Chapter 361: The Day of Launch
Everyone unanimously agreed to directly modify the original test flight plan into a carrying mission. The first mission of the Wing God launch vehicle will be to deliver 100 miniature quantum communication satellites to the established orbit!
Huaxia, the Yellow Sea, sea silos for deep space exploration space missions.
This is a rocket launch platform built on the offshore sea, which is safer than the land launch, and has a vast uninhabited area; it should be noted that after the sea launch carrier rocket, the rocket body is more difficult to recover.
If the rocket body fails to be recovered, falls into the sea, and the engine is scrapped due to water ingress, it is equivalent to a direct failure of the mission!
In every respect, this is a daunting task.
On the transport freighter, the body of the Winged God rocket is divided into several sections, which will be assembled here.
There are only two weeks left before the scheduled launch date of February 3. All the staff are busy and nervous, they have to do the final inspection of the launch platform and rocket, as well as the miniature quantum communication satellite, and then assemble it and launch it on the set date.
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February 3rd is finally here.
Today's weather is as planned, with a sunny wind and cloudless skies, perfect for rocket launches.
The media at home and abroad also rushed to the Sea Rocket Launch Center early, preparing for on-site broadcasts and on-the-spot interviews, and countless people are paying attention to this rocket launch!
It will determine the fate of deep space technology, quantum computing, and communications in the coming years.
In the satellite launch command center, everyone was on standby. At 20:45 tonight, the first Pterodactyl heavy-lift launch vehicle will carry 100 miniature quantum communication satellites to space orbit.
"Hello everyone, I am a reporter from XX TV, Yin Qiu'an. I'm exploring the Sea Satellite Launch Base in deep space, and it's 18:15 in the evening, and there are still two and a half hours before the launch of Deep Space Technology's Wing Shen heavy launch vehicle. "The reporter is conducting live interviews through the TV station.
"We had the pleasure of interviewing the main person in charge of this project, Chief Engineer Zhan Haoran. ”
"Hello, Zhan Lao, everyone is very interested in this Wing God launch vehicle, could you please give us a brief introduction?" Yin Qiuan handed over the microphone.
"Okay. Zhan Haoran said, "This time, the Wingshen-1 heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by Deep Space Exploration Technology Company. It is the first carrier rocket in China with a payload capacity of 100 tons, and if it can be successfully launched today, it will also become the rocket with the strongest carrying capacity in the history of world aviation!"
"Its thrusters are equipped with a total of thirty-six Hercules rocket engines designed by the Jet Power Laboratory for Deep Space Exploration......"
On TV and online live streaming platforms, many viewers are already paying attention to this rocket launch.
At Meng Xiaobai's house, his father Meng Lei and mother Tang Biyun opened the smart screen early in the morning to play relevant content, and it has not been turned off yet.
And in their house, there are many guests today, such as uncles and aunts, as well as cousin Meng Hua and his wife Zhang Qiao, Meng Xiaobai's uncle Meng Jianzhang and others are all there. They came here to have a good time, and at the same time they were concerned about rocket launches.
Today, Meng Xiaobai's career has become the top priority of this small family. Each of them has achieved achievements that they had never thought of before, and all of this relied on Meng Xiaobai, so everyone was very concerned about this matter.
"I'm going to burn some incense. Tang Biyun said, "Let the Bodhisattva bless this rocket to be successfully launched." ”
"I'll go too!" said the eldest aunt.
Meng Lei couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Is this matter also under the Bodhisattva's control?"
"Haha, that's a good vision. Meng Jianzhang said with a smile.
Meng Lei continued to watch the interview and analyzed: "Listening to this expert, this rocket is amazing. It cost more than a billion just to design and manufacture it, and the cost of this launch has reached 700 million!"
"I'm obedient, this is really burning money!" Uncle Mengshan sighed, "Xiaobai is really promising!"
"I said you're all too anxious, aren't you?" Meng Hua complained, "There are still two and a half hours!"
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At 19:30, in Pengcheng, Gao Yuan's residence, two women sat on the sofa, watching news interviews that were not of much interest before.
"Xiaoyue, call me at half past eight, I'll squint for a while, I'm too tired today. Gao Yuan said to Su Lianyue.
"It's okay, Sister Yuan, you can sleep, I'll call you at the point. Su Lianyue's eyes were still staring at the big screen, and now the footage of the Winged God launch vehicle was being played.
This big guy is full of charm at the moment.
"It must be successfully launched!" Su Lianyue silently prayed in her heart, this is the hard work of Brother Xiaobai, for this matter, he has been in the Deep Space Exploration Technology Company for more than half a year.
She and Gao Yuan, for ten months, have hardly met Meng Xiaobai a few times!
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"I said Lao Pan, just watch the live broadcast, I actually had a meeting connection, and I hung up the video with my girlfriend!" In the holographic video network conference room of the management of Deep Space Technology, Ruan Song complained about Pan Yu.
"My girlfriend can video at any time, but this launch is live, only this time!" Pan Yu smiled, "Besides, I can understand that others don't watch it, this is an important moment related to our two companies!"
The successful launch of the rocket, the establishment of the global quantum communication network, Mars intelligent technology and building block games are definitely big beneficiaries.
"Of course I'm watching!" Ruan Song said.
"This rocket has a carrying capacity of 100 tons, and it can launch a hundred at a time, so it can be launched in a hundred times?" Lu Xin joined the network conference room.
"It doesn't take a hundred times to succeed. Qiao Jian said, "The carrying capacity will have to be increased in the future!"
"Our success or failure depends on this launch!" Huo Qixiang said with emotion, if quantum computers are to be truly widely used, it depends on whether the quantum communication network can be successfully established.
If it fails, deep space science and technology will be out of breath for half a year, and I don't know when the next launch will be.
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Abroad, enterprises and institutions of various countries are paying attention to this launch.
"I really hope their plans go well. "Germany, Institute for Quantum Computers, Professor Reid is watching the global broadcast.
"I really dare to bet on it! I didn't try the test flight, and I went straight to the launch mission. Island country, Sun Yi looked at the picture, and felt a little emotion inexplicably, when he was young, he also had such courage and pride.
"I hope our friends will have a smooth launch. "The UK, telecommunications companies, high-level people are watching this launch.
"Today, only the explosion can make me happy!" "The Federal Communications Commission, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, looked at the live broadcast with a gloomy face.
"This damn plan is going to fail!" the IEEE Society, someone cursed.