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After confirming that the spacecraft had successfully entered orbit, Dongfeng Space City's external public communications were also restored.

Nearly a hundred media outlets that had been ready for action broadcast the content in the form of text or images in the shortest possible time.

At 12 noon, the news at 30 minutes on Station C was the first to broadcast the news that "Shenzhou V was successfully launched, and my country started its first manned space journey."

However, this was just a routine midday news broadcast.

As a result, the entire piece is fairly restrained, lasting only about three minutes.

The only scenes involved are the rocket ignition, booster separation, and the commander-in-chief announcing the success of the launch...

It was reported, but not fully reported.

Especially for many people who have been looking forward to it for a long time, they are extremely itchy.

Just like some unscrupulous authors.

You are told what the plot will be like in the future, and various means are used to arouse your anticipation.

As a result, the update is very slow, which makes people very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Station C is still relatively conscientious in this regard.

Although the noon report was not long, it clearly stated that after the news broadcast, there would be a special report on manned space flight lasting about an hour.

It also meets the requirements of domestic and foreign enthusiasts, as well as some industry insiders...

Of course, it is also a test for the work of Chang Haonan and others...

Everything went according to plan without any incident.

11:46 am.

Chang Haonan, who had already completed his preparations, picked up the intercom and ordered the Qingluan satellite cluster to formally access and forward the S-band communication signal sent by Shenzhou V.

Just a few minutes later, the image content, after two relays, was simultaneously transmitted back to the Tanzhou ground station in the capital and to the airship working in the 35km high stratosphere.

The latter then sent the signal through a third relay to the Haojing ground station and Dongfeng Space City.

The actual latency for the whole process is about 270 milliseconds.

Soon, the situation inside the spacecraft was once again displayed on the large screen of the launch command and control center.

The picture quality is clear and coherent.

According to the schedule, this would be the astronauts' meal time.

In zero gravity, a simple piece of food residue can cause huge trouble.

It is therefore not possible to put food on plates or similar open containers as one would on the ground.

You can only refer to the design of young children's food to ensure maximum safety.

Or just make them all into blocks so they can be eaten in one bite.

So, the first picture displayed on the screen was the astronauts squeezing a packaging bag that looked like jelly.

However, what is inside should be pre-made shredded pork with fish flavor or Kung Pao chicken.

For him, this is something he has trained for countless times.

But it was the first time for many comrades on the ground to see it.

Therefore, this "macho man sucking jelly" action caused a burst of laughter, which unexpectedly made the atmosphere in the measurement and control hall a lot more relaxed...

At this time, Shen Junrong turned his head and glanced at Chang Haonan next to him.

The latter was standing with his hands behind his back, looking at the screen with interest.

In the original timeline, since this period was still in a communication blind spot, the widely circulated footage of astronauts dining only consisted of a brief clip of swallowing chunks of food.

Obviously, it is not as good as the hardcore eating broadcast in front of us.

"Comrade Haonan, Comrade Haonan!"

It took two consecutive calls for Chang Haonan to turn around.

"Mr. Shen?"

Shen Junrong pointed to the time displayed next to him:

“How did you connect in advance?”

You know, there are still about 20 minutes before the spacecraft enters its third cycle of orbiting the Earth.

Each orbit of Shenzhou V lasts about 90 minutes.

In fact, the coverage range of ground tracking and control stations/tracking and control ships is quite limited.

Taking Kashgar Station and Karachi Station of similar longitude as examples, although they are the westernmost part of China, they are actually not much earlier than Dongfeng Tracking and Control Station.

The spacecraft target was not captured until 10:31 on the first lap, nine minutes before the end.

As a result, the second lap was almost 20 minutes ahead of schedule.

This is equivalent to extending the effective communication time to twice as long as before.

This does not include the part that will continue to be effective after leaving the range of the island city's tracking and control station.

Obviously, there are some differences from what we had planned before.

"As for the plan, it must be written conservatively to leave us some room for maneuver..."

Chang Haonan's answer is straightforward:

"It may be because there are too few service objects accessing the network, so the effective reception angle of each antenna is larger than originally estimated, which is equivalent to increasing the expected coverage area."

"If we calculate based on the current situation, by the 8th and 9th orbits, the effective connection time will be around 50 minutes..."

Faced with this answer, Shen Junrong could only respond with a helpless smile...

In the next few consecutive cycles, there were no special tasks and the data transmission process was quite smooth.

Only at 3:54 p.m., when Shenzhou V entered its fifth orbit and performed its first maneuver to simulate avoiding space debris or docking with a spacecraft, did the signal fluctuate for a moment.

However, it did not reach the point of interruption, but the delay increased to more than 500ms in an instant.

In this way, time quickly came to 7:30 in the evening.

That is the time when the special program is broadcast.

Considering that the spacecraft has not yet been recovered, it is impossible for the program to open champagne in advance.

It is still in the form of reporting and interviews.

However, compared with the midday newsletter, it provides more comprehensive content.

There are also two guests who answer some questions raised by the host.

However, at this moment, the video materials that can be provided are actually quite limited.

It’s nothing more than some additional scenes inside the command and control hall, as well as images of astronauts working during the first few orbits of flight.

In order to fill the entire Q&A session, the screen behind the host will definitely play these contents repeatedly.

For those who are interested, the focus will be on the content of the interview, and you won’t get tired of watching those scenes even if you watch them several times.

……

And in a private house in Lianhai City.

An elderly man in his sixties, wearing a lieutenant colonel's uniform, was now sitting like an old monk, staring straight at the screen in front of him.

Until the voice of the little grandson next to him reached his ears:

"Grandpa, why do the following clips always play back?"

"because……"

It was not until this moment that he realized that his vision had been blurred by tears...

The old man's name is Meng Linsen. On the surface, he is just an ordinary veteran cadre who transferred from an Air Force pilot to the Lianhai Material Bureau and then retired.

But in fact, he was one of the 30 astronauts selected for Project 714 19 years ago.

It can be said that they are the earliest group of "reserve astronauts" in China.

However, at that time, the conditions for manned space flight were indeed insufficient in all aspects.

Therefore, in 1975, the project was completely cancelled.

Meng Linsen and more than a dozen of his colleagues were also ordered to return to their original units, destined to never have a chance to travel into the universe in this lifetime.

But today, nearly thirty years after my dream was crushed, I have the opportunity to see Chinese astronauts successfully enter space...

Meng Linsen took a deep breath and adjusted his mood:

"Because the spacecraft is rotating outside the earth, it can only communicate with the ground when it passes over us..."

While gesturing with his hands, he explained the basic principles of spacecraft to his confused grandson.

However, before he could finish his words, he heard the host's voice on TV:

"Next, we will witness with you the work and life of astronauts in space..."