sense of participation.

"Three, two, one! Ignition!" The ignition program starts automatically, and the igniter inside the rocket responds.

Fiery flames shoot out from the bottom of the rocket, creating a powerful airflow that propels the rocket into the sky.

During this period, accompanied by a roaring noise, the rocket took off!

"It's flying!" Everyone exclaimed, looking at the sky in surprise.

They could see that the "Starry Sky One" was steadily rising into the sky and flying towards the clouds. And the rooster in the space capsule was crowing in terror.

"It really took off!" The audience in the live broadcast room was also shocked.

Many people watched the live broadcast just for fun and did not think that the rocket made by Du Xingyu could lift off.

But now, the rocket actually rose into the sky, and they were as shocked as the audience at the scene.

Barrage: "66666666!"

"Beef! Beef! Beef!"

"Jiangnan Vocational College of Science and Technology sent a congratulatory message!"

"The host is so awesome! The rocket he made really took off!"

"This is the most hardcore anchor I have ever seen! Pay attention decisively!"

"Damn it, it's true!" Zong Ming, who was watching the live broadcast, was eating potato chips. This scene made him stop talking and look at the computer screen blankly.

"It's lifted off. It looks like it's already several thousand meters high!" Lin Guangyan raised his head. Within ten seconds, there was only a small black dot left on Starry Sky One.

"Incredible! Incredible!" Zhou Bin said with excitement on his face: "The student who has reached this point is definitely the first person in the history of Hangzhou University. I guess even teachers and professors like us don't dare to say that we can do it!"

"Let's go and have a look. I want to know the specific process!" He took Lin Guangyan to Du Xingyu's side to look at the computer surveillance screen.

"The current lift-off altitude has reached 8.5 kilometers, and the rocket is currently in good condition. The driver may be a little frightened, but his life is intact." Du Yuxing's laptop displayed data and images from the rocket's internal monitoring system.

"Our rocket has really taken off!" Until now, Wang Wei and others still can't believe it.

To be honest, at first they thought Du Xingyu was just whimsical. The help was purely due to the relationship between classmates and roommates. They couldn't even think of being able to do this!

"That's great!" Xu Lianqiu's pretty face turned red and looked extremely charming, which was caused by excitement.

Du Xingyu himself was a little excited. It was the first time for him to conduct such a scientific research experiment.

He took a deep breath to suppress his excitement and said: "It's not over yet, recycling is the hardest part later!"

There are many experiences and precedents for rocket launch technology, but rocket recovery technology is still in the exploratory stage all over the world.

If their experiment succeeds, the significance of this rocket launch will definitely not be limited to a student graduation project, but will affect the entire aerospace industry!

The rocket continued to rise, breaking through the clouds. When the ascent fuel was burned out, the lift-off distance reached 26.3 kilometers, and it had entered the stratosphere.

Immediately afterwards, the ascending thrusters began to stop working and the rocket began to fall. This is a particularly critical step. If you fall from an altitude of 26 kilometers, no matter how hard the metal structure is, it will break!

Du Xingyu made two preparations, a parachute and a second fuel section for the propeller.

"Everyone, stay away from each other. If it hits you, someone will die!" Wang Wei shouted with a loudspeaker, asking the students to retreat.

The students evacuated quickly, and rockets were still falling rapidly in the sky.

"Is your recovery still at a fixed point?" Zhou Bin discovered that Du Xingyu was adjusting the destination of the rocket's descent by adjusting the micro-air jet device.

"Yes, I designed a fixed-point recovery system, which will fall within a ten-meter diameter range around the landing point." Du Xingyu said.

"Site recovery!" Zhou Bin was extremely shocked. The space agency has been studying this technology for more than ten years! So far, there has been no breakthrough progress! How could he, a student, do it?

The rocket is constantly adjusting its direction, and its distance from the ground is getting closer and closer. If such a rocket falls on the ground, if it hits the ground of the square without any preparation, it will be equivalent to a small bomb!

"We're here!" Du Xingyu kept staring at the distance sensor. When the calculated landing distance was reached, the thruster started for the second time, using the second-stage fuel reserve to generate reverse propulsion to offset the gravitational potential energy of the rocket's fall.

The falling speed of the rocket began to slow down. Du Xingyu pressed the button, and the space capsule containing the rooster was ejected. The parachute opened at the same time, and the space capsule began to fall slowly.

The rocket body continued to slow down and land towards the landing point.

"It's going to fall!" Everyone became nervous, and the rocket was clearly visible in the sky. Its tail flame is still burning!

"Five hundred meters!"

"Three hundred meters!"

"One hundred meters!"

"Twenty meters!" The Starry Sky-1 rocket stopped at a distance of twenty meters from the ground and did not hit it directly.

"Land!" After Du Xingyu shouted, the rocket slowly landed on the ground and landed smoothly on the designated landing point. Except for the coating of the rocket body that was damaged due to the friction of the atmosphere, all other parts were intact.

"Successful!" Du Xingyu stood up first and shouted excitedly.

"The landing was successful!" Wang Wei jumped up excitedly.

"We launched successfully? We also recovered the rocket? Wang Wei, please pat me, am I dreaming?" Zhao Qingquan was a little confused.

"It's a fucking dream, it's true!" Lu Liang exclaimed, "I admit, I made a mistake in my calculations. I once estimated that the success rate of the rocket launch was 0%, but now, it actually launched successfully and landed perfectly—— Du Xingyu, you are really amazing!"

"Oh my God, Du Xingyu! You did it!" Xu Lianqiu hugged Du Xingyu excitedly and shouted excitedly.

(End of chapter)