"The first launch test of the Centaur launch vehicle, a ten-second countdown, now ......"

“10……”

“9……”

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“1……”

"Launch!"

At 6:30 a.m. on March 1, 2010, with Yang Chen's command, the operator pressed the button for rocket launch. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Boom ......"

A low roar quietly sounded throughout the launch site.

Compared to conventional rocket launches, the roar is very insignificant, and the decibel number is only equivalent to the sound of an ordinary car engine.

People who know how to do it all look at each other, and their eyes are surprised: "Judging from the roar of this engine, the thrust of this engine is average......

It is important to know that when the rocket engine is started, the energy generated by combustion per second will be very strong because it needs to provide strong thrust, and the roar generated by compressed air will also be very large.

Conversely, from the roar, you can often see how powerful the engine is.

So the sound of this understatement engine surprised these experts.

Zhu Yingying listened to the experts' words, and also frowned: Yang Chen, this kid said a lot today, and he also said hello to the Air Force and the air traffic control station, if Yang Chen fails, it will be laughable and generous.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask nervously: "So this time Yang boy's experiment is unlikely to be successful?"

"Not necessarily, maybe it's because of the use of psionic technology, so it's different from traditional engines?"

Some experts explain it this way.

"What's the difference? Looking at the performance of this engine, it is also a recoil engine similar to a traditional rocket engine, which will inevitably produce a loud roar because it needs to continuously exhaust air to produce recoil force. It's not an anti-gravity engine......"

Zhu Yingying frowned, already thinking about how to help Yang Chen clean up the mess.

But it's okay to do this, if you fail, it's better for Yang Chen to take care of it, save yourself what you want to do in the aerospace industry all day long, or honestly engage in your theoretical research and special materials.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Yingying felt that maybe it would be better for Yang Chen and the country to let Yang Chen fail.

As he spoke, the Centaur carrier rocket over there had slowly left the ground through the power of the psionic fusion hybrid engine.

The current Centaur launch vehicle itself weighs about 500 tons, while the satellite's weight reaches about 500 tons. This is of course not high compared to the maximum thrust of the engine of 10,000 tons.

Therefore, the engine does not increase the power to 100% at the beginning, so as to avoid excessive acceleration causing too much force on the rocket body and satellite, which can tear the rocket and cause the launch to fail. Instead, it will slowly increase the power of the engine. The speed of power increase in previous experiments was only to test the extreme performance of the engine, and could not be used as a standard for normal launch.

Seeing that the Centaur launch vehicle had slowly flown off the ground, and the speed was getting faster and faster, it soon flew into the sky, and slowly disappeared from people's sight, leaving only a faint blue point of light that would be ignored if you didn't pay attention to it, which was slowly getting smaller.

Basically, the rockets flew in very good condition and did not have any problems.

"It seems that this rocket technology, which combines psionic technology, is still different from the traditional one. Judging by the current situation, maybe Xiao Yang can really put his satellite into the predetermined orbit......"

"Well, it looks like this......"

"Now it's up to us to see how well the fairings of rockets and satellites perform. If you can't withstand the high temperature of friction with the air, I'm afraid the launch will still fail......"

Several experts whispered, and the voices of doubt were temporarily reduced, but if the doubts were to disappear completely, they could only be successfully launched.

In the projection screen, you can also clearly see the monitoring image of the rocket flight, which is the real-time monitoring status from sensors including satellites and rocket bodies.

In the projection of data monitoring, various data showing the current state of the rocket also appeared, and charts were made next to it to make it easier for everyone to understand.

Based on the speed of the rocket, it is speculated that now the rocket should have reached supersonic speeds and entered a thermal barrier. At this time, the temperature of the rocket body will soar sharply, and if the rocket material cannot withstand this high temperature, there will definitely be a problem with the flight state.

But now, this flight curve is still very stable and has now been put to the test.

However, this is not the final test.

"The difficulty below is when the rocket leaves the atmosphere and enters orbit. If the orbit entry fails, this launch cannot be considered a success either......"

The experts on the sidelines are still discussing, on the one hand, it can be regarded as explaining to Zhu Yingying. However, they are not experts, and although they know a lot, they still remain on the surface.

And Yang Chen and others naturally pay more attention to the content.

