Cheju.

Space Tower Experiment Project.

At this time, on the floating launch platform at an altitude of 10,000 meters, a 120-ton solid-fuel carrier rocket has been pulled up by a cable from the launch base below.

As the president of the Association of Ground Alliances, Kong Deok, he also came to the Jeju Island Space Base in person at this time.

And the design company of the project, Toth, its vice president and technical executive Jorge? Moran was accompanying Comte and his party.

"President Moran, isn't the anti-wind disturbance system still good?"

Hear Comte's question, Jorge? Moran was somewhat embarrassed, after all, their company swore that there was no problem, but now they have not completed the PPT idea.

I have long known the urine nature of these guys, but Kong De did not show an expression of anger or anything like that, but reminded with a cold expression:

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"President Moran, it's better to study more technology! There is no way to develop technology by speculating on stocks, after all, there are a lot of suppliers and partners of Dilian, and no one is indispensable. ”

"Uh...... "Jorge? Moran was somewhat overwhelmed, of course he knew that the company's speculation had caused the total value of the company's shares to soar from 360 million to 5.7 billion in less than a year.

This increase has made a lot of money for shareholders.

For this kind of behavior, the four major forces and the Earth Federation did not prohibit it, but the speed of technology research and development and engineering integration of Toth Company has been slowly swallowing, which makes the Earth Federation Association very dissatisfied.

Jorge who reacted? Moran hurriedly replied: "President, please rest assured, our company has almost completed the technical integration, and this time the technology update can make the space tower resist the gale below level 10." ”

"Then I'll just wait for the good news from your company, when will the launch start?" Kong Deok turned his head and asked Park Won-kwang, the manager of the base.

Park Wonguang replied respectfully like a dog's leg: "Chairman Conde, the Sagittarius launch vehicle is ready, and it is just right to go to the ground control center now." ”

"Let's go!" Comte was very pleased with the deference of the stick.

After a while, the group came to the ground control center.

Hundreds of staff members are busy in front of their computers.

On the split screen of the large screen, you can see the three areas of the Sagittarius solid launch vehicle, as well as the countdown to the launch, which is about 12 minutes away from launch.

Considering that the anti-wind disturbance system of the space tower at this time was not very good, a second adjustment was made on the launch platform.

As you can see from the large screen, half of the body of the Sagittarius launch vehicle is submerged in the airbag of the launch platform, and the other half is exposed.

This can reduce the impact of vibrations, after all, trospheric winds do not have too fine rules, and in the event of a sudden wind during launch, it is easy to cause violent vibrations on the launch platform.

If the launch vehicle is erected directly on the platform, it is easy to tilt, or collapse.

The semi-buried type can effectively avoid the above situation.

In fact, this is a missile launch system borrowed from warships and submarines.

Park Wonguang looked at the time and found that the time was almost up, so he asked, "President, why don't you announce the launch?" ”

Kong De was very speechless in his heart, and waved his hand with a dry smile on his face: "I won't interfere, you will follow the procedure yourself." ”

After all, this launch is a test launch, and if it fails, then he will be too embarrassed, and Conde secretly despises this stick for having a hole in his head.

Park Yuanguang didn't notice Kong De's displeasure, but thought that Kong De was taking care of him, so he shouted more enthusiastically:

"This launch, under the wise leadership of President Comte, will be a success, and everyone applauds."

Bang Bang Bang ...... The staff reluctantly applauded.

Hehe! Thank you! Comte's fists were hard.

Jorge on the side? Moran also looked weird, you haven't launched yet, just open champagne here to celebrate, and also set up the president of the Earth Federation Association to bake, what is this going to do? That's not how you shoot a sycophant!

However, when Park Yuanguang saw Kong De with a flushed face, his clapping hands worked harder.

Jorge who can't stand it? Mo Lan, who had already felt that the qi in Kong De's nostrils was a lot thicker, hurriedly interrupted Park Yuanguang's self-touch: "Ahem, Mr. Park, it's time to launch." ”

Park Yuanguang turned his head and found that time was indeed running out, so he bowed to Kong De: "President, I will arrange the launch immediately, this launch will definitely become a milestone in human spaceflight." ”

Kong De was already so angry that he was about to smoke in his seven orifices, and waved his hand like a fly: "Go!" ”

Looking at the back of Park Wonguang leaving, Jorge? Moran whispered, "Don't be angry, these sticks are like this." ”

Kong De didn't want to speak anymore, and sat directly in the VIP room, looking at the broadcast screen of the launch platform.

Two minutes later.

An English countdown sounded inside the control center.

［10…… 9…… 0！ Launch! ］

A launch platform at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

The Sagittarius launch vehicle ignited solid fuel, and soon the flames pushed the 120-ton launch vehicle towards the Kármán line.

The launch distance is also reduced due to the avoidance of dense air in the troposphere, which makes it easier for the launch vehicle to break out of the atmosphere.

The technology of such small solid-fuel launch vehicles, the technology of Amerika and other forces is very mature, and in general, the probability of launch failure is very small.

A smile finally appeared on Comte's face as he saw the launch vehicle begin to adjust its posture, accelerate into orbit with the help of the Earth's angular velocity, and then break through the Kármán line.

The launch vehicle has a payload of about 27 tons in low earth orbit and is equipped with 130 200-kilogram miniature posture control engines.

That's right, the payload launched this time is all this miniature posture control engine.

When the launch vehicle successfully reached an altitude of 500 kilometers in low earth orbit, 130 posture control engines were ejected one after another.

Then, under the control of the ground center, these engines quickly approach those scrapped satellites, especially those abandoned satellites with relatively intact bodies, which are the main targets.

Some of these relatively close abandoned satellites have been captured by the posture control engine, which then quickly adjusts its flight trajectory and pulls the abandoned satellite to the spacecraft graveyard in the South Pacific.

Park Wonguang ran over with an excited expression: "This launch was very successful, and it is really thanks to the wise guidance of President Kong De. ”

"Haha...... Mr. Park has worked hard. "Comte is a little fluttery.

And Jorge? Moran also laughed dryly on his face, but in his heart he secretly despised Conde as a chameleon.

However, Kenkunde still knew some measure, and was not dazzled by Park Wonguang's sycophancy, he ordered: "You have to conduct a comprehensive test of the space tower project, and we will build a larger space tower next, your experience is very important." ”

"Please rest assured, President, that we will do our best for the sake of a free world." Park Wonguang raised his head and assured.

Konde and his entourage stayed here for several days, and saw hundreds of abandoned satellite wreckage being dragged down the atmosphere for destruction, and then he left Jeju Island satisfied.

The reason why the Association attaches so much importance to this launch is partly because the launch load ratio of the space tower platform is very high, and on the other hand, because there is too much space junk in low-earth orbit.

If they don't clean up the space junk as soon as possible, they will be afraid to launch spacecraft in the future.

This can only be said to be self-inflicted.