December 15, 2018 soon passed in anticipation, that is, the day of the test flight of the aerospace aircraft of Arc Space.

In fact, it is not specifically waiting for arc spaceflight, but in the past few days, the news in the aerospace industry has continued, and people's attention has naturally increased, and after arc space began to release news, it also returned to the center of the news.

Just the day before yesterday, Huaguo's "Chang'e-4" was also launched, and now it has entered the lunar orbit, decelerating in circles around the lunar orbit, and at the same time preparing to land at a predetermined location on the far side of the moon, so there has been a lot of news in Huaguo in the past two days.

In addition, arc light aerospace itself is also a news point, and today, when the two are added, the information and popularity will immediately explode.

Early in the morning of the 15th, the Arc Space Exploration Company was lively.

Today, there are 100 people from the state observation team, from soldiers to officials, aerospace scientific researchers, and even the No. 3 chief, whom Dong Chen has met several times, are personally present, which makes the entire Arc Space Exploration Company full of pride.

Although Dong Chen doesn't need the blessing of this BUFF, other people are very comfortable with this, and their outlook on life and worldview has not changed much before Dong Chen has forcibly changed their thinking or given strong orders.

In addition, there are also a number of people from all over the world and all walks of life who have been invited to the scene.

Some of the audience are drawn from the user list of the Arc Group, and it is worthwhile to be able to come to this kind of place closest to the starry sky and witness the legend of a private company's aerospace aircraft.

There are also some friends of the news media, who have been making a lot of traffic for them in the past few days, how can they not come back at a moment like this that can be written into the history books today.

There is even more lively, that is, the webcast.

Compared with the small excitement on the scene, it is really lively on the Internet.

People from all over the world meet here, hundreds of millions of people from different cultures look at the same page, and keyboard warriors are also equipped and ready to attack.

However, compared to those traditional rocket launches or space shuttle launches, arc space is still a little different here.

Because to launch those things, they are going to be set up on the launch pad early on, and they are constantly checking and refueling before launching.

So they're going to be noticed a few days ago, because you're already there, and you can't hide them if you want to.

But the current situation is different, there is no huge rocket standing upright on the screen, only an ultra-long runway, and the runway is empty.

Because the spacecraft of arc space is an airplane, it is still making final preparations in the hangar and maintenance workshop next to it.

"Why haven't you come out yet? I'm thankful for all the flowers I've been waiting for! ”

"It should be soon, the live broadcast is all on, didn't it say ten o'clock in the morning? It's only past nine o'clock, and it's a few minutes away. ”

"Yes, it's only been a few minutes, don't you see that the keyboard warriors are honest now? Just wait a few minutes. ”

"I think they're going to wait in vain, and it's definitely very confident to do this, with global live broadcasts, and so many multimedia, live audiences, and national leaders are here."

"The person next to the head of China is Dong Chen, the founder of the Arc Group, right? Looks so young. ”

"Today's protagonist is in the hangar, right? The aerospace plane called the X-KT01 experimental model won't really have to wait until ten o'clock, right? ”

"I don't know, it stands to reason that if you take off at ten o'clock, you should have started preparing a few hours ago, otherwise it will definitely be delayed."

"Isn't it true that they can take off at any time? But isn't this just the first testing machine? ”

"I don't know ......"

"Ah, it's coming out, it's coming out!"

"Damn, can the one in front speak seriously!"

"It's the Aerospace Plane that is finally coming out, and the hangar door is open."

But no, while they waited, the door of the hangar where the X-KT01 was parked slowly opened, and the white body was revealed in the lens.

Without any towing vehicle, the plane slowly drove out on its own, and parked steadily on the long special runway, the streamlined fuselage looked particularly beautiful in the winter sun.

As the chief engineer of the X-KT01 experimental aerospace aircraft, Xiang Wu was explaining its performance to the head of No. 3 and a deputy director of the China Space Administration surnamed Yu, while Dong Chen was also listening.

Although most of these technologies were provided by Dong Chen, and he had also participated in some technical seminars, in the end, he really didn't know much about what they had made of this aerospace plane, and he didn't let No. 1 pay attention to it.

