Chapter 88 The Charm of Command
"Ignition successful!"
"Radar tracking is normal and the rocket attitude is stable."
"The telemetry signal is being tracked continuously and all parameters are normal."
In the sky, the silvery-white Star Yun-1 pierced straight into the clouds. When its huge body rushed into the clouds, it even broke through the clouds and created a huge hole.
Fan Renqing couldn't help but stand up and walk to the windowsill.
Then, the rocket disappeared from the big screen again.
"Telemetry signal tracking."
"Telemetry report, parameters are normal. Rocket altitude is 15 kilometers."
Chief Engineer Yin also stood up, and a blush appeared on his old face.
This phase of the rocket launch is the most dangerous moment.
In order to break through the earth's gravity, a rocket weighing thousands of tons requires unimaginable thrust, which is why most rockets use a multi-stage launch method.
The amount of fuel consumed within the atmosphere alone is a huge number.
Although this rocket belongs to Xinghai, a large amount of its original technology comes from the Daxia Aerospace Department.
Previously, the near-Earth orbit payload of human rockets was 67 tons. After adopting a series of technologies provided by Xinghai, the payload was increased to 80 tons at one time.
In addition, the rocket body weight has been reduced to an astonishing 1000 tons, which is 400 tons less than the latest heavy-load rocket, the Huntsman-, produced by Spieth's company in the United States.
This is the weight saving advantage brought by high voltage radio technology.
Once the launch is successful, it will be a huge boost for Daxia Aerospace.
Although the recovery technology on board has not yet been tested in practice, the use of stable and high-temperature resistant graphene chips means that the central computing power of the entire rocket far exceeds that of the silicon-based chips used in the past, and has great advantages in calculating the rocket's attitude maintenance.
Yin Shangjin couldn't help but look forward to it. Once successful, the cost of ground-to-air transportation could be greatly reduced.
The promotion of any science and technology will inevitably be difficult once the cost is high.
The reason why Spieth's rocket launch orders are full is because it has the world's leading recovery technology, which enables it to carry out short-cycle, low-cost launches.
"Altitude 100 kilometers, first stage rocket disengages and is ready!"
The big screen turned and images from the camera hanging on the waist of the rocket came in.
At this time, the earth below the rocket has become a semicircle with a halo around it. The altitude of 100 kilometers is already the warm layer of the atmosphere with extremely low oxygen density. At this time, most of the fuel of the first-stage rocket has been consumed, and the rest is used for recovery operations.
Fan Ren could clearly see the rocket body tremble slightly, and then the first-stage rocket under the camera began to fall off slowly.
The big screen was instantly divided into several split screens.
"Disengagement successful, second stage rocket ignited."
"Ignition successful, remote sensing signal normal."
On the split screen, an orange-yellow flame suddenly burst into flames from the engine nozzle at the tail of the second-stage rocket, speeding up the rocket body that had already begun to slow down, and it rushed into the dark deep space.
"The first stage rocket falls back to an altitude of 95 kilometers, and the system is connected to the rocket body attitude management."
The conductor's calm and composed reports kept echoing in the hall. He was like an orchestra conductor, controlling the rhythm of hundreds of engineers on the scene, giving Fanren a sense of elegance.
"Altitude 50 kilometers, remote sensing signals are normal, and the scheduled return orbit is normal."
Fan Ren noticed something and looked away.
Chief Engineer Yin's face turned an abnormal red, and he hurried forward to support Chief Engineer Yin.
"Chief Engineer, you advised me to be at ease, but you are more worried than me. Come and sit down and take it easy. I believe that our Xinghai graphene chip will not have any problems."
Fan Ren reached out and took a few tissues from the side, and gently wiped the tiny beads of sweat from Chief Engineer Yin's forehead.
"You're really old, I'm making fun of you." Chief Engineer Yin calmed down, but his eyes turned to the big screen from time to time, muttering to himself.
