Chapter 369: Emergency, the satellite was hit by a ray weapon!
With the experimental method, Wang Hao doesn’t have to worry about it.
The current experimental participants include not only the Antigravity Behavior Research Center, but also representatives from the science and technology department, military science and technology representatives, and other institutions that cooperate with the research. They can all provide opinions and fully cooperate to complete the experimental goals.
The study of F-rays has always been a top priority, and the transmission distance is also very important data.
The research team quickly held a meeting and formulated several feasible methods, such as launching balloons tens of thousands of meters high as targets for F-ray strikes.
For example, through detailed calculations, it can be launched in the direction of the ground's inclination angle, penetrate and hit targets dozens of kilometers away.
control issues.
No matter what the goal is, we must improve the direction
The research team came up with a good method, which is to design a balanced spiral magnetic field channel outside the spiral magnetic field to correct the direction of F-ray emission.
After F-rays are released, they will be affected by the magnetic field, and the orientation can be corrected through the spiral magnetic field channel, which solves the offset problem of F-rays to a certain extent.
"Theoretically, it will increase the accuracy by more than 95%."
He Yi found Wang Hao and explained the solution.
Wang Hao was very satisfied with the solution. He signed the plan and allowed the experiment to proceed quickly.
In the next half month, the experimental base began to continuously produce and release F-rays to obtain data and improve the design of the spiral magnetic field channel layout.
Wang Hao continued to invest in research while waiting for news. He had not yet talked about the main direction with others. Firstly, it was because the experiment had no specific conclusions yet. Secondly, he also hoped that others could spread their thinking and come up with some new ideas.
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Once the main direction is explained, the research can be said to be fixed, and it is basically impossible to come up with any novel ideas.
One week later.
On the other side of the earth, Amerikan National Satellite Center
building.
In a satellite control room, a large group of people were staring at the pictures on the big screen and whispering to each other.
The picture shows a damaged satellite. There is an obvious black round spot on the side of the satellite and the solar panel above it.
There was an official in green clothes sitting in the middle. His name was Adrian Davis. A technician was explaining, "Yesterday at 2:21 pm, this aircraft code-named SY-331
The satellite suddenly lost connection with the ground. After the automatic detection device was activated, the main circuit panel of the returned information was burned."
"At that time, SY-331 was 131 kilometers away from the ground, and it was located above the uninhabited land of Sitarik. The coordinates..."
"At first we thought it was just a signal transmission problem, but the communication was interrupted for half an hour. Then we controlled CPS-935 to circle closer. It was not until an hour ago that we took this photo."
"Judging from the photos, SY-331 seems to have been hit and damaged by some kind of ray that can penetrate metal equipment."
"Of course, there may be internal problems, but the solar panels cannot explain it. We recommend that the satellite be safely recovered before we can draw a specific conclusion..."
"Recycle?"
The official sitting in the main seat was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "Cooperate with the Space Exploration Company? Use the space shuttle? The investment is too big, and there is no time."
Everyone knows that the best way to detect problems with satellites is of course to recover them for testing.
However, satellite recycling is no small project. Such worthless satellites usually crash naturally when their lifespan is over.
The current SY-331 mainboard is burned out, and the battery used for emergency repair can only last for about five days at most. The orbital altitude of the satellite is only about 130 kilometers. If it is any lower, it will enter the atmosphere and then crash quickly. It is difficult to recover it safely.
It's simply too late.
Adrian Davis thought about it and said, "Do you think it is possible that SY-331 was hit by some kind of weapon on the ground?"
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The person subconsciously said, "If it were a missile, wouldn't it just explode?"
It is not surprising that it was hit by an anti-satellite missile at an altitude of more than 100 kilometers.
Although it has not been made public, some major countries are likely to have similar technologies, but similar technologies are somewhat useless, because the orbits of many military satellites are at high altitudes 500 kilometers away, and some are even more than 1,000 kilometers away.
Only intercontinental missiles can really hit this altitude, but intercontinental missiles...
Isn’t that just a cannon to kill mosquitoes?
Even if it hits with one hit, it feels like a huge loss!
"Maybe it's some kind of high-tech weapon, isn't it some kind of ray that can penetrate metal?"
"What kind of ray is it? There is no such ray..."
"Maybe it's brand new and undiscovered?"
