Fix satellites in space!

Many satellites, after being launched into orbit, cannot work properly due to various reasons, such as power plant failure, solar panel failure to deploy, observation system failure, etc. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past, even if this kind of satellite was scrapped, a satellite, plus the launch cost, worth hundreds of millions, was all lost!

Therefore, when the space shuttle was built, there was such a mission, there was a cargo compartment behind the space shuttle, and the artificial satellite could be captured into the cargo compartment, repaired, and then launched! The cost of a repair is only a few million dollars, but it can bring a satellite back to life.

Of course, so far, this is all theoretical, and how it is in practice remains to be verified.

At this time, in the airlock room behind the cockpit of the space shuttle, astronaut Nelson, who was wearing an extravehicular spacesuit, took a deep breath and made a gesture towards the glass opposite.

There was a hissing sound from the airlock, and the air flow quickly dissipated, reaching the same vacuum as the outside world.

After rechecking the connection behind him, Nelson kicked his feet and left the airlock, and outside, the vastness of space!

Spacewalk! It is an extravehicular activity with a high degree of difficulty! If you're not careful, if you get lost in space, you'll only have a few hours left to survive!

Breathing in the oxygen in the oxygen tank on his back, Nelson approached the satellite that needed to be repaired with a gripping device, and he failed to do so several times, the gripping device was difficult to bite the protrusion of the satellite, and he failed.

"Nelson, come back, let's try the second option." The sound of the radio came through the headphones.

Looking at the side porthole, astronaut Hart operated the operating stick in his hand, and outside, a 15-meter-long Canadian robotic arm stretched out from the side of the space shuttle, and he wanted to use this robotic arm to catch satellites!

The robotic arm is very thin, and if it is on the ground, this robotic arm may not even be able to bear its own weight, but in the weightless space, this robotic arm can easily capture a 10-ton satellite! It doesn't require strength, it's flexibility.

However, the satellite was spinning, and like Nelson just now, Hart failed, and if it did, the robotic arm would probably blow the satellite up completely!

"Grab it between the windsurfers!" Nelson, who continued to observe from the sidelines, keenly observed the most suitable position, and under his command, Hart finally operated the robotic arm again, slowly inserted it between the two solar sail boards of the satellite, and finally caught the satellite!

Successfully recycled!

The robotic arm slowly came back, and at the same time, the huge cargo compartment in the middle of the space shuttle, the hatch had been opened, and the robotic arm successfully recovered the satellite into the cargo hold!

Then floated back to Nelson and entered the cargo hold, at this time, the cargo door overhead had been slowly closed, and this recovery was a complete success!

Putting down the grip on the connecting device, Nelson put on a space-specific power adapter and prepared to disassemble the satellite to see what was wrong, and at the same time, another astronaut, Hoftan, also floated in.

However, when he was about to start construction, Hoftan suddenly said: "This satellite is not caused by the aging of some circuits, it has been attacked!" ”

Following the direction of Hoftan's finger, Nelson also saw clearly, and sure enough, this satellite had a hole that had been penetrated! The hole is not large, but seeing the melting around it, you know that the power of this attack is quite strong.

Nothing else but space laser weapons! And the attackers, for sure, are the Soviets!

"Report to the ground that this satellite, which has lost its value of repair, was destroyed by space laser weapons, reminds NASA to pay close attention and search for the location of the Soviets' space laser weapons!" Hoftan said.

Space laser weapons! This is quite terrifying, in space, whether it is a satellite or your own spacecraft, even if you encounter a piece of space junk, it is deadly!

And now, the Soviets actually have real space laser weapons! Although this space laser weapon is not enough to completely explode the satellite, but only burned through a hole, this kind of satellite is no longer of maintenance value.

But it's also an opportunity! If the Soviets' space laser weapon is nearby, you can try to capture it!

Recycling satellites, of course, can be recycled at will, in addition to recovering your own, you can also recycle the other party's satellites!

And this, first of all, it is necessary to find the position of the other party, determine the orbit of the other party, and then, slowly approach, and finally capture! As long as NASA determines the location of this space laser weapon, it will have a way to capture it!

The other party must be sailing on a nearby track!

Other satellites that have lost contact do not need to be repaired anymore, and they must be the same reason! Thinking of this, the astronauts traveling in outer space were a little shocked in their hearts, in recent years, the Soviet Union's progress in space has been really rapid!

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Baikonur launch site.

The whole black load, hanging on the side of the Energy rocket, the sixty-meter-high rocket, pointing straight to the sky, this is the second launch of the Energy rocket, and at the same time, it is also a more practical launch!

If this launch is successful, then there will be five similar launches over the next month! At the same time, in the rear workshop, the new Energy rocket is being produced in an intense and orderly manner, and the workers are working overtime to carry out the production of the rocket.

Even ordinary workers can smell abnormal breath, and this situation is very similar to the original World War II!

Is it really going to be a world war?

However, none of this has anything to do with them, they are just a screw in the entire Soviet edifice of socialism, just do their own.

At this time, in the launch hall, there was a crowd of people, Nikolaye Ustinov, quietly staying in a corner, looking at the rocket on the screen in the hall.

Next to the energy rocket, the mounted is still a space laser weapon, this time, the model is named Scythian-E, compared with the experimental model launched last time, the service module in the upper half, including solar panels, control instrument system and sub-chamber thruster system, there is no change, this is the part that controls the flight of the spacecraft and the adjustment of the course. The thickened lower body is obviously different!

What it is equipped with is a more perverted 2 megawatt space laser weapon! (To be continued.) )