Chapter 481: An Unusual Space Crash
The launch of the three countries this time was ill-fated, they felt that they could be the protagonists, but God wanted to joke with them.
They felt that if they hadn't had a good mentality, their mentality would have exploded a long time ago.
Just after they re-announced their satellite launch plan, Arc Space released the news that it was going to be live-streamed, which was aimed at showing the progress of the construction of the new Tiangong space station.
The new Tiangong space station has not been broadcast live since the live broadcast of the groundbreaking ceremony, and usually some small video clips are released to introduce the progress, and this time it will be a comprehensive introduction.
Moreover, there will be a professional reporter interview session in this live broadcast, because Arc Aerospace has received the full support of the propaganda department of China, and a documentary on the development of China's private aerospace will be specially produced for them.
Although Arc Space released the news a few hours later than them, it was a little earlier than their launch time when the live broadcast began.
Really, if it weren't for the fact that Arc Aerospace is a private company, they don't want to see it in general, and Arc Aerospace would have been lying down long ago.
But it didn't take long for the second thing to come.
The day after they announced the launch mission, Musk Space Corporation of the United States also issued an announcement that it would carry out a launch mission, that is, to test the performance of the Crew Dragon spacecraft again, and if the no-load test is successful, they will immediately launch the real manned mission.
And Musk Space launched a day earlier than them.
What the hell is this...... Is this the case with all the private space companies now?
If it weren't for the fact that Musk Aerospace is a company in the United States, they don't want to see it in general, Musk Aerospace would have been lying down long ago.
But who let them announce the exact launch time at the earliest, and it's hard to change it now, after all, space launch involves many departments, and we must make precise preparations in advance, and if you want to change the time, you have to go through these departments again.
Moreover, the media and people watching the ceremony from various countries have been notified, and they will be notified if the time is changed, which is a bit ...... It's embarrassing, so they can only pinch their noses and admit it.
On October 15, in the Azerbaijani Space Launch Center, the rocket that was about to be launched was being prepared here, and all the reporters and spectators invited were also in place.
The things launched this time are all their latest technology, and they are all the perfect embodiment of localization, so it's not good to publicize it.
The Minister of Defense and the Director of the Space Administration are both sitting in the command center, and there are still dozens of minutes to go before the launch, so it can be said that now is the most tense and busy time, so the staff here are doing the final checks and preparations.
However, as the top bosses, they don't care about these, they are only here to give speeches after the successful launch, so now they are the most leisurely, and they can just pay attention to the live broadcast of arc space.
Hearing the conversation between Li Danwen and Yang Nianming, the Minister of Defense smiled and stroked his beard and said, "The Chinese people are really interesting, this question was first raised by the people of the United States, and they just said "a certain country", how afraid they are of the United States. ”
"And the United States is right to question it, this thing is a space battleship as long as it is equipped with weapons, and the Chinese people still want to cover it up, it is really a hypocritical country."
"Relatively speaking, our country can be called a real big country, and we have never denied our strength."
The director of the space agency also chimed in, "That's right, they are a hypocritical country, and countries that believe in communism are always like that. And they can always hear all kinds of noises in this filming location, obviously the space station has not been completed, and they even use what has not been built to advertise. ”
This is why they are chatting here, and if they let others know about their conversation, they will definitely wonder where they have the confidence to say that others are using unfinished things for propaganda.
It didn't take long for their satellite, which contained their highest technology, to be sent into space.
Not to mention, the "big boiler" rocket, which has been upgraded several times, successfully sent the 4-ton satellite into space, but when the people of the three countries wanted to put the satellite into the transfer orbit after cheering, they found that the satellite was uncontrollable, and the orbit of the satellite had begun to deviate.
Of course, this kind of thing often happens to them, it is common to smash a plane, crash a submarine, turn over a battleship on the spot, or something, this time it may be some minor problem, as long as you carefully check and check, you may be able to find the problem.
But this time they were going to be disappointed, and before they could regain control of the satellite, the situation had deteriorated.
Although they could no longer control the satellite, the situation of the satellite could still be monitored, and after 3 minutes of losing control, the satellite's engine went wrong.
The engine automatically ignites successfully, and the individual engine nozzles are activated, and the intermittent jetting begins to move irregularly.
At this moment, Ah Sanguo panicked, and the big words were blown out, which began to slap his face, but they still spread the situation as soon as possible.
As soon as something goes wrong here in the three countries, other countries are also panicking, they don't care about the face of the three countries, they only care about their satellites and spacecraft.
Nowadays, countries that want to launch satellites will report to the United Nations, and the general launch time, operating orbit data and satellite functions will be reported, so that other countries will also know whether the orbit of the newly launched satellite will coincide with the orbit of their own country's satellite, so basically every country in orbit knows the satellite.
So every time a country wants to launch a satellite, basically the most concerned are those countries that have satellites in nearby orbits, and they will track the location of the launched satellites, because they are the closest, and if something unexpected happens, they will be the first to have an accident.
In addition to scrapped spacecraft and satellites, the space equipment in operation has the ability to change orbits, and when a threat is predicted, they can avoid it, but they do not dare to change orbits at will when they encounter this "threat" of irregular movement.
Fortunately, the orbital distance between the satellites is quite long, and the speed of this satellite is not fast, they can wait, and when the satellites of the three countries are relatively stable, they will deal with it in the wrong place.
It didn't take long for them to make a choice, and the satellite made the choice for them.
After several intermittent ejections and a few random shifts, the satellite suddenly accelerated and crashed straight towards a satellite.
Although the satellites have accelerated, they are still quite far apart, and after the satellite's orbit is confirmed, it is still possible to dodge.
However, the satellite could not be hidden, because the data showed that it was a scrapped satellite belonging to the Hairy Bear Country.
When the signal from the other satellite disappeared at the same time, they knew that the second satellite collision in space had occurred, 10 years and 8 months after the last time.
And the reason why they were able to "see" the satellite collision event so quickly and clearly this time is because the satellite collision incident ten years ago made them more vigilant and paid more attention to the monitoring of space objects.
The incident also showed them that they were right, because the first collision was 50 years after the Earth had its first artificial satellite, and the second was only 10 years later.
Next, they are busy, and they need to confirm the diffusion range and operation data of the debris cloud in the fastest time, so as to change orbits and avoid the spacecraft in the corresponding orbit.
However, in a relatively secret space command center in the United States, the "Reef" team that completed this precision strike plan was in chaos, because the angle and speed of the impact were different from their previous calculations.
Their panic is not a panic caused by a sudden satellite accident, but they know the result.
Previously, they made a precise model, and finally found the correct angle and speed of impact, ensuring that the debris generated this time would only attack the Tiangong space station, and the final debris would not cause a major impact.
But this mistake will definitely have unpredictable and serious consequences.
It's just that...... They don't know how serious this serious consequence will be in the end.
And when they were flustered, Bretta, the tactical director who had been leisurely drinking coffee in the back, smiled.
Victor, the deputy director of the Space Administration, who was in a hurry, saw his smile that did not meet the occasion, and he didn't care about calling to report and wiping his sweat, so he immediately approached him and roared excitedly, "Hell, isn't it you?!" What exactly did you do? ”
PS: The state is not very good, yesterday was too wavelike, today is a little upset, for the sake of yesterday's fifth watch, today will be the first one......