"The Centaur launch vehicle did not take the form of a traditional multi-stage rocket engine. Because although the psionic engine also appears to have a recoil gas injection on the surface, it is not actually the gas that is used to provide the impulse for the recoil, but the energy particles, which provide the impulse through the force of the energy particles and the atmosphere. The 'fuel' of the psionic rocket also comes from the psionic energy that has been collected in advance. But in fact, even if tens of thousands of tons are sent into space, the psionic energy required will not reach five or six hundred tons. This weight comes mainly from the fusion engine. ”

"So, we don't need to take the multi-stage rocket approach and reduce the weight by constantly abandoning the engine of the upper stage. Even if we want to throw it away, we have nothing to throw away. For traditional multi-stage rockets, the upper stage is abandoned because the fuel of the upper stage is used up, so it doesn't matter if you throw it away. However, before the psionic energy engine consumes the stored psionic energy, it will continue to absorb the aura between heaven and earth and store it in the psionic energy. The fusion engine itself cannot be discarded casually. ”

"From a certain point of view, this will increase some fuel consumption, but at the same time, it will greatly simplify the structure of the rocket engine, which can be regarded as a gain or loss. ”

While explaining the design of the Centaur launch vehicle to the people next to him, Yang Chen observed the operation status of the rocket in real time.

After refining the core components of the satellite on the rocket, he does not need anything else, and he can also use the core components to grasp the status of the rocket and the satellite, of course, others must use the tracking and control technology to understand the state of the rocket.

"Now that the rocket is about to reach the top of the atmosphere, it is time to throw out the fairing. ”

"The satellite fairing is detached. Everything is in good condition. ”

With the operator's briefing, everyone clearly saw that a ball of fire exploded on the surveillance image, and the two fairings separated and were thrown away from the satellite.

"The preset track height is about to arrive, and the countdown is ...... in 10 minutes"

"Five-minute countdown to preset track height ......"

"Preset track height countdown to one minute ......"

"Reaching the preset orbital altitude, the launch vehicle and the satellite are separated...... The separation is complete. ”

"The satellite was successfully put into orbit. ”

"Satellite solar panels and antennas are being deployed...... Complete. ”

"Satellite Control Core Link...... Complete. ”

On the console, a screen that was originally blank lit up, and an interface popped up, which was the control interface of the Tianluo-1 satellite.

Several images are cut out above, some are data charts, some are simulation maps of the surrounding environment of the satellite, and some are the interfaces of various functions of the satellite.

The operator nervously tests the functions.

Everyone is staring intently at the functional test of the satellite, and they all know that putting the satellite into orbit is not the same as success, and it will not be considered a real success until all the functional tests of the satellite are normal.

After a dazzling operation, the operator stopped, looked at the people who were staring at him, and said with a happy smile: "Everything is normal in the satellite function test! This launch was successful!"

"It worked!"

As soon as he said this, everyone immediately cheered.

Next to him, everyone in the stands also applauded enthusiastically.

Zhu Hero shook his head secretly in cheers, knowing that his worries and preparations were unnecessary: this kid is really amazing, he really made it happen......

Anyway, he still walked to Yang Chen's side with a smile, intending to congratulate Yang Chen.

Next to him, the guests from high-spirited new energy were also whispering.

"Good guy, the private launch of the satellite actually succeeded!"

"Launching satellites is nothing. In fact, that kind of small satellite, it seems that those top universities in our country have also launched. ”

"But they didn't launch it themselves. At this point, Mr. Yang's ability is not small. ”

"Of course, this should be the first privately launched rocket and satellite in our country, right?"

"Actually, I think that if Mr. Yang releases the satellite business in the future, we can all have our own satellites......

As soon as these words came out, everyone became a little more enthusiastic: "But no, in the future, this has no money, no status, it doesn't depend on what car you drive, what kind of house you drive, even if you play with private jets, yachts, etc., it is not as good as owning a private satellite......

"Haha, don't fight with me for the first crab water, my old Hu wants to be the first to go!"

"Why? Old Hu, you're not authentic......

"Hey, is it a question whether Mr. Yang is open or not, whether the country is open or not, is it useful for you to argue with someone here?"

"Yes, but, even if there is a chance, we can find a way, we have no direct relationship with the central government, and there is still an indirect relationship......"

These guys who have fallen into fantasy don't talk about it, but at this time, Yang Chen and the others are still busy.

"Xiao Yang, congratulations, the experiment has been successful!" said Zhu Hero was the first to come to Yang Chen's side.

Yang Chen shook his head: "Now this experiment can't be said to be completely successful. ”

"How?"