Dec. 3, 12:33 p.m.

"According to the report, the new Kaohsiung space station has entered low-earth orbit for about 451 kilometers."

"Start the auxiliary engine, make orbital corrections."

The staff meticulously carried out the order, and the command radio waves from the ground control room continued to go to the new Kaohsiung space station in outer space.

After six orbit corrections by auxiliary engines, the new Kaohsiung space station is finally operating on an elliptical orbit of 448~453 kilometers in low-earth orbit.

"Don't let your guard down, activate the detection system, detect the situation on the space station." Zeng Baojiang commanded solemnly.

"The four communication systems are functioning normally."

"All four compartments are airtight, and everything is normal."

"The thermostat system is working fine."

"The solar panels are working fine."

……

The staff of each department reported the relevant situation one by one.

Hearing the report that everything was normal, Zeng Baojiang breathed a sigh of relief: "Wang Ju, it seems that everything is normal for the time being." ”

"It's hard work, you continue to keep an eye on the space station, I'm going to arrange the launch of the new cabin in a few days." After Wang Tu and Zeng Baojiang finished speaking, they turned around and left the hall of the general control room.

"Walk slowly, I won't send it."

"You're busy!"

Wang Tu has a lot of things to deal with, and it is impossible to stay in Kaohsiung Space City for a long time.

The other side.

Far above in low-earth orbit.

Although mankind has launched many artificial satellites or spacecraft, it is still very sparse in the face of the vast outer space.

At about 402 kilometers in low-earth orbit, it is the famous International Space Station (ISS).

Up to now (December 3, 2019), a total of 6 people are living and working on the ISS, and they have been stationed in ISS in three batches.

They are: ISS 59th Expeditionary Team (stationed on March 14, 2019) Mi Lijia astronaut Christina?? Christina Koch (female).

ISS 60th Expedition (stationed on July 20, 2019) Woolly Bear Astronaut Alexander?? Aleksandr Skvortsov; Spaghetti country astronaut Luca?? Luca Parmitano; Mi Lijia astronaut Andrew?? Andrew Morgan.

ISS Expedition 61 (stationed on September 26, 2019) Hairy bear cosmonaut Oleg ?? Oleg Skripochka; Mi Lijia astronaut Jessica?? Jessica Meir (female).

In fact, the number of astronauts in each launch of the ISS expedition is generally three.

And the reason why there is one person left in the ISS 59th expedition and two people left in the ISS 61st expedition is mainly that when the ISS 61st expedition came up to the ISS, it brought a tourist from the UAE camel kingdom.

Since he is a tourist, he will definitely not be able to stay on the International Space Station for a long time, and this tourist from a big dog family returned to the Blue Star ground on October 3 this year with the other two members of the ISS 59th expeditionary team.

Jessica?? Mel was debugging a piece of equipment, and suddenly Andrew was not far from him?? Morgan exclaimed.

"Oh buy karma!"

"What's wrong?" Jessica?? Melton asked, stopping what they were doing, they had to be cautious in the sky.

"I saw the space station of the Eastern Tang people." Andrew?? Morgan said, pointing to the surveillance footage.

Jessica?? Mel asked in surprise: "Isn't their orbit 160 kilometers away from low-earth orbit?" Can you see it through the surveillance binoculars?"

"No, they seem to be on track today, I'm looking for a notice from Houston." Andrew?? Morgan rummaged through the computer.

"Hello! Andrew: What was your name just now? Nothing, right?" Pasta in another cabin national astronaut Luca?? Palmitano asked nervously.

Jessica?? Mel hurriedly explained to him: "Andrew discovered the space station of the Eastern Tang people. ”

"What? The space station of the Eastern Tang people?" Luca?? Palmitano was also very surprised.

Previously, the new Kaohsiung space station and the new Bazhong space station were both in low-earth orbit of about 160 kilometers, plus the orbit angle is different, the International Space Station is more than 240 kilometers away from them, and this closest distance is a flashing cross.

"Found it, a notice from Houston two days ago." Andrew?? Morgan said, pointing to the computer.

Jessica and Lukka hurriedly and carefully grabbed the handle of the cabin and the like, and slowly floated over, which was helpless in a microgravity environment, and if they used too much force, they might lose control and crash into the equipment or the cabin wall.

The three of them carefully browsed the notice sent by the Houston Space Center, and Jessica read it: "One of their space stations, New Kaohsiung, is in orbit today, and the orbital altitude is about 450 kilometers in low-earth orbit. ”

"450 kilometers, this altitude is about 40 kilometers different from us, their orbit around the blue star is 97 minutes, plus the orbit angle is very close to us, we can see more than a dozen times a day." Andrew said after reading the data on the notice.

It takes about 92 minutes for the ISS to circle the blue star, and the closest time the two space stations are about 40 kilometers, and if they are close in a silent and dark night, the astronauts of the ISS can even see the lights and outlines of the new Kaohsiung space station directly with the naked eye.

"Andrew, you turn on the surveillance, I don't know what the space station of the Eastern Tang people is like?" Jessica asked with interest.

“OK。”

Andrew is also very interested in the new Kaohsiung space station, after all, the International Space Station is alone in outer space, and there are few other space stations, and they are of course very curious about this new space station.

After a while, he called up the monitoring of the International Space Station, as a large spacecraft, the International Space Station is very closely monitored around it, and this is mainly for safety.

After slowing down the surveillance screen, the appearance of the new Kaohsiung International Space Station clearly appeared in the eyes of the three people.

"Oh! Very beautiful! It's like a beehive. Jessica laughed.

"Their space station is different from ours, maybe we will have to work on each other's space stations in the future." Lukka said as he floated on the computer.

"Who knows?" Andrew helplessly spread his hands, now the relationship between the Mi Li family and the Dongtang family is not good, the International Space Station refused to join the other party back then, maybe the space station of the Dongtang people will also refuse the Mi Lijia to join in the future.

"This space station is already very big, I wonder when they will send astronauts up?" Jessica said curiously.

Andrew thought for a while and recalled the information he had read as a joke before: "It seems that this space station is the first phase, and it should be about 32~40 cabins. ”

"32~40 cabins? In other words, the scale is about one-tenth now? Oh buy karma! They're crazy. Jessica's eyes widened in disbelief.

"That's what they planned to say, anyway." Andrew said enviously.

Soon the other three astronauts on the International Space Station also found out about it, and they talked about the new Kaohsiung space station.

In fact, they have no hostility to the emergence of the new Kaohsiung space station, and in the extreme heat and cold, empty and lonely outer space, the International Space Station and the new Kaohsiung space station are far away.

Suddenly, Michel Grains' astronaut Christina complained, "The bracelet has been found." ”

"Oh? It's good to find it. Andrew nodded.

"Even if you want to do business, you can't do this, how can this kind of thing be casually abandoned in the space station." The hairy bear astronaut Alexander was also very dissatisfied.

"After all, the cost of the space station is too high, and they always have to find some income to fill the hole." Andrew shrugged helplessly, what could he do? Choose forgiveness!

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