Chapter 291: Into Low Earth Orbit
"According to the program, after the first stage rocket runs out of fuel, the blast crystal will automatically unconnect the connecting device, and the second stage rocket will automatically turn on after a one-second delay." The elven queen's announcement came from inside the headphones.
Hundreds of launch vehicles have been launched, and I can basically recite all the procedures, but the elven queen still dutifully serves as a briefer in the command center to inform us.
After all, the stakes are high, and the Protoss' weapons could be fired again at any time, and we don't have much time to waste.
"Start a ten-second countdown, ten, ninety-three, two, one, separation!"
Rumble!
Even the tearing sound caused by the violent friction of the air beside us could not completely cover up the explosion sound caused by the simultaneous explosion of more than 600 blasting crystals connecting the upper and lower two stages of rockets, and there was also a huge vibration from the rocket that was pushed by us.
"Two-stage rocket ignition!"
Bang!
The thin layer of sealing paper above the vent of the second stage rocket engine was blown away by the bursting flames, and a huge blue flame emerged from under the second stage rocket.
Is it just my delusion? Why do I feel like the rocket is a bit tilted?
It's not time to turn the program yet, is it?!
"Qin Xin, the command center confirmed that only thirty-five of the thirty-six engines of the second-stage rocket were started, and the rocket attitude began to lose control!" The Elven Queen's calm voice came from inside the headphones. "If it can't be recovered, forcibly separate the source of mana and evacuate."
Cut, sure enough, good luck won't always exist.
Because the power of a single engine was insufficient, a large number of engines had to be installed in multiple batches to compensate for the lack of thrust. In order to propel a source of magic power weighing more than six hundred tons into the universe.
However, most rocket engines are installed in multiple ways, and the risks that come with them also increase. Even if we can make a rocket engine with an ignition success rate of 99 percent, quadruple, eight, thirty-six, one hundred and eight. The more installations you have, the more likely you are to have an ignition failure. As long as one rocket engine fails to ignite, the rocket will have a thrust imbalance, resulting in an uncontrolled attitude.
Although the attitude of the rocket can be maintained by the pneumatic panel and we forcibly straighten it for a short time, but with the speed getting faster and faster. We're going to end up with not enough thrust. As a result, the rocket could not maintain its attitude and crashed.
So, no matter what, let the engine that didn't ignite re-ignite!
"Alice!"
A white aura of magic flashed, and Alice appeared beside me. Took my place. Maintain the rocket's stance with Liarra.
And me. Then he followed the sunken handrail specially prepared on the rocket body and crawled to the bottom of the arrow.
Fortunately, the rocket engine that was not ignited was located in the outer ring of the engine.
If in the inner ring. Let's grab the mana source and run.
Grabbing onto the vent of this unlit rocket engine, I poked my head into it and observed the state of the engine. (Good boy, don't be a model)
The Ignition Magic Array is operating normally, but there is no liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen spilling out of it, so the problem is on the fuel delivery pipeline!
After inspecting the Ignition Magic Array, which was emitting tiny sparks, I nodded knowingly.
As I recall, the fuel pipeline for this rocket engine was supposed to be in this location.
After marking the fuel pipe in the rocket shell with my fingernails, I pulled out Berenak with my backhand and pried the foam alloy rocket shell open, revealing the fuel pipe inside.
It turned out that the fuel pipeline was folded, so the fuel inside could not pass through.
I found the fuel pipeline that I didn't know what was broken inside, and I directly restored it to its normal posture.
Less than two seconds after the pipes were unblocked, the rocket engine, whose ignition had already been activated, was finally ignited and the thrust was rebalanced.
After taking out the superglue from the dimensional space and gluing the pried rocket shell back in, I returned to my place.
Alice, on the other hand, floated beside me in a phantom state, ready to take over at any time.
Alice in this state is relatively the slowest burning rate for my skill points.
Although there was a small accident, it was acceptable.
After exhaling, the readjusted rocket, pushed by me and Liala, kept accelerating, and when it reached the predetermined high speed, it began to make a slow procedural turn.
