Huaxia, South, Changhai Space Launch Site.
This is a coastal launch base and is one of the few low-latitude launch sites in the world. Geosynchronous orbit satellites, massive polar orbit satellites, large-tonnage space stations and deep space probes are all launched here.
The "Tianwen-1" Mars rover to be launched this time also chose the Changhai Space Launch Site.
The colleagues of the Space Administration have been prepared for a long time. On the sea launch platform, the Tianwen-1 Mars rover has been loaded on the Long March 5 Yao-4 (B) launch vehicle.
This rocket is different from the past. It has been transformed and equipped with a rocket recovery system designed by Du Xingyu, so it is also more eye-catching.
"Are you sure?" Cao Liang, the leader of the Space Administration, stood outside the launch site, looked at the 56.97-meter-long rocket, and asked He Jingcheng.
"The results of rocket recovery and simulation tests are successful. The success rate should be more than 50% of the actual launch." He Jingcheng said.
"Fifty percent?" Cao Liang frowned slightly and said, "Old He, please give me a brief explanation. The Mars exploration mission has been preparing for nine years! The last time the Mars rover borrowed a Russian rocket to launch it in 11 years... We have to fight for a sigh of relief!"
"I can't guarantee anything else, but there will be no problem with the launch process!" He Jingcheng said confidently, "Our rocket can definitely send Tianwen-1 to orbit. If it can be successfully recycled, it would be a surprise!"
"It's more than surprise!" said another middle-aged man with sparse hair, "Then you will be famous all over the world and set a new record in aerospace history!"
He is Mo Shen, the head of the Mars rover design team. This mission is related to the nine years of hard work of him and his team!
Mo Shen said: "At present, only the US National Space Administration and Space Exploration Company have mastered the basic rocket recovery technology in the world. However, the rocket engines they recycled are still unable to be used again."
"If we can be ahead, we will not only look at the whole world with admiration, but also create a space market of tens of billions and hundreds of billions of dollars for us!"
At present, even the United States, which has the most developed aerospace technology, has to treat expensive rockets as disposable products. If China can master mature rocket recycling technology and reuse rockets, I am afraid that countries around the world will come to you and pay for help in launching satellites and spacecraft.
The aerospace market with a scale of 100 billion is really no joke!
"Look, you can't make too much hope. After all, we have no experience in this regard. I have been prepared for a hundred failures." He Jingcheng said.
"Today's first mission is to send Tianwen-1 into the Earth Fire track!" Cao Liang said with his hands behind his back: "Prepare, don't let reporters from other countries laugh at me!"
Today's launch is a public launch, and journalists from various places and countries have long been here to watch and interview.
The Rockets will launch at 12:41 noon. Du Xingyu arrived at the launch site at 6 a.m. and conducted the last test of the rocket's status with his colleagues. Everything is normal.
Next, they all have to wait patiently in the command center until they launch.
After seeking the consent of his superiors, Du Xingyu was allowed to broadcast the launch process live on his mobile phone.
At 12:20, Du Xingyu opened the live broadcast.
Tens of thousands of people immediately poured into his live broadcast room, all of whom came to watch the rocket launch.
"It's on the air, it's on the air!"
"Where is the Rockets, let me see the Rockets?"
"The anchor finally started broadcasting, I've been waiting for two months!"
"Where are the Rockets you transformed?"
The audience kept making barrage. Du Xingyu stood outside the audience seat at the launch site, and the camera pointed at the launch platform, saying: "Look, that is, the Long March 5 Yao-4 launch vehicle that we are going to launch this time. The Tianwen-1 Mars rover has been installed in the rocket."
"In another twenty minutes, the Rockets will ignite on time."
The audience was amazed at the launch site.
"6666! Rocket launch live broadcast!"
"Last time it was a model, but this time I played it really!"
"Have the anchor participated in the Rocket design?"
"Definitely not. The anchor has only been in the Space Administration for two months, so how can it be that fast?"
Du Xingyu explained: "Everyone, the Mars rover and rocket were designed and manufactured by the predecessors of the Space Administration. What I participated in was to install a recycling system for this rocket."
"All you should know that rocket recycling is currently a global problem... There were many voices on the Internet who questioned me before, saying that the Starry Sky One Rocket I made was just a toy!"
"Look at it, today this rocket has a total length of 56.97 meters, a wingspan of 17.3 meters, a take-off thrust of 10524×1000 Newtons, and the rocket body alone has 867 tons!"
"Today I will recycle this rocket, and all the first-stage arrow body, second-stage arrow body and fairing are recycled to ensure that they can be reused."
After Du Xingyu finished speaking, many people still didn't understand and asked on the barrage: "What's the use of this?"
"To put it big, it is technological progress, which makes a great progress in aerospace technology. To put it small, this time, if it succeeds, at least one billion will be saved to the country!" Du Xingyu said casually.
After he finished speaking, the barrage was immediately filled with "6666!"
"Boss is awesome!"
"Save one billion at a time and ten billion at a time. How many billions do our country launches dozens of rockets every year? How many billions do we need to save a year?"
"Blow, you just blow hard. There is also a group of mentally retarded people who believe that this guy can do it. I ate the keyboard!" Some people started to squirt at a disagreement!
"Tsk tsk, no, no, no? No one really believes this liar, right? Aerospace experts have publicly criticized him online!"
"I just want to ask, if it fails, how many years will the anchor be sentenced to?"
Du Xingyu looked at the barrage and said, "That person named 'Zhaodandan', do you think you want to eat the keyboard after launching successfully? Don't be timid later."
Zao Dandan: "Haha, I'm afraid of you? Whoever is afraid of his grandson!"
Audience: "I want to cheat food and drink again!"
"Remember, I'll send him a try later!"
Du Xingyu was broadcasting live here, and reporters and photographers around him had already set up equipment and started shooting.
"Du Xingyu!" A crisp voice called his name. Du Xingyu looked back and saw that it was the last time the TV reporter, Lu Jiajia.
The weather in the south is hotter, and she wears a cool white T-shirt and shorts, revealing her healthy wheat-colored skin and slim figure.
"Sister Jia Jia, are you here too?" Du Xingyu asked.
"I am a reporter from the Technology Channel. I basically have to interview the news about aerospace." When Lu Jiajia smiled, her eyes narrowed slightly, like a crescent moon.
"I read the news and said you entered the Space Administration. It's so amazing!" Lu Jiajia praised him, and saw his cell phone footage and said curiously: "Are you live broadcasting?"
"Yes." In Du Xingyu's live broadcast room, many viewers were already watching the barrage of "beautiful lady".
"I have something to do, let's talk later." Lu Jiajia was called away by her colleague, and Du Xingyu continued to broadcast live.
At 12:40 noon, only one minute left before the rocket launch, He Jingcheng, Mo Shen, Tao Ran, Liu Yuan and others were already nervous in the command center.
In Du Xingyu's live broadcast room, there are already more than 100,000 viewers waiting for the countdown to ignite the fire.
From the speaker, He Jingcheng's voice came, "Ten, nine, eight...three, two, one!"
Chapter completed!