"How can the technology be so mature? Can it directly hit high-altitude satellites? The research and development speed is too fast!"
"I think it is most likely to be some kind of satellite weapon, not from the ground, but from above? The altitude of SY-331 is only 131 kilometers. If a satellite above can launch a ray weapon..."
"This is quite possible..."
A large group of people immediately started discussing.
Of course, the discussion would not lead to any results. They contacted the superior department and decided to release the news. However, what was released was not the true content, but a slight "correction."
For example, the orbit altitude is corrected to 260 kilometers.
For example, the code name of SY-331 was changed to SN3-R3 (commercial).
The final information released was that "the SN3-R3 satellite suddenly malfunctioned when it was traveling over the uninhabited area of Tariq. The main circuit panel burned out, and it will begin to lose control and fall into the atmosphere four days later."
"From the analysis of the returned photos, SN3-R3 was hit by some kind of anti-satellite ray weapon. After professional analysis, it is believed that it may be an anti-satellite weapon secretly developed by a certain country."
"We will detect the location of SN3-R3 at any time and disclose the specific crash location in a timely manner..."
On attention.
The information from the satellite center was released and immediately aroused public opinion.
A sudden serious failure of a commercial satellite is not something that requires special attention. There are too many satellites in space, and there will always be satellites that malfunction and crash.
But the analysis said that it was "hit by an anti-satellite ray weapon" and "may be a weapon secretly developed by a certain country."
Although the name of the country was not specifically mentioned, everyone knows where the Tarik No Man's Land is, and the anti-satellite ray weapons are very attractive.
Soon a large number of media forwarded the news, and many people participated in the discussion -
"Are you sure the satellite was hit by a weapon? It sounds a bit too sci-fi!"
"What country? Aren't they just flower growers?"
"The news seems a bit strange. Flower growers have such a high level of technology? Or is it a ray weapon?"
"According to this statement, our satellites are no longer safe. If there is a war, just raise the white flag..."
"The threat of this kind of weapon is too great!"
"Why do I feel that this news is so unreliable? It just talks about ray weapons, what kind of ray weapons? It doesn't say anything at all! What's the principle? It seems like another piece of dirty news."
"I agree with you upstairs, there is always similar news, but most of it is fake news."
There have been various discussions in the international public opinion. Most people do not believe the authenticity of the news, mainly because the anti-satellite ray weapons sound a bit too fake.
If the news is true, a certain country also deliberately targeted satellites, which is definitely a major friction event.
But in fact, there is no news at all in other fields, only an announcement issued by the Satellite Center.
Even so, the popularity of international public opinion is still increasing, because the satellite was hit by a weapon, which itself is very topical.
Many international institutions are now studying space weapons, and the main targets of space weapons are satellites.
Satellites are so important to human technology.
In a technological sense, satellites are essential for communication and signal transmission. Ordinary people need to use navigation when going out, which is also a function brought by satellites.
In a military sense, all kinds of high-tech weapons need to rely on satellites for guidance and positioning. Without the support of satellite technology, a party will directly become a blind man on the battlefield.
If there is a weapon capable of destroying satellites, it could even determine the outcome of the war.
In the field of research on anti-satellite weapons, many institutions initially manufactured missiles that could be launched from the ground to directly destroy satellites, because missile technology is mature and has a history of dozens or hundreds of years.
However, as early as twenty years ago, most institutions gave up on this path.
In fact, you will understand the reason if you think about it.
Not to mention using ground missiles to hit satellites hundreds of kilometers away, even hitting aircraft at an altitude of 20 kilometers is extremely difficult. It is precisely because of this that the air-ship series is considered to have a flight altitude of more than 40,000 meters.
It's 'unshootable'.
Even if the satellite has a fixed orbit, it is very difficult to knock it down. If a missile launched from the ground wants to hit a high-altitude target hundreds of kilometers away, it must use an intercontinental-level missile.
The minimum cost of each intercontinental missile is over 100 million US dollars.
Satellites are relatively cheap. For example, the Starlink satellites launched by the famous Space Exploration Company cost only fifty to one million US dollars per satellite, which is far lower than the launch itself.
Even if each launch is carried out individually, the cost of a satellite does not exceed US$50 million.