Fan Ren sat down beside him, knowing that at this moment, consolation would not have much effect, so he could only accompany the old man quietly.
"I have confidence in you, but it is too important to Daxia."
The chief engineer beside him murmured softly, and Fan Ren nodded and said softly, "Almost there, 20 kilometers, see I said there is no problem, the ship's posture is not worse than Spieth's."
"Not bad, not bad, much better! 10 kilometers, the engine ignited successfully!"
In Chief Engineer Yin's eyes, the silver-white rocket now looked a little gray. This was a sign of burns caused by the high temperature generated by the friction between the rocket body and the atmosphere during the return process.
These are normal phenomena.
"5 kilometers, the rocket body is in normal posture, the support frame is open, and it is ready to land."
"Reverse thrust engine started successfully, landing!"
In the picture, a fierce flame suddenly burst out from the tail of the half rocket, and then the huge first-stage rocket was seen landing steadily in the center of the cross mark below.
Fan Ren stood up suddenly, and his expression was no less excited than that of Chief Engineer Yin just now.
"Landing successful! The recovery team is preparing to enter. The second-stage rocket is at an altitude of 300 kilometers, and the remote sensing signal is normal."
The commander's calm voice resounded in the hall again, and he was not interrupted by the good news of the successful recovery.
Fan Ren's gaze fell on the young engineer, and the relief in his eyes could not be concealed.
"Boss Fan, to be honest, I'm a little reluctant to part with these precious kids. You know, if it weren't for you, these would be the interns that Aerospace City would recruit this year."
Chief Engineer Yin was also attracted by this young conductor, and his tone became sour.
Fan Ren smiled innocently and said, "Just wait and see. The sea of stars will not bury any talented engineer. Besides, after the second phase of the project begins, the launch cycle will be greatly shortened. That will be his chance to perform."
"That's amazing. Although our Space City has completed a series of technical explorations for traveling between the Earth and the Moon, it was you latecomers who actually implemented it. And without your full investment, I don't know if I can see the day when Daxia's astronauts set foot on the moon before I close my eyes."
Fan Ren gently patted the old man on the back and consoled him, "Just keep an eye on them for us. That day is not far away. If you are willing to retire, come to Xinghai and help me keep an eye on these young men."
On the big screen, the remaining half of Xingyun-1 was still flying bravely towards deep space, at a faster speed than before separation.
"The rocket has reached the planned 400-kilometer low-Earth orbit and is ready to separate."
"Separation successful, recovery process initiated, spacecraft thrusters activated, continue forward."
In the camera of the second-stage rocket, the detached hull gradually tilted, and the spacecraft cabin, which was gradually moving away, had a faint blue light burning at the tail, and continued to move towards the dark deep space.
Soon, the rocket's falling speed gradually increased, and when it reached a 200-kilometer low-Earth orbit, the high-temperature plasma halo generated by the friction between the hull and the atmosphere was clearly captured by the camera.
But what surprised everyone was that this phenomenon did not cause the signal to be lost due to the plasma blackout. The images were continuously and stably transmitted back to the remote sensing center and then sent to the command center.
"The blackout phenomenon has failed, the remote sensing signal is normal, and the ship's speed is 32 Mach."
Fan Ren proudly raised his chin towards Chief Engineer Yin and said, "See, this is the effect of carbon nanotubes. The black barrier problem will no longer exist. This is also the first time we have this technology after Spieth."
Chief Engineer Yin smiled particularly happily and felt the same pride as Fan Ren.
After the rocket passed through the atmosphere, as the commander conveyed precise commands, the return engines ignited one after another and fell back towards the predetermined return point.
"Altitude 5 kilometers, support frame opened, ready to land."
"Successful landing! Recovery personnel are coming in."
The young conductor stood at the front of the hall and slowly turned around.
"I declare that the test of the Xingyun-1 carrier rocket was a complete success! Congratulations to everyone!"
In Fan Ren's eyes, at this moment, the young commander seemed to be shining brightly.
(End of this chapter)
