Two days later, in a sea area in the South China Sea, Yang Jie, Natasha, Adam Cohen and others landed in a helicopter on the "Wanhu" rocket launch command ship, and then boarded the Sky Whale floating launch platform accompanied by everyone.

At this time, the rocket has been fixed on the launch frame, with a total height of more than 40 meters, a diameter of 3.9 meters, and the entire rocket plus fuel can reach more than 300 tons, and the huge body shines with golden light in the morning light.

At this time, the rocket fairing is equipped with a simulated satellite, this is also the first time that Huaxia Sea Launch Company launched this "Deep Space One" rocket, if it can be successfully launched, then it will gradually begin to undertake the satellite launch task of Huaxia Satellite Communications Company.

Because the space launch base is still under construction and is expected to be used in the following year, the rocket launch will now be carried out on the sea launch platform.

It takes several days for the launch platform to move to the launch site at the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, where it stabilizes at launch depth and turns in a specific direction to minimize the effects of wind and waves.

At this time, the alarm sounded on the launch platform, and two hours later, the rocket began to automatically refuel, and before that, most of the crew on the launch platform was transferred to the "Wanhu" command and control ship along the temporary bridge in batches.

Yang Jie and others also followed the staff and began to transfer to the command ship.

Osceid's command and control room methodically gave orders.

The "Wanhu" immediately began to withdraw from the launch area, and Yang Jie and the others had to retreat to a place 5 kilometers away from the launch pad.

Yang Jie also saw several escort warships in the distant sea area with a telescope-

This time, the navy also sent three destroyers to cruise in the nearby waters to ensure that the launch at sea would not be sabotaged and interfered with by foreign warships.

At eleven o'clock, Yang Jie, Natasha and others were also looking at the big screen-

The camera on the launch platform transmits the surveillance footage from the launch pad continuously, at which point the erection device is removed from the rocket wài wéi and moved to the warehouse, where the door and roof of the warehouse are closed.

“9、8、7、6、5、4、3、2…… Ignition!"

When the staff of the command center pressed the ignition start button, a huge amount of smoke and fire ejected from the bottom of the Deep Space No. 1 rocket on the big screen, and then the entire rocket began to take off!

At this time, even in broad daylight, the strong fire of the rocket launch illuminates the entire sea area, and Yang Jie can see the huge fire of the rocket in the distance through the glass window!

At this time, the staff in the command hall also kept reporting the flight attitude of the rocket, and so far, the first stage of the rocket is still in very good working condition.

After a while, the rocket began to make a programmatic turn, and so far the entire state of the rocket is quite normal.

A few seconds later, a staff member suddenly exclaimed: "Report, the liquid oxygen pressure of the No. 2 and No. 4 engines of the first-stage rocket engine is abnormal!"

As soon as the staff member's words fell, he saw an incomparably huge fire suddenly appear in the sky in the distance!

At this time, on the big screen, the drone also transmitted the image of the rocket to the command and control center!

Osside and the others were all looking at the big screen with shocked faces at this time, as if they had been hit by the acupoint, and they couldn't speak for a while!

Natasha looked at Yang Jie and said, "Rocket bào zhà has lost a lot, right?"

"The cost of such a rocket is also 30 million dollars, and there is no effort in the blink of an eye. ”

Yang Jie smiled bitterly and said, "This time it's just a firework for you." ”

"Boss ......"

Osside and Ban Zhinong said to Yang Jie in great frustration.

"Let the salvage ship start salvaging the wreckage, and when we go back, we must find out the reason for the failure of this rocket launch, and I hope that the rocket will be launched again at the beginning of next year." ”

Yang Jie didn't get angry, he also knew that rocket launches have always been like this, even if country A and Da Mao had failed many times before rocket launches, and finding the cause of the failure from the failed accident is the most important thing.

He had long been prepared for the failure of the rocket launch, so when he saw the rocket, there were no particularly big emotional ups and downs in his heart.

"Yang, are you going to continue to launch rockets?"

Adam Cohen asked.

"Yes, of course, we must continue to do it, and we must let the 'Deep Space One' rocket be successfully launched. ”

Yang Jie said with a firm face.

He's invested billions of dollars so far, how can he just leave it, and now he has enough money on hand for him to squander.

If it doesn't work once, it will be twice, and if it doesn't work twice, it will be three times, and we must make the rocket launch stable and reliable.

Seeing that the big boss didn't look very angry, Ban Zhinong felt quite sorry for his boss.

Yang Shao has been extremely supportive of Huaxia Sea Launch Company in recent years, asking for money for money, equipment for equipment, and the salary will be very generous, and even the operation model of Huaxia Sea Launch Company is determined by the big boss.

In the past few years, Ban Zhinong has been staring at the technical engineers in the industry like a headhunter, and there are aerospace engineers on a business trip, so he followed the engineer downstairs in the hotel to talk to people, and even personally found the engineer near the community where he lived to talk to people.

At present, at least half of the technical team of Huaxia Sea Launch Company was personally approached by Ban Zhinong, and he is also full of confidence.

However, the first launch of the rocket was bào zhà, he was the chief designer, and he was mainly responsible.

"Yang Shao, I am mainly responsible for the failure of this launch......"

"Your bonus at the end of the year will be halved. ”

Yang Jie said.

Although he knows that because the Deep Space One rocket, unlike other civilian space companies, has chosen to reuse the rocket to reduce the cost of each launch.

Generally, a sān jí rocket is required to put a satellite into geostationary orbit, while only a two-stage rocket is required to launch a satellite into low earth orbit. Now, the reason why satellites are so expensive to put into orbit is because after each launch, the rocket burns up after falling into the atmosphere, making it difficult to reuse.

The Deep Space 1 rocket is designed for the first stage of the rocket to be recycled and reused, which involves a lot of engineering and technical problems.

There is also a limit to the adjustment of the rocket itself, it is impossible to fly straight towards a fixed recovery point. And each flight mission is not necessarily completely repeated, such as different orbits, different separation states, so on the offshore platform, the platform itself can also be moved to the most ideal position in advance to welcome the return of the rocket.

The nozzle is not the main problem, the pump is the key, like the RD-170, although there are four nozzles, but the two turbo pumps are bundled together for four combustion chambers, it is difficult to reduce the flow to a RD-120 level, this time cut off 3/4 of the flow has to be reduced again, the throttling is too strong, the pump can not work stably.

Although these core components have undergone various tests before they are assembled, this is a problem of rocket manufacturing technology and system safety engineering, and it is a large system that requires comprehensive research before it can be truly implemented.

Although we know this, the fine is to be enforced, and the company's reward and punishment system is to be enforced.