Chapter 499: One Stone, Seven Hundred Stars
The largest carrier vehicle that mankind has ever developed so far is the product of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for air and space superiority - the Saturn V carrier rocket of the United States.
The Saturn V launch vehicle, with a length of one hundred and ten meters, a take-off mass of more than three thousand tons, and a total thrust of more than three thousand four hundred tons.
The carrying capacity to reach lunar orbit is forty-five tons, and the carrying capacity of low-earth orbit is one hundred and eighteen tons.
However, this carrier rocket is the largest carrier rocket that has cost a lot of money in the United States to develop and manufacture.
Born more than 50 years ago, it can be seen that all kinds of deformed scientific and technological products were made during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
It was also Saturn V, which achieved the first manned landing on the moon.
In the industrial workshop of the Future Technology Group, the top people from all over the world saw this launch vehicle, in terms of size, it is indeed a little shorter than the Saturn V.
But this is in the case of this launch vehicle, without loading a space capsule.
Through the introduction, these people also learned that this launch vehicle is not only printed with 3D technology, but also a world-class launch vehicle that surpasses the Saturn V launch vehicle in terms of comprehensive data.
If it were fitted with a space module, it would be 111 meters long, the same width as the American Saturn V launch vehicle, which would be 10 meters wide.
The difference is that this rocket does not use three. The propulsion of the entire launch vehicle depends on the carrier propulsion of the launch vehicle itself.
The maximum take-off mass is 3,200 tons, the total thrust reaches 3,600 tons, the carrying capacity of the lunar orbit is 75 tons, and the carrying capacity of the low-earth orbit is 180 tons.
The core technology of this launch vehicle is that it is an advanced recoverable and reusable launch vehicle that can return to the atmosphere from the launch vehicle itself and complete the landing after the launch module is put into a predetermined orbit.
When introduced here, everyone's eyes on the scene were also focused on Musk and Bezos.
The two were among all those present, working on the development of recyclable launch vehicles.
The biggest purpose of this kind of recyclable launch vehicle is to reduce the cost of the launch vehicle.
It is very important for human beings to go out of the earth and reduce the cost of going out of the earth.
Among them, Musk's Falcon launch vehicle has carried out many successful launches and recoveries, and has also successfully reduced the transportation cost of the launch vehicle to about 60 million US dollars.
And Moscow's SpaceX has also begun to provide launch vehicle launches for commercial satellite launches and NASA.
Bezos has also invested in a technology company specializing in recyclable launch vehicles, and is also the first in the world to achieve the recovery of launch vehicles.
Although the performance of the latter is not as good as Musk's Falcon launch vehicle, it can be regarded as refreshing the history of mankind.
Comparing the hundreds of millions of dollars required for each launch vehicle launch in various countries around the world, it is indeed a huge market in terms of savings.
Now, the launch vehicle in front of them not only has an astonishing carrying capacity, but also has a recyclable function, so it is natural to form a competitive relationship.
However, for such a rocket, can it really be recycled?
Everyone at the scene was a little skeptical about the authenticity of this.
After all, I have never heard of any related research in the Future Technology Group, not to mention that no tests have been conducted, could it be that this rocket is a test rocket used for testing?
When everyone couldn't help but think of this, Fan Yize also seemed to have insight into everyone's thoughts, and said: "Everyone, the carrier rocket you see is already the ninth launch vehicle of this type produced by us, and a launch vehicle will be launched just later, do you want to visit it in person?" ”
Naturally, no one refused this invitation.
Under the leadership of Fan Yize, everyone left the factory, and the special car outside had already evacuated, landing several prepared helicopters.
They boarded the planes, and several large helicopters left the industrial center, leaving the city of Casiri and heading towards the grasslands of Tanzambique.
A few minutes after the flight, the helicopter landed on a rocket launch center that had been cordoned off.
It was an apparently newly built launch center, with eight huge rocket launch platforms in the middle of the massive launch center.
Of the eight rocket launch platforms, there is a launch vehicle waiting to be launched.
When Fan Yize and others arrived, the carrier was making final preparations before launch.
Fan Yize personally took these people to the control center of the rocket launch site.
In the launch center, hundreds of staff members are staring intently at the virtual computer screen in front of them, looking at all kinds of data on it.
In the augmented reality display area in the central area, a real-time image of the launch vehicle of the launch site is projected.
Compared with the launch vehicle seen in the factory before, the current launch vehicle has a 26-meter-long capsule.
This capsule, which is only about eight meters wide, is a circle smaller than the launch vehicle itself, and also has an aerodynamic shape.
"The capsule of this launch vehicle itself also has good thrust, and after the launch vehicle is in the plan to deliver it to the predetermined orbit, the capsule itself also has the ability to operate and fly for a long endurance."
"This launch is the group's internal launch needs, in this space capsule, there are 700 low-earth orbit coverage satellites, these 700 satellites are transported to low-earth orbit by the carrier rocket, and then the carrier rocket is separated, and the space capsule through its own power, the 700 satellites carried inside, arranged in low-earth orbit covering every corner of the world."
"There are 700 satellites in one stone, and each satellite weighs 250 kilograms, and each of these satellites has the same function, providing wireless network support and global positioning for any place in the world."
"After the satellite deployment is completed, every place in the world can use the use of equipment to connect to our wireless network, and the transmission data can support 4G-5G network, so as to achieve no dead end coverage of the global network."
When Huang Wenkang introduced the relevant information about the launch of the launch vehicle, everyone present was full of tremors in their hearts.
I can't even help but think, is this the strength of the Future Technology Group?
First the incredible 3D printing, and now the 700 stars with one stone, are all unsurpassable records, in the face of such a powerful technology company, everyone can feel the huge pressure.
It's unfortunate to live in the same era as such a company.