Using an intercontinental missile costing over 100 million to hit a satellite costing tens of millions or more, there is a high probability that it will not be able to hit...
This is obviously a loss-making transaction.
Therefore, many institutions research anti-satellite weapons in the hope of developing space weapons, that is, launching weapons into space as a special satellite, and using a strike method similar to 'ion cannon' to attack target satellites.
To strike.
Now that the Satellite Center has mentioned "anti-satellite ray weapons," people are a little confused.
There are various opinions in public opinion, and most of them think that it is just a "daily spewing of dirty water" and has no significance for discussion.
However, insiders who really understood the situation still held a meeting to discuss it, because the two straight black spots on the satellite graphics looked too strange.
However, most people still prefer to damage themselves or be damaged by the collision of space debris.
"Ray weapons are just an idea. In fact, everyone knows that the possibility is very low, very low."
"We don't have this kind of technology, and flower growers most likely don't have it either, and neither do other countries."
"That requires very high-end technology. It is basically impossible to release it from the ground. The only possibility is from space. However, we have a complete space detection system and have not found any satellites with weapons functions..."
"In space, we have an absolute advantage in terms of detection methods and number of satellites..."
This is the mainstream view.
A scholar put forward an unexpected point of view, "Is it possible that it is related to the study of strong annihilation force?"
"Strong annihilation power?"
"Yes, that is an area beyond our control. The research on strong annihilation power is currently a unique technology of flower growers. They have been doing this research. No one knows the specific progress."
"Although the probability is extremely slim and I can't think of anything specific, it is always a possibility..."
Since it is possible, it needs to be explored.
So after the meeting, an investigator went to find the former head of the new technology research department of Los Alamos Laboratory who was in Rui Iodine and the current head of the International Annihilation Theory Research Organization—
Empoli-Cuba.
Rui iodide.
international annihilation theory research organization experiment
base.
Empoli-Cubo waited until the investigating officer arrived. He thought the other party was here to care about the progress of the experiment, so he kept introducing, "All parts of the equipment have been shipped and we are debugging them separately."
"After passing this round of debugging, we can put all the equipment together. In theory, we can create a strong annihilation force field."
"If everything goes well, it will only take about a month..."
Empoli-Cubo was a little excited as he spoke. He has been doing this work since he came to Realio.
Now that the work goal is about to be completed, everyone at the experimental base is very much looking forward to seeing the "grey space."
That's really attractive.
"At that time, we can conduct a lot of research, including the characteristics of strong annihilation force, including other..."
Empoli-Cubo spoke more and more professionally, which also gave the investigating officer a headache. He couldn't help but interrupt him and said, "I'm not here to ask this."
"ah?"
Empoli-Cubo was stunned.
The investigator said, "Mr. Cooper, have you paid attention to the recent news? Satellite damage, ray weapons?"
"What do you mean?"
Empoli-Cubo immediately reacted. He heard someone say it two days ago. At that time, he said sarcastically, "It's really ridiculous. In contrast, I am more willing to believe that Wang Hao's team has developed an anti-gravity moon landing."
spaceship,.
Now hearing the inquiry from the investigating officer, Empoli-Cubo asked with confusion, "Why are you talking about this?"
close."
"Some people think that the research on strong annihilation force may be
Empoli-Kubo opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and didn't say a word for a long time. Finally, he just covered his stomach and laughed, "What did you say? Ray weapons are related to the research of strong annihilation power? You mean, strong annihilation force research?"
Can the annihilation force have the function of penetrating space and directly hitting satellites hundreds of kilometers in altitude? "
"Haha, that's so ridiculous..."
The investigator's face darkened, and he immediately emphasized, "Mr. Cooper, this is not what I said. I am just responsible for questioning."
"Okay, okay, of course I'm not laughing at you."
"Hahaha~~~"
"I'm sorry, I really can't hold it in. If I tell this matter, I believe everyone in the base will be very happy today...
"Hahaha…...."
"Okay, I will answer you formally now, it is impossible! There is no possibility at all. This matter has no connection with the research on strong annihilation force!"
"Hahaha~~~"
In the end, the investigator left with a dark face. He didn't think the satellite incident had anything to do with the strong annihilation force.
"I really hope it has something to do with the powerful annihilation power, preferably directly. When the time comes, laugh? He should be the one to cry, right?"