Chapter 118 Manned Spaceflight IV
With the secondary ignition of the aircraft. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The speed of the info vehicle is also gradually accelerating, and the altitude is getting higher and higher, and finally the aircraft reaches the earth's forbidden orbit 36,000 kilometers from the ground, which is a very special orbit, called geosynchronous orbit, also known as 24-hour orbit, this distance already belongs to the high orbit of the earth, and in the previous life, the space stations of various countries were generally about 400 kilometers, so this distance is very far away for the current earth countries.
Originally, the Ming Empire also wanted to build the space station at a distance of about 400 kilometers from the ground, but it was opposed by Zhu Lei, and finally built at this height at Zhu Lei's insistence, because Zhu Lei was ready to build the space city at this height after consideration, as a transit station for the earth to the moon in the future.
This is because he discussed with a number of aerospace experts and scholars, and the first thing that human beings should consider when going to space is not interplanetary space, but intersatellite space, which is often referred to as Earth-Moon space.
And in this space there is a very special orbit that the Earth is forbidden to orbit. The distance of the Earth's forbidden orbit from the Earth's radius of about 6.6 Earth, that is, about 36,000 kilometers, the most important thing is that this distance is just under the protection of the Earth's magnetic field, although it will have a great impact during the solar wind, but compared with the Earth's far orbit, or the Moon is mainly directly exposed to the solar wind, the safety is undoubtedly much improved.
This time, Zhu Lei plans to build the first space station of the first human race at this height, and the future space city will also be built at this height.
After reaching the forbidden orbit, the vehicle's engine stalled, and at this time, the sound of the Earth's ground control tower was heard on the radio.
"Suzaku No. 1 hears it, please answer. Now report the condition of the aircraft. ”
"This is Suzaku One, and everything is normal with the aircraft."
"Now start opening the solar panels!!" With the arrival of various instructions from the ground, the solar plates and various functions of Suzaku 1 also began to be activated, and Chen Jiangang and Yao Yanan also began to carry out their work.
At this time, all the people in Zhu Lei's fiefdom were nervously looking at the data of the aircraft on the screen and the dynamic simulation screen.
When the second ignition of the aircraft successfully flew to the predetermined geostationary orbit, all the people cheered loudly, including the outsiders in the special place, including the senior officials of the Ming Cabinet, as well as officials and reporters from various countries.
After reaching the geostationary orbit, as the solar panels are slowly opened, the ground control tower also starts the real-time live broadcast.
"I'm Zhu Lei, please answer when you hear it." As Chen Jiangang and Yao Yanan appeared on the huge screen, Zhu Lei walked to the edge of the console and said to the communicator.
"I'm Chen Jiangang, hello sir! I can hear it. Because Chen Jiangang's comprehensive physical quality was detected in the astronaut training center, he was appointed as the captain of the Suzaku 1, and Yao Yanan was also the best among the female astronauts, so he was appointed as the co-captain.
Originally, there were three astronauts on this Suzaku 1, but this flight was only arranged for the two of them, after all, this is the first test flight of human beings, two people are just right, too much and too little is not good, so the other three have no chance to go to the sky this time.
"Your situation and the current situation are all right!" Zhu Lei asked.
"Sir, our situation is very good, and the state of the aircraft is also very good now, please rest assured, sir." Chen Jiangang replied.
"Hmmm! That's good, if you encounter any trouble, you must keep calm, and immediately contact the ground, if it is really impossible, then immediately return to the ship, even if you are halfway through the work, you must first keep your own safety, after all, we can continue to build equipment without it, so no matter when you must also protect your own safety, followed by equipment, etc. ”
"Okay! Sir! Chen Jiangang and Yao Yanan replied at the same time.
"That's good! Say hello to your friends from all over the world who are watching your live broadcast! Zhu Lei said.
"Hello everyone! I'm Chen Jiangang. ”
"Hello everyone! I'm Yao Yanan. ”
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The Suzaku-1 space vehicle first stayed in geostationary orbit for a while before slowly opening the hatch of the cargo compartment. Then the manipulator inside the aircraft slowly took out the various modules of the core module of the space station inside, and then assembled them, and then Chen Jiangang and Yao Yanan went out of the cabin to fix these modules that had been fixed by the manipulator with various fixes but screws.
In fact, the various modules of the core cabin they assembled this time are actually various experimental instruments, each module is an experimental instrument, and in fact, the weight of these instruments is very large.
Fortunately, most of the work is done by the manipulators on the aircraft, they just do some delicate work, and they wear exoskeleton armor, which is very good for some unexpected situations in space, especially those at work.
But even then, it would take them nearly a week to get the job done.
Of course, the content of their work and life will not be broadcast live, and there are many things that will be kept as secrets, including the country and Zhu Lei, who are kept as secrets.
Working in space is a thankless task, and it feels like the pace of the whole person has become very slow. Even Chen Jiangang and Yao Yanan have now reached the realm of first-class masters in the innate stage, and the two of them are still wearing exoskeleton armor.
Rao is like this, and after working for four or five hours, the two of them also feel very tired.
After completing the day's scheduled mission, they returned to the space vehicle to prepare for rest, because this is the geosynchronous orbit of the earth, the alternation of day and night is not like the low-earth orbit, only a few hours, or even less than an hour, but similar to the earth's timeline, which is also the case in the geosynchronous orbit.
After a few days of installation, the main part of the core module of the entire space station has been completed, and now you can basically see the appearance of this space station, the assembled core module is seventy or eighty meters long and thirty meters wide, and the two solar poles are like a pair of huge wings.
There are also eight miniature plasma thrusters around the core module, although these thrusters are very inconspicuous for a large space station, but these miniature thrusters can provide enough thrust for the current core module, and can provide orbit change and movement for this core module.
Moreover, the power of these thrusters is not very large, and the power provided by the solar sail is enough for the work of the lowest power of these thrusters, not to mention that this core cabin is also equipped with nearly two tons of gold essence batteries, so there is no need to worry about the lack of power at all.
And in the future, other parts of the space station will also be equipped with these micro plasma thrusters, although these plasma thrusters are only a few centimeters in size, but they are very large for the space station, because the installation of these micro thrusters means that each part of the space station has its own power, and can be quickly separated in times of danger. Don't worry about causing huge damage. The main thing is the safety of the people inside, and even in case of emergency, you can even ride directly on various parts of the space station. Directly back to Earth.
It can be said that when designing this space station, the designers have put the safety of the personnel of the space station in the first place, and in the event of an accident, they can do their best to protect the safety of the personnel in the space station through various means.