Chapter 998: Crashed?
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But he didn't know that his order frightened many people.
On the other side of the globe, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in Hawaii, at the top of Mount Mona Kea, is home to the most prestigious observatory of Mount Mona Kea, humanity.
Because it is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, isolated on the sea, Mount Mona Kea is almost one of the least disturbed places on earth by human activities, and the Mount Mona Kea Astronomical Park built here is also one of the holy places of astronomy in the world.
On the top of this hill, the 500-acre astronomical park is home to as many as 12 astronomical telescopes belonging to different countries and institutions.
At this moment, almost all of these twelve astronomical telescopes have only one goal.
That is, the new satellite, which is 2,000 kilometers above the earth, and it is not known whether it has deorbited or has not been successfully put into orbit - the parasol.
Since ancient times, humans have loved to look up at the starry sky.
The vast starry sky is not only admired by human beings, but also unearthed a lot of knowledge and secrets from it.
Whether it's astronomy or astrology, it's all about the stars.
However, since the launch of mankind's first artificial satellite in 1957, when human beings look up at the starry sky, there is one more object that can be observed.
This is known as satellite observations.
For example, the famous "Iridium Flash" is one of them.
Iridium has three very smooth silvery aluminum antennas that reflect sunlight and sweep across the ground to the eyes of observers or telescopes to observe extremely bright flashes, which is known as the Iridium flash.
Because there are up to 66 Iridium stars in the sky, it is easy to observe Iridium flashes as long as you check the transit time and observation time of Iridium.
Compared with Iridium, which is only 700 kilometers high, although the orbit of this satellite is more than 1,000 kilometers higher, its huge umbrella surface is much larger than Iridium's antenna.
The twelve astronomical telescopes on Mount Mauna Kea belong to different countries and institutions, but they are all very concerned about the actions of the lazy gods.
At this time, the "parasol" is almost directly above the Mauna Kea, which is the best angle for observation.
In astronomical telescopes, parasols located 2,000 kilometers above the ground can still see a lot of details.
This is very helpful for many countries to study the technology of Lazy God Technology.
Moreover, many people are very suspicious of the dynamics of the "parasol", and are confused by its strange tracks.
The Twin North Telescopes are two identical North and South Twin Telescopes jointly invested by the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and other seven countries, at this time it is observing the parasol overhead, a researcher is recording some observed parameters, while recording the words: "The satellite and the ground rotate synchronously, with the characteristics of geosynchronous orbit, but the altitude is only one-ninth of the geosynchronous orbit, hmm...... That's a little weird. ”
He scratched his head: "Could it be that this satellite still has its own power system? But I don't see any ejectors on the satellite......
At an altitude of 2,000 meters, maintaining the same speed as the Earth, the centrifugal force brought by its angular velocity is not enough to resist gravity, and the satellite should have been falling downward, but now the satellite is obviously stationary there, and it is possible to do this only if there is an external force.
Noting this suspicion, he turned his head to bring a cup of coffee, and when he looked up again, he was completely stunned.
Hey, what about the parasols?
Why did it suddenly disappear?
"Who's messing around!" he stood up in annoyance, he knew that there were many research projects, all waiting in line to use this telescope, but now the most important task of this telescope was to observe the "parasol"!
All around, some colleagues looked up blankly and wondered, "Mess angle?
The researcher looked at the angle parameters carefully, and ran to the telescope to take a look, and then came back with his head in wonder: "What's the matter, I didn't move the angle, why is the satellite gone...... Don't...... Did it crash?"
The phrase "crashed?" immediately attracted the attention of many people, and everyone observed and searched, and after looking for a long time, they did not find any trace of the parasol.
In the vastness of the universe, a parasol with a diameter of one kilometer is actually just a tiny speck of dust. But no matter how small it is, it can't be said to disappear and disappear.
After all, this is a real behemoth to humans!
"Go and ask what's going on, ask the others,......" the researcher called out a few times, then picked up the phone himself, "Forget it, I'll do it myself!"
At the same time, not far from the Twin North Telescopes, there is a huge 250-ton pot-shaped antenna, which is the radio telescope, or one of the super-long baseline arrays.
Those who have watched X-Men: The First War will definitely be impressed by the huge antenna of the radio telescope in which Magneto uses his power to twist the radio telescope while shedding tears, and that huge antenna is the radio telescope.
While all the other telescopes had lost their parasols in the sky, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Soklo, New Mexico, USA, detected a strange clutter.
The wave spread at an alarming speed from the top of the Pacific Ocean all the way west, to the top of Africa.
And in just five minutes, starting with the researchers at the Twin North Telescope, the information was also transmitted at an alarming speed.
Through hundreds of phone calls and emails, the news of the parasol's mysterious disappearance spread around the world in a matter of minutes.
On the R account, an account operated by the University Astronomical Research Society, one of the largest astronomical organizations in the United States, announced a news in a very timely manner: "The survey and test satellite 'Parasol' 1 launched by Lazy God Yafei has mysteriously disappeared and is suspected to have crashed." ”
As soon as this news was released, the University Astronomical Research Society, which had not attracted much attention, exploded in popularity.
This explosive news also spread all over the world in an instant.
The satellite of the lazy god Yafei crashed?
At this time, the R of the South African Observatory issued a message: "The South African Observatory observed the 'Parasol' satellite and confirmed that the 'Umbrella' has reached the sky over the Indian Ocean......"
Wait, two completely different news, released 5 minutes apart, did they crash, or did they fly to the Indian Ocean?
The crowd, who was completely different from public opinion, was immediately stunned.
Astronomers and astronauts look at each other, what the hell is going on? )