Chapter 60: IL-76MD
In the end, Xinyuan reached cooperation with several universities, two of which are still key 985.
But if you want to say that the most comfortable, it is still the South Machine Yard that is dedicated to the thighs.
Although their comprehensive strength is not the strongest, they give the most, and they almost completely rely on the posture of Xinyuan.
There is no way, it is a satellite rocket again, and people are sent to the sky, Lin Ju also feels the sincerity, and the previous cooperation is also very deep, and most of the personnel with scientific research capabilities have been named in Xinyuan.
If it weren't for the public sign, outsiders would have wondered if this was Xinyuan's subordinate school.
Lin Ju was not ambiguous, and all the professors of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics threw an upgrade card, and from then on, they were all hardcore system people, named the System Research Institute, and began to serve Xinyuan.
The college will not officially start classes until the second semester in September, but these teachers and professors cannot be idle, and those who are free will go to the Xinyuan factory to engage in R&D tasks to receive double allowances, and those who are not free to teach also have work to do.
It is necessary to add a burden to capable scholars~
On the Qingming Festival in April, Lin Ju stood in front of his father's tomb and threw a stack of dark coins printed with the head of the Jade Emperor of the 86th edition of Journey to the West into the fire.
Considering that in recent years, the manufacturers of the dark currency have become less and less martial, and the denomination is getting bigger and bigger, Lin Ju, who was afraid that his father's money would not be enough to spend, pulled a whole cart of banknotes, and warned him once on the road because of the mixed loading of passengers and goods.
"Boss, boss?"
Lin Ju, who was in grief due to the rebirth and loss of his father, was woken up by the accompanying assistant, only to find that the picture frame glass on the grave stone had been blackened due to the too many banknotes thrown away.
"Dad!"
The assistant shoved the open fire extinguisher into his hand.
Putting down the fire extinguisher he was carrying in the car, Lin Ju obediently kowtowed to his father, and then carefully wiped the black marks off the glass.
It didn't burn at all.
"Hu Bai, I think burning paper is a bad habit, my dad will definitely stop it if he has a spirit in the sky, and he can't burn it again in the future."
"Yes, the old factory director has always emphasized environmental protection."
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On April 6, all seven liquid oxygen methane staged combustion cycle engines required for the first Xinyuan-2 were produced.
At the same time, the progress of two six-meter-diameter core first-stage rocket bodies is close to completion, and it was originally expected that two rockets will be assembled at the same time on May 17, and then transported by sea through the river, arriving at the Wenchang launch site in Qiongzhou on May 29, and launching at the right time from June 1 to 2.
Xinyuan-2 is too large, with a take-off thrust of more than 1,600 tons and a take-off mass of about 1,400 tons, and there is no large launch site inland that can launch her.
Xinyuan's own launch site has not been built well, so it is still rubbing the space agency, and it should be regarded as accumulating experience for the Long March 5.
However, the recovered landing site has been repaired, which is the first and the first to be completed at the Xinyuan launch site.
By the way, the Mukara launch site of the big dog has just completed the site selection and location determination, and the domestic construction team has only begun to load the ship.
The Qiongzhou launch site has already received the transfer information of Xinyuan-2, and then the launch administration is numb.
The last Xinyuan-1 take-off weight was less than 100 tons, and the Xinyuan-2 was 1,400 tons? The Long March 5 is not as big as this!
Deputy Director Huang personally called to inquire, and actually expressed a meaning in and out of words:
We can't refuse to use the launch site, but such a large rocket, more than 1,000 tons of fuel after being filled, if the launch station is blown up, it will be useless, and Xinyuan is unreliable to get it out in such a hurry.
Of course, Lin Ju guaranteed that Xinyuan-2 would never blow up, at least not on the launch tower.
But he is also in a bit of a hurry now, because sea transportation seriously affects the launch schedule of rockets.
Each time the ship is recovered, returned, prepared, and loaded, it takes a month to go back and forth at the fastest speed, and a maximum of two rounds a month.
In early June, the Xinyuan-2 Yaoyi verified that the rocket was unreliable; At the end of June, the Yao-2 rocket took the space shuttle to the unmanned flight; In mid-July, the Yao-3 rocket again took the space shuttle to an unmanned flight, and the first manned launch mission could only be carried out at the end of July or early August.
The problem is that there are too many variables in between, and it is almost completed within the time specified by the system, with at most 25 days in the middle.
In case of a typhoon or something, the rocket ship will be suspended for half a month, and it will be over.
Qiongzhou was stormy, and the launch was also delayed.
But two unmanned flights are the bottom line, even if the first Xinyuan-2 is brought on the space shuttle, because the first H1 that can really carry people will not be able to roll off the assembly line in June, and it will not be able to catch up with the rocket transfer.
Land transfer is also not feasible, the 6-meter-diameter Xinyuan-2 can't pass through the tunnel, and the maximum rocket diameter that the tunnel can pass through is stuck at 3.5 meters, a little more is really not good.
Although the highway can be crossed, it is a special cargo, and the road management bureau will definitely not give permission for so many times in a row, which has too much impact on traffic.
Airlift...... What about air freight?
Lin Ju asked the system engineers to analyze the feasibility, Xinyuan just has two Tu-154, since it can carry H1, can it carry Xinyuan No. 2?
The answer is...... No.
As many as 7 liquid oxygen methane engines in the first stage of Xinyuan-2 have nearly 10 tons, and the empty weight of the core first stage is 39 tons, which has exceeded the maximum carrying capacity of Tu-154.
It is not possible to dismantle the engine, even the 39-ton shell is too heavy, Figure 154 because the engine air intake at the tail is above, which causes the back bracket to be very high so as not to affect the air intake, and the change in the center of gravity caused by the 39-ton mass will definitely lead to the destruction of the aircraft.
If you want to transport by air, you must have heavy transport aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of more than 200 tons, such as Lucia IL-76MD, An-124, An-225, domestic Y-20, Aramco C17, C5 and other large transport aircraft.
Of course, in addition to some large civil airliners, such as Airbus A380 and Boeing 747, etc., even the maintenance of passenger aircraft is more economical, the unit price is cheaper, and you can take your employees out for team building.
Although meteorologists at the launch site have said that there will be a typhoon from the end of August to September, Lin Ju still doesn't dare to bet, after all, there are too many accidents.
There is also no choice for aircraft, both large aircraft and special cargo routes, and the apparent best option is to contact the Air Force.
Through Ulan Hasan Airport, Xinyuan successfully got in touch with the top brass of the Air Force and wanted to rent a transport plane to transport the rocket.
The military still attached great importance to the problem of Xinyuan, especially Lin Ju, who was willing to rent it at a high price of 200 million yuan a year, and hurriedly reported it.
In the end, the superior agreed to lease a self-owned Il-76MD transport aircraft, which can be specially approved for rapid review of the Xinyuan-Qiongzhou route and bring its own flight crew.
There are still quite a few Il-76s in Huaguo, and a direct flight from the Western Military Region to the Xinyuan City Airport was transferred and referted there.
As for Xinyuan No. 2, it is very simple to transfer to the airport after it comes out, although the width is overrun, but after all, it is in Xinyuan City, and it is no problem for the leader to give the green light to escort the convoy.
The same is true for Qiongzhou, which will shorten the transit time of the rocket from at least 10 days to less than 3 days, giving more time for adjustments.