Chapter 174: Sparrowhawk Cooperation!
The Sriharikota launch site is the most important space launch center of the Mauryan Federation, with geographical coordinates of 13°47'N latitude and 80°15'E longitude, which is quite advantageous.
It is very lively here today, a huge rocket is erected on the launch pad, its fairing diameter is 5 meters, the diameter of the core stage is 4 meters, the solid boosters on both sides are 3.2 meters in diameter, and the height is 43.5 meters, which looks a little stubby.
It is the protagonist of today, the GSLV-Mk3 launch vehicle that is about to fly to the moon with the "Chandrayaan-3" probe, and it is also the strongest launch vehicle of the Peacock Federation!!
Its take-off mass reached 640 tons, and after the upgrade, the carrying capacity in low earth orbit reached 10 tons!!
It is the strongest rocket in South Asia, and it can be ranked first in the world, consolidating the status of the Peacock Federation as a space power!!
Ahem, if you're serious, this GSLV-Mk3 launch vehicle is a bit weaker.
Its load factor is only 1.56%, which is 2% weaker than other rockets, and 3% or 4% stronger, which is not half a point.
Because it uses a lot of stainless steel for the body material.
Yes, this kind of thing is not the first thing to be made of stainless steel, this material has been used to build rockets as early as the White Bear period.
Because there was no other suitable material at that time, in order to maintain the strength of the rocket body, only stainless steel could be used, and later with the emergence of new materials that are light and strong, stainless steel was no longer used in space rockets in various countries.
It's just that the composite material technology of the Peacock Federation is not good, and only stainless steel can be used.
It's sturdy and cheap, but it's too heavy, and the excess mass takes up the share of the goods that could have been shipped.
To make a comparison, let's talk about Tianxia's model worker rocket.
The latest Long March-3B carrier rocket in service has a take-off weight of about 459 tons and a low-earth orbit carrying capacity of 11.5 tons.
The take-off mass of the GSLV-Mk3 launch vehicle reached 640 tons, but the carrying capacity in low-earth orbit was only 10 tons.
That's the gap.
The Peacock Federation was full of confidence this time, and also carried out a global live broadcast, and spent a lot of money to arrange it, which is on par with the commercial space live broadcast.
The picture is called a clear!
Not to mention anything else, if Tianxia's last few aerospace live broadcasts weren't for the home of the Navigator Company, the live broadcast screen would definitely not be comparable.
And the Peacock Federation did not have any warning before, and this time it went directly to the ultra-high-definition live broadcast, which shocked a group of people.
Then, the peacock blows ...... And more.
There used to be a lot of such creatures, but now there are more of them, so it makes sense.
It seems that the power of aerospace is a cow batch, and after reaching a certain stage, not only the people in the Peacock country are excited, but also the people in the Peacock country are excited.
Although this live broadcast is a global live broadcast, countries are still used to watching their own domestic broadcasts, because it is more interesting to watch two unfamiliar Peacock Federation hosts chatter crookedly in it, or watch people in their own countries.
At least you know what you're talking about.
However, it was not very quiet in the broadcast room of Tianxia.
"One thing to say, the live broadcast of the Peacock Federation is good, and the two guests also have stalks, your country just can't compare."
"Pure passers-by, indeed."
"Don't blow it, it's not black, the load capacity of the Mark III rocket is really not very strong, but it's enough for the Peacock Federation, because people don't have too heavy loads, and now that science and technology are so advanced, the load is naturally getting smaller and smaller, and the one that suits you is the best."
"Is it hard to admit that others are great? The strongest rocket of the Peacock Federation has a success rate of 100%, and then look at your country's Long March 5, how many times it has failed, what is the use of having a large carrying capacity. ”
"Calm down and study hard, to be reasonable, the launch failure rate in China in recent years is indeed a bit high."
"In All Fairness......"
"Matter-of-fact......"
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Seeing these fixed sentences instantly occupy the screen in the form of comments and barrages, many people watching the live broadcast are confused.
And then there's the rage, Made, the things that send these fixed sentences are not human at first glance!
It's either a computer or a retard, and it doesn't have anything to do with people anyway.
So netizens quickly scolded back, and let these things fall into the vast sea of "people's war" and disappear directly.
The Peacock Federation naturally didn't know what happened on the Tianxia Internet, otherwise they would definitely die of laughter.
But even if they don't know, their smiles have never fallen today, and the corners of their mouths are almost pulling to the root of their ears.
The two live broadcast guests sang and harmonized in the live broadcast room, and the content of their chat was actually similar to what Tianxia said in those fixed sentences, all of them were looking for various directions to praise themselves.
This is nothing, because at such a time, which country will find an angle to boast about itself, and it can't always launch rockets, and talk about a bunch of its own shortcomings, right?
But the operation of the Peacock Federation is different, while boasting about oneself, it also has to step on others.
Of course, just step on it, how can you step on someone worse than you?
The Peacock Federation is not!
It claims to be a "world power," "the first in Asia," and "a space power," and it wants to go all over the world so that the whole world will know about it. 、!
What is "the success rate of Tianxia rockets is low", "the price of Merrican rockets is too expensive", "hairy bear rockets are stupid and black", etc., Peacock is so confident when it opens the screen!
Over time, everything was ready.
After confirming that it could be launched, several strange English numbers were counted down, and the ignition designation was issued, and the Mark III rocket took off into the air with a huge roar.
After getting out of the steam range of the tank, the wake clouds of the two solid booster rockets are the most beautiful cubs.
Unlike those liquid rockets, solid rockets burn to produce condensation exhaust gases that follow the rocket until the rocket's solid booster fuel burns out.
One thing to say, indeed, uh...... It's so easy to use.
Ahem, the gray-white wake cloud of the solid rocket that goes straight into the sky is spectacular, and the sound and light effect of the pure liquid rocket is spectacular.
In particular, the Mark III rocket is two stout solid rockets on the left and right, and the two wake clouds coincide at the tail of the rocket, which is even more spectacular.
After the rocket took off, the hearts of the people who were watching all over the world also rose together, although the countries on the earth did not deal with each other, but in the matter of getting out of the earth, people's thoughts were basically the same.
When it was successfully in orbit, people around the world applauded.
This means that humanity has accumulated one more experience of going out of the earth.
This is how the history of mankind has been accumulated little by little.
When the accumulation is enough to trigger qualitative changes, mankind can make a breakthrough in space technology and enter space more conveniently.
At that time, humanity will enter a new era.
This time, the Mark 3 rocket is the latest upgrade, and Chandrayaan-3 can fly to the moon in just a few days, which is several times faster than the previous Chandrayaan-2.
When Chandrayaan-3 flew to the moon, the Peacock Federation and the international media were not idle for a moment, going around to promote Chandrayaan-3, so that the Peacock Federation continued to have a sense of presence in the world.
The Peacock Federation also "lived up to the eagle's expectations", and it was all over the world in aerospace, and even the eagle sauce was scared together.
Although Eagle Sauce was angry, in order to prove that the Peacock Federation was stronger than Tianxia, it pinched its nose and didn't speak.
After all, Peacock's lunar exploration program also has its figure, but it can't make a mistake, otherwise it will be embarrassed.
When it's done, let's talk about it!
No one can make Eagle Sauce suffer, no one!