Chapter 1199: Space Devourer
If it is land-based recycling, once there is an accident, the consequences are unimaginable, the losses are heavy, and even cause major safety accidents. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But sea-based recovery is different, and even if it fails, at most it will blow up the offshore platform.
Even at the critical juncture, the offshore recovery platform can be withdrawn in time, but the first-stage launch vehicle will crash into the sea, and the loss will only be the first-stage launch vehicle.
At 22:32:31:23, Star-1 entered the Earth's low-earth orbit and began to work on the first batch of spacecraft.
This time there were mainly seven large spacecraft, separated.
According to the data of the mortal starry sky, the mass of each spacecraft is about 1 ton, which is very terrifying.
Equivalent to the weight of two mortal navigation satellites!
What's even more amazing is that after the separation of these seven spacecraft, they were centered on the separation site, and one remained in place.
The remaining 6 are separated from each other in front of the back, left and right, and continue to fly in different directions.
And while flying, it decomposes, and every distance it takes, it decomposes a small spacecraft.
At this time, the beautiful host of the mortal starry sky, Qing Tian, opened her mouth to explain: "These small spacecraft are the space devourers developed by the mortal starry sky!"
"The Space Devourer is a space junk cleaning equipment independently developed by Mortal Technology. Equipped with an intelligent detection and recognition device, with the space devourer as the center, it can detect space junk within a radius of 5 kilometers, and intelligently lock, scan, and identify it, and once it finds space junk, it will be intelligently devoured. ”
Clear Sky locked onto a small space devourer, and further said: "As shown in the picture, like this 1-22 devourer, it has detected a 12g space junk within a radius of five thousand meters, only 2473 meters to the left, let's take a closer look." ”
The instant picture is enlarged: "It should be a fragment of the launch vehicle, although it is only 12g, but the movement speed is extremely fast, according to the data fed back by the space devourer, 6.9km/s! This speed, even if it is a small fragment of only 12g, once it hits the satellite, it is completely equivalent to two 100km/h cars colliding with each other, and the satellite will be penetrated or directly destroyed within 1.5 seconds! The consequences are very serious. ”
"And how do we deal with it?"
"As you can see, our Sky Devourer 1-22 didn't go straight out, just went straight up. That's right, our space devourer, integrated with the super processor F2, can simulate the speed and trajectory of space junk. ”
"Okay, the simulation is over, the Sky Devourer is dispatched, and instead of coming up directly, it directly moves forward for a distance and stops. ”
Then at the end of everyone's jaw-dropping, I saw that the 12g space junk really flew over.
"Space Devourer 1-22 directly shot and swallowed this 10g of space junk into it, and then buffered it and completely digested it. ”
Clear Sky continued: "After devouring this space junk, within a radius of 5,000 meters, there is no space junk. Our Space Eater 1-22 will continue to follow the designed route and conduct carpet searches. The same is true for other space devourers. ”
"In low-Earth orbit, Star-1 threw out six large spacecraft and finally broke down into 60 small space devourers! From 1 to 1-60, each one resembled the space devourer 1-22. ”
"Besides, you should have noticed that at the original drop-off location, there was also a slightly larger Sky Devourer!"
The crowd was puzzled.
Clear Sky continued: "This larger space devourer is numbered 1-00, and it has two main functions. ”
"One is naturally like other small space devourers, devouring space junk, but more efficiently. The other is for the storage of space junk, which is equivalent to a space junk transfer station. ”
"Other small space devourers will always exist in space, operating in a fixed orbit and cleaning up space junk. Although each small space devourer can devour 0.5 tons of garbage, after all, the space capacity is limited, and if it is operated in space for a long time, it will one day reach the upper limit. ”
"And the devoured space junk can only be considered a perfect disposal if it is transported back and burned up in the atmosphere above the earth. ”
"Therefore, after the space devourer devours the space junk, it needs to be further processed and sent back to the atmosphere to burn off. For example, in Starry Sky One, the return is to bring this space junk back by the way. ”
"But these small space devourers are too scattered, and it is impossible for Starry Sky One to dock them one by one. This can only be done through these transit stations!"
"Each garbage transfer station can store 5 tons of space junk, and the space is larger. You must know that the garbage in the whole space is about 4,500 tons. The scale of 5 tons is already considerable, after all, space junk is too scattered. ”
Clear Sky continued: "The whole process, that's it. Six large spacecraft, divided into 60 space devourers. 60 space devourers, each operating in a regular manner, devouring space junk. Finally, all of them are sent to the garbage transfer station. When the space junk in the space transfer station reaches the upper limit, when Starry Sky One returns, it will bring back all the garbage in the garbage transfer station, and then throw it into the atmosphere for burning and disposal!"
"In this way, the cleaning of space junk will become effective. It's just that there is too much space junk and too scattered, which is destined to be a long process. But we mortal starry sky are ready to fight a protracted battle!"
Although the overall idea is very simple, it is basically the same model as the global sanitation.
The space devourer is a specific sanitation vehicle, and the space garbage transfer station is a garbage transfer station.
Finally, the garbage is sent to a garbage treatment plant for disposal. And the space junk in the space transit station will be sent to the atmosphere and completely burned!
It's simple, but it's effective and it works.
"So far, 60 space devourers have devoured 200 pieces of space junk, weighing a total of 5,000g! ”
Soon, Star-1 reached geosynchronous orbit again, releasing seven more spacecraft.
As in low-Earth orbit, seven spacecraft, one of which remains in place, is a transit point for space junk.
The remaining six spacecraft, each flying in different directions, then proceeded to further separate to become 60 space devourers.
The 60 space devourers, centered on the space junk transfer station, began to operate regularly around according to different orbits, gradually cleaning up the space junk in the range.
Starry Sky No. 1, on the other hand, was a complete merit and began to return.