Because the ignition of a rocket engine failed before, the thrust was somewhat insufficient, and the fuel was less than the scheduled surplus when the program turning point was reached, but it was still within the safe range.
After all, we have long considered the state of insufficient fuel, and the full fuel is about five percent more than the amount needed to complete the launch.
Don't look at the five percent, that's enough fuel for us to do a lot!
"Please note that the second stage of the rocket will burn out in a minute."
When the air around him was getting thinner and thinner, and the temperature was getting colder, the Elven Queen's report came.
Although I can't see Lyara and can only judge her existence by the flying technique she uses, I believe that Lyara must be ready.
Just as Liara and I were silently increasing the magic of the flight technique to prevent the vibration caused by the bursting crystal and the ignition of the third-stage rocket from destroying the rocket's stable flight attitude, a violent explosion was heard beside us.
Rumble!!
Below us, the engine of the second stage of the rocket suddenly exploded, a raging fire broke out on the outer wall of the rocket, and the thrust began to decline.
Damn it!
I can guess without the ground command center analyzing the reason, it must be that the outer wall of the rocket that has just been stained with super glue has been blown away by the air flow, and the fuel pipeline has been torn by the air flow, so that the fuel inside leaks and catches fire!
If you let the flames continue to burn, it won't be long before the fuel inside will ignite, and then the whole rocket will explode!
After weighing the pros and cons, I gritted my teeth and controlled the control crystal hanging in my hand, forcibly exploded the second and third stage separators, and the third stage rocket ignited directly.
"Alice, help!"
After the materialized Alice took my place again, I flew next to the second stage rocket, which was burning with the remaining fuel.
Burst Kick!
With the blessing of God's Awakening, if I want, the Burst Kick can be turned into a group attack skill, and the strong fighting energy carried by the kick can easily sweep away dozens of miscellaneous soldiers who are not strong enough.
And now, my right leg, which was wrapped in a huge amount of fighting energy, kicked directly into the body of the second-stage rocket, causing the rocket that was about to explode to separate directly from us, spinning rapidly in the thin air, spilling fuel and oxidizer to dye the sky blue.
Rumble!
As the fuel spilled by the Flame Followers entered the fuel tank, the massive second-stage rocket turned into a giant fireball in the sky and fell beneath it.
And I, too, teleported, took Alice as the positioning, and flew directly to where I should go.
Well, because the rocket separated ahead of schedule, if we don't take any measures, we really won't be able to fly to low-earth orbit.
According to my estimate, if the next rocket doesn't have another accident, this launch vehicle should barely be able to push the source of mana out of the atmosphere, and then it will fall into the atmosphere and be burned to ashes because it does not reach the planet's first cosmic velocity.
Well, outside the atmosphere, because the mana element is thin, the thrust that the wind movement can provide is very limited, if I ask Lyara and I to push the mana source to the first cosmic speed and wait for us to establish our own way to obtain the power of faith, we may be able to try, but now Lyara and I will definitely not be able to do it.
But just because Liara and I can't do that doesn't mean we can't put the mana source into satellite orbit.
In addition to my dimensional space, there are a large number of booster rockets prepared in the Liarra space bracelet, and we can also refuel the rockets next to us.
Because the rocket has reached a sufficient altitude and is not slow, the eight rocket engines below the three-stage rocket are enough to push the mana source into the orbit of the satellite.
As long as I open the hatch and keep replenishing the fuel in the dimensional space, I can provide enough fuel for the three-stage rocket to keep running!
Click!
With a slight jolt of the huge rocket bay in front of us, the third-stage rocket separated from us, leaving the smaller fourth-stage launch vehicle and the relatively large transport pod into low-earth orbit with us. (To be continued......)
PS: Although I have long known that KSP can play with ships, I didn't expect that the iron-hulled boat I made could soar to more than 100 yards on the sea before disintegrating, which is really exciting.
Anyway, the flying shark can be made out by me, why don't you get an aircraft carrier out to play?