He has been busy with body enhancers lately, constantly improving, increasing the success rate, and constantly compressing costs.

Seeing that the space age is coming, it is not good for the physical fitness of a large number of "astronauts" to be up to par.

Now that they have slipped to the integrated command tower, watching the aerospace plane come out, Xiang Wu no longer let them look at the information explanation, and directly looked at the image on the big screen and began to explain intuitively, listening to the No. 3 chief nodded frequently, which shows that he is also very interested in this technology, but the deputy director is constantly holding a small notebook and writing something.

This time it was not just a simple test flight, but a direct flight to space for a preliminary test flight.

And a large number of flight experiments will be carried out in the next period of time, and after the test is not problematic, these data and experience will be quickly used in the large aerospace transport aircraft being built, as well as to lay the foundation for the later space passenger aircraft.

Of course, the main technology is already there, and it is still provided by Dong Chen, but it is not all technology in the radiation world, but the technological upgrade carried out by Dong Chen with the help of No. 1.

What they need now is actual experimental data on Earth, and then combine that data to make good, well-established large aircraft designs.

They were chatting, and Bai Hongxian, the commander-in-chief of the mission this time, walked over and said, "Chairman, chief, X-KT01 is all ready and ready to take off at any time." ”

Dong Chen looked at the No. 3 leader and the deputy director, and said politely, "Chief, why don't you give the take-off order?" ”

"Haha, what am I coming, I and Xiao Xiao can be the master of the take-off procedures and satellite cooperation, and the transfer of the long-range survey ship, your company, or you can do it yourself." The third leader said with a smile.

Dong Chen knew that this would be the result, so he asked politely, so he gestured to the No. 3 leader and Deputy Director Yu, and turned to Bai Hongxian and said, "Commander Bai, let's start then, it is estimated that the people outside are also in a hurry." ”

"Okay, Chairman."

Bai Hongxian was the manager who was pulled over for training that time, the age was about the same as Gao Ze and them, and after he came back, he directly became the commander-in-chief of the task because of his outstanding performance.

He walked over to the main console and pressed the intercom and said, "X-KT01, X-KT01, this is the arc light control center, you can take off, you can take off." ”

"Arc light control center, X-KT01 understands, take off immediately."

On the special runway, the aerospace plane, whose engines had already been warmed up, slowly began to slide under everyone's attention, and the scorching golden red flames erupted from the nozzles of the two engines, and the video recorder next to it could see that the air near the vents was shaking violently.

In the footage, the X-KT01 aerospace plane began to accelerate rapidly under this huge propulsion, it quickly crossed the runway, and took off in just a few seconds.

However, the plane does not accelerate directly into the universe after liftoff, but hovers in the sky and makes maneuvers from simple to complex to test the performance of the aircraft.

This is the advantage of an aerospace aircraft, it can take off horizontally like an ordinary aircraft, and it can maneuver like an ordinary fighter.

It is also possible to fly at a hypersonic speed of 12~25 times the speed of sound in the atmosphere at an altitude of 30~100 km.

And it can also accelerate directly into the Earth's orbit and become a space vehicle.

After re-entering the atmosphere, it is possible to land at the airfield like an airplane.

This high degree of convenience and versatility makes it a free means of transportation between heaven and earth.

However, this versatility also means that its engine must also adapt to this "versatility", otherwise don't think about it, and it is precisely this comprehensive versatility that stumps everyone.

The technology of arc space is too advanced, completely abandoning the rocket launch technology, many equipment and operating devices have been simplified, and the most you see here in the integrated command center are all kinds of large and small screens.

Each screen has different data, and the staff is meticulously watching the changes in the data.

There are temperatures, flight altitudes, atmospheric pressure, aircraft speeds, fuel consumption, aircraft seals, and many other data.

Even small changes in the above data after a decimal point need to be recorded in detail, and can even cause tension among field technicians.

At the same time, whether it was the people watching the scene or the people watching in the online live broadcast room, they couldn't help but pay attention to the sky plane in the air and look at the dexterous white elf.