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There was some wind and waves on the sea, but a huge ship was still sailing steadily on the sea, and this steamer, with antennas erected high on the top, looked up at the sky. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Space Survey Ship!

It is impossible for any country to have aerospace tracking and control bases in the whole world, not even the United States and the United Kingdom, because 70 percent of the earth is seawater!

In space, the orbit change of spacecraft and so on, all need to be tracked, controlled and operated in a timely manner, so almost all major space countries will have space survey ships, according to the required orientation, deployed to the predetermined position in advance, to measure and control the trajectory of the aircraft, and at the same time, it is also convenient to send information at any time and make corrections.

And now, this space survey ship is extremely large, and it is also the world's largest tonnage space survey ship, Yuri Gagarin, with a full load displacement of more than 50,000 tons!

50,000 tons! At this time, almost all the space survey ships in the world were about 20,000 tons.

The huge ship brings great smoothness of sailing, and at the same time, it also has the maximum power of the radar for detection.

The ship was built in March '69, launched in October of the same year, and built in Leningrad in July 1971, and it was one of the most active survey ships in the seventies! And now, Gagarin is growing stronger and stronger, and continues to play his strengths on the front line.

On the top of the ship, there are 4 parabolic main antennas, 2 of which are 12 meters in diameter and 2 are 25 meters, with a total area of 1,200 square meters, and weigh 1,000 tons together with their bases, three of which can transmit and receive radio signals in centimeter waves, decimeter waves and meter waves.

Now, two of the antennas with the largest area are radiating electromagnetic waves into space, and at the same time, the reflected radio waves are displayed on the screen.

The computer on board the ship is rapidly analyzing the signal.

"That's right, it's certain that the space shuttle Challenger, which the United States launched a few hours ago, is expected to coincide with our polar orbit in five minutes." After careful comparison, the TT&C ship came to this conclusion, and immediately, through the "Lightning" communication satellite, this early warning message was transmitted back to the Soviets!

Five minutes! For a spacecraft flying at 7.9 kilometers per second in space, it is enough to fly a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers!

Space shuttle Challenger.

The atmosphere was very tense.

"We're getting closer, expect to meet in five minutes, get ready immediately." Commander Stafford said, "Don't expect too much from the Kennedy Space Center, we're going to do it on our own." ”

Rely on your own efforts! Although another communication satellite has been launched, it is far from meeting the needs of communication, and at the same time, other means of measurement and control are needed, which are now gone.

Guided by the Kennedy Space Center, they were already in orbit and were about to make contact with that particular satellite of the Soviets!

When the Soviets launched it, the United States was already paying close attention to it, and it was probably the Soviets' space weapon satellite! Until now, the United States has not been able to develop the same weapon! Therefore, as long as the aircraft is captured, your mission this time has been successfully completed! On the next lap, you can take that craft back to Earth!

Moreover, in the future, as long as the Soviets continue to use this weapon, the United States can continue to capture!

Peaceful use of outer space? It's a hell of a joke!

"Ready to adjust the track." Stafford said.

The driver, Colin, followed the prompts of the on-board computer, pressed the button, and the two orbital engines in the tail were ignited for three seconds!

At this time, the shuttle is upside down, and it is weightless in space anyway, the same in all directions. So, no matter which direction the shuttle is maneuvering, just adjust the attitude of the fuselage, and then, use the engine to jet and change direction!

Just like now, the tail is forward, so, instead of accelerating, the jet is decelerating!

With this deceleration, the speed of the shuttle decreased, and at the same time, due to the gravitational pull of the Earth, the orbital altitude was further reduced, and finally, it entered the orbit of the target!

When the orbit change was completed, it was right behind the target, and at this time, the sun was in the distance in space, and the outline of the huge aircraft could be seen from this side.

All-over black, length... At least forty meters long! It's a lot longer than your own space shuttle!

The Challenger space shuttle is only 27 meters long, and the effective length of the cargo compartment is 18 meters, and it is obviously impossible to bring this forty-meter-long guy back!

"Soviets, how did they do it? I bet it's a hundred tons! Nelson, who was also observing the spacecraft, let out an exclamation.

A hundred-ton spacecraft, launched into orbit, what a powerful rocket is needed for this? In short, the United States will definitely not be able to do it now!

"I see it's split into two parts." Hart, who operates the robotic arm, said: "It's half power, half laser cannon, and we just need to take it apart from the middle and take the laser cannon away." ”

From here, you can see more clearly, this is clearly already two sections, different thicknesses, open from the middle, maybe you can put it in the cargo hold!

"However, it would require a dangerous spacewalk, and it would take us dozens of spacewalks to be able to split it in half." Nelson said, "I like it, though. This black and thick thing is mine, don't rob me! ”

In Nelson's eyes, this Soviet spacecraft is already theirs! Disassembling such a spacecraft, which would require multiple spacewalks, is the best opportunity for Nelson, who has undergone countless training sessions!

"No, we're running out of time." Commander Stafford said: "Fly for another twenty minutes, we should enter the space tracking and control range of the Soviets, we may be discovered by the Soviets, I suggest, we use the robotic arm first, change the flight trajectory of this spacecraft, so that the Soviets can not find it, and then try to disassemble it when the next lap!" ”

Direct control with a robotic arm is beyond the scope of one's own, after all, there are hundreds of tons of this thing! However, as long as the robotic arm uses a little force, it can make the spacecraft change direction, and from the ground, even if it is lost, it will be easy to deal with next.

This big guy must also be the treasure of the Soviets, and he will never watch his own side steal it like this.

At this time, they didn't know that a space survey ship had already spotted them below. (To be continued.) )