Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 771: 1 launch, 2 breakthroughs!

Chapter 771: One launch, two breakthroughs!

With an order, the rocket launch button was pressed.

At the No. 3 station of the Xichang base, the "Er-Bake Reform" sprayed out fierce flames and white smoke.

Then it soars toward the sky.

"Take off successfully!"

"Takeoff time: 14:00, 997 milliseconds, Beijing time!"

Zhou Rui, on the other hand, crossed his arms and stared at the big screen.

Listening to the continuous broadcasts from the command center.

"The telemetry indicators are normal! The first-level fuel consumption is normal!"

8 seconds after takeoff!
"Start the program turn! The thruster is adjusted normally!"

At a higher position, the second-stage rocket separated successfully and began its free fall.

Zhou Rui stared at the telemetry data on the big screen. The sub-level animated simulation icons on it were constantly falling.

127 seconds after takeoff!
The meat show is finally here.

"The first sub-level was separated successfully and the landing area is normal!"

However, it was not time to cheer yet, soon, 237 seconds after takeoff.

"The wind panel is opened successfully and the unpowered attitude adjustment is in progress!"

"First-level separation activated."

"USB band tracking is normal!"

At this time, if there is a camera at high altitude, you can see the separated "one-stage rocket" in free fall.

From an altitude of 60000 meters.

Che Gan's roaring voice also echoed through the channel.

But it's not time yet.
The "intelligent attitude adjustment system" naturally does not require control from a command center.

As a technical verification arrow for rocket recovery, this is the time to test the "two-cake reform".

"The optical tracking in the first area is normal and orbit change is detected."

At 30000 meters, the atmosphere becomes thicker and thicker, and the aerothermal effect of a sub-level arrow becomes more and more obvious.

20000 meters.
15000 meters.
After takeoff, 230 seconds.

"Second stage ignition successful!"

Due to the turbulence and disturbance of the airflow, this huge component is rolling and shaking rapidly.

"The 'Intelligent Posture Adjustment System' started successfully!"

"Tracking in landing area 1 is normal! Sub-level observed!"

At 51000 meters, the first-level arrow has reached the maximum speed of free fall.

The launch of a recovery rocket is a two-way monitoring process, which requires monitoring both the fallen part and the remaining parts in the sky.

It's like two intersecting task lines are being carried out simultaneously. If you have poor logic skills, you may be confused and messed up in just a few steps.

After all, in the past, once separated, those things were no longer needed.

Therefore, it is also a big test for the command center.

"The second stage is separated successfully and the landing area is normal."

"The attitude adjustment of the first stage is normal, and the vertical axis is perpendicular to the ground."

"The payload compartment leaves the atmosphere and the fairing separates."

"The first-stage 'brake thruster' started successfully, and telemetry indicates that it is decelerating."

"The second-level 'intelligent attitude adjustment system' was successfully launched!"

"The load compartment's swimming engine has started and is entering the established track!"

"The first-level fuel retention is normal, and the deceleration curve is normal!"

Zhou Rui watched the big screen and listened to the telemetry report.

This kind of two-line or even three-line information processing is not difficult for him, and everything is under control.

But in the future, "rocket recycling" will become the norm, and the operation mode of this command center needs to be improved.
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At this time, "falling area one" hundreds of kilometers away.

That's where Zhou Rui and the others conducted their first experiment.

Above the sky, a rocket component has been adjusted to its vertical position, the wind adjustment plate has been opened, and the "melon seed" type brake thruster has also been started, turning on and off, maintaining stability.

The speed of the first level is getting slower and slower. Che Gan's eyes are constantly monitoring the transition between the screen and the sky, and he is sweating.

Different from last time, not only was it a real thing this time, but a flat area was also sorted out on the ground and a guidance signal source was placed. When the component is close to about 5000 meters, it will adjust its position towards the target area.

Finally, when the rocket components became slower and slower, the adjusting wind plate folded downward to form a bracket, and finally landed on the flat ground.

Che Gan immediately shouted excitedly in the channel: "The monitoring of landing area 0 is normal, the speed of sub-level is ! The recovery is successful!"

He did not rush to the scene immediately, but still stood at the monitoring point on the cliff, waiting nervously. Until more than 100 seconds passed, I heard another news.

"The monitoring of the second landing zone is normal, the speed of the second sub-level is 0! The recovery is successful!"

Che Gan took off his headphones and shook his fist toward the sky.

It worked!
Cool! ! !
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In the command center, the news that all sub-levels one and two were successfully recovered resounded throughout the hall.

What followed was endless applause.

Behind the scenes, Shan Chunyuan, who arrived at unknown time, finally let out a sigh of relief.

Sun Ze, the chief engineer of "Chang'e III" who came to visit and witness, did not hesitate to applaud.

Zhou Rui took a deep breath, at least the main goal was a complete success.
He looked around and then said into the microphone:

"Ministries should not leave their posts and keep up their efforts."

When everyone heard this, they stopped applauding, and the command center became quiet again.

Zhou Rui looked at the big screen. The simulation screen representing the load warehouse was still moving along the predetermined track.

"We still have something in the sky."

.475 seconds after takeoff.

In the sky, Erbing only has a payload compartment and a weak "swimming engine".

The so-called swimming engine refers to the final part of the launch vehicle that fine-tunes the orbit. It can be understood as the last step and is only found in older models of rockets.

If there is a camera here, you can see that there is a strange thing fixed in the payload compartment without the fairing.

Like a two-meter-high cone.

It is about 350 kilometers above the ground. It is a satellite low orbit and is also the altitude with the most satellites.

.500 seconds after takeoff.

The load compartment is separated.
Leave the cone in orbit.

He used the reverse force to slowly fall downwards.

The cone in this orbit appears to be stationary due to the lack of reference.

In fact, he is waiting for his prey.

Generally speaking, the speed of satellites at the same altitude is the same, that is to say, two satellites cannot collide even if they are in the same orbit.

But if this "satellite" has a little power and can actively slow down, that's another matter.

Just wait and see.

.670 seconds after takeoff

It waits for its prey.

A defunct satellite is approaching it at an extremely high "absolute speed" and an extremely slow "relative speed".

The tip of the cone began to metamorphose. Oh no, it deformed and divided into four smaller heads, and a composite material net was pulled out from the cone.

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Inside the command center.

Zhou Rui looked at the icon representing the "capturer" on the big screen.

That was the payload he made for the "Erpie Kai" while he was waiting for launch permission.

The missile has been launched, but firing it from the air is very harmful to the body.

The inspiration came from that high-altitude experiment.

The capturer uses "internal networking" technology and has 36 nodes. In other words, it has a higher IQ than Wu Gang.

And its target is an early scrapped satellite that belongs to China.

"The capturer starts normally!"

"The regulator thrusters are slowing down."

"The trap deployed successfully!"

"Target captured successfully! Returning to the atmosphere."