Four o'clock in the morning the next day.

The Peregrine Falcon rises from the runway of Skynet Aviation Airport.

The destination is Jiuquan City, and Ye Qing is relatively low-key on this trip, only bringing his assistant Yun Shi and a few monsters as an entourage.

Almost no one in the company knew about this big event, except for the Huaxia Space Center and ITU, and the media knew about it.

Zhongyun is 2,700 kilometers away from Jiuquan City, and the Peregrine Falcon has to fly for about an hour and a half. I got up early this morning, but Ye Qing didn't feel sleepy at this time, and kept using the satellite phone to contact the aviation base, asking them about their preparations, and the weather in the morning, whether they had the conditions for launch.

Yun Shi's performance was much worse.

She kept squinting before getting on the plane, and after getting on the plane, her body sank into the soft and comfortable sofa seat, and she rubbed her eyes more often.

She slept soundly, but at half past three in the morning, she was dragged up by Ye Qing's phone call.

She didn't know about the company's plans to launch satellites, and the entire satellite project was handled by the factory.

"Boss, where are we going?"

"Go to Nine Springs. ”

"Nine Springs...... Where is it?" Yun Shi looked up with some difficulty, and her delicate facial features were full of sleepiness.

"A great city built on the Gobi. ”

Then Yun Shi tilted her head and fell asleep.

At 5:10 a.m., the Peregrine Falcon flew to the edge of Jiuquan City.

At this time, the sky had changed from inky black to gray and foggy. It seemed that in just a moment, the foggy skyline was covered with a golden yellow.

Like a canopy of heaven, it illuminates the whole earth.

The shadows receded at breakneck speed, replaced by a bright golden yellow.

When the first rays of sunlight in the morning pierced through the blue sky and shone into the quiet cabin of the Peregrine Falcon, Yun Shi was also awakened by the sunlight. She rubbed her eyes and looked out of the porthole with some oddity, looking for the source of the light.

Outside the porthole, a magnificent "picture scroll" with some desolation unfolded vividly in her eyes.

It was an ancient yellow, and the earth was undulating and wind-eroded.

The Peregrine eventually landed on a gravel plain dotted with greenery.

There are a few tall steel buildings that stand out, a historic but still sturdy airstrip, and a few strange buildings hidden beneath the surface that are not easy to notice.

Yun Shi quickly sensed from the light blue, completely steel-made building.

Yun Shi was sleepy at this time, and her expression was like that of a child who had just entered Disneyland, "Oh my God, old... Boss, this is the Jiuquan Aviation Center?"

"Nonsense!" Ye Qing smiled dumbly, pointing to the white slender object in the distance, which was protected by a blue steel building, and said, "As long as you are not blind, you can recognize that it is a rocket, right?"

"Ah, let's come to see the rocket launch?" Yun Shi had already pressed her face to the porthole.

It was a rocket, close to twenty stories high, one by one, with four huge rudder wings fixed to the launch stand.

"We came to see the rocket launch, and it was a rocket launch belonging to our company. Ye Qing snapped his fingers at her.

……

When Ye Qing walked into the launch center with Yun Shi and two monsters, there was already a smell of waiting here.

Not much different from what you see on TV, this is a layout similar to that of a cinema, with a large multi-screen combined information display wall at the forefront, and rows of seated staff on the opposite side of the display wall.

There are four rows, each row full of monitors, perhaps just because of the launch of a commercial satellite that is not too technically difficult, and only about half of the staff sit in front of these four rows of information processing equipment.

Ye Qing was led by two reception staff to the viewing seat located at the back and top, and standing here, he could clearly see all the pictures on the display wall. There are not only the Long March 3A standing on the launch pad, ready to be on standby, but also the tail picture of the engine, and the dazzling complex data.

The person responsible for receiving Ye Qing was Chen Fangli, the commander-in-chief of the launch mission. He looked to be about forty years old, with glasses and somewhat dark skin.

Like most people, when the commander-in-chief Chen Fangli saw Ye Qing, he would inevitably feel emotion and admiration.

Of course, there may be a chance to launch at any time, the commander-in-chief didn't spend too much time to sigh, after he enthusiastically invited Ye Qing to the middle seat, he took out two walkie-talkies from his jacket pocket, one in each hand, and kept asking something.

Ye Qing and Yun Shi looked around curiously.

"That's right, Commander Chen. Ye Qing took advantage of the time when he stopped to inquire and asked, "If the rocket is launched, can we go outside to watch the rocket launch before the launch?"

This is the question that most guests who walk into the launch center will ask. Yun Shi didn't ask, but her eyes were shining.

"If you're standing outside the building, I think it's better not to. Commander-in-Chief Chen Fangli smiled innocently, "Because the moment it is launched, the rocket will eject a large amount of chemical fuel, which is not burned too thoroughly." ”

"Although our command center is still some distance away from the launch tower, the smell always wafts over when the wind blows. ”

"In addition, even if there has not been an extreme failure such as a crash, our Long March 3A rocket, but the preventive measures must be carried out. Moments before launch, the entire site was ensured to be unoccupied. ”

Ye Qing nodded, feeling a little pity, watching the launch through the screen, there was always a feeling of watching TV at home.

At this time, the commander-in-chief Chen Fangli changed his words and said with a smile: "But upstairs we have a media studio that is especially suitable for visual observation, and Mr. Ye can go there to visit a few minutes before the launch." ”

"Mr. Ye, you know, our launch center occasionally sends some exciting things into the sky. Official journalists will use it to bring the images to the eyes of the people of the whole country. ”

"Commander Chen, do you have a chance to launch in the morning?"

"There is a lot of hope, and at present, according to the information transmitted by the weather radar, the high-altitude weather conditions have met the conditions for launch. But at low altitudes, we have to wait a little longer. After the commander-in-chief Chen Fangli finished speaking, he asked the walkie-talkie again.

"Meteorological No. 1, report on the current situation. ”

After the sound of the current, a somewhat distorted voice came from the walkie-talkie, "Report to the commander-in-chief, the current wind is thirteen knots." We observed signs of weakening to less than seven knots at a distance of 50 kilometers, and it is expected that after 31 minutes, the wind over the launch area will drop, and the launch conditions will be met. ”

"The TT&C station reports the situation. ”

"The monitoring station reported that the rocket is normal, the fuel cycle system is normal, and the launch rack is ready for use at any time. ”

"Very good!" Commander-in-Chief Chen Fangli stood up and said solemnly to the microphone on the command platform in front of him: "Attention of all departments, the rocket enters half an hour before launch, and the countdown is ready." ”