The hustle and bustle of Blue Star did not disturb the Sun Chaser spacecraft 141 million kilometers away.
After successfully circling the synchronous orbit of Mars, Fang Tianbo, Lin Lei, Masashi Kishimoto, and Yuri also left the life-sustaining anti-load cabin state. The 9527 robot on the side was helping them clean the anti-load cabin and adjust their physical condition.
Correspondent Yuri began to contact Blue Star every hour. This was the first time in human history that they had truly set foot on Mars, and they had to be more careful.
At the same time, Yuri also took over Kishimoto Masashi's work and closely monitored the conditions of various orbits of Mars through the Mars communication satellite network.
"Official history, we are preparing to launch the satellite." Fang Tianbo ordered.
"Hi!" Masashi Kishimoto nodded.
"Let me help you too! Is there anything you need me to do?" Lin Lei asked. In fact, he did not need to follow the instructions of squad leader Fang Tianbo, because his status as a political commissar was very special and he could be independent on the spacecraft.
Act like the loyal person hidden in No. 9527.
Fang Tianbo thought for a while and said: "Then please help Commissioner Lin handle the logistics management and food for us!"
"Okay." Lin Lei replied with a smile.
The three people started to get busy, and the 9527 robot also helped. However, everyone was very strange about this robot subordinate of General Huang Zhong, but they did not dare to say anything about the above things.
Fang Tianbo opened the spacecraft's operating system and found the communication satellite storage compartment, while Masashi Kishimoto on the side input orbital information. This time they carried 25 communication satellites to supplement the existing Mars communication satellite network.
"Captain Synchronous Orbit Communication 12, the orbit parameters have been confirmed and can be fired." Masashi Kishimoto said meticulously.
"receive."
Wow! Fang Tianbo pressed the launch switch, and the communication satellite storage compartment opened. This was a missile launch window. The sealing cover popped open instantly, and a spherical satellite was ejected.
The ion motor carried by the spherical satellite started instantly, and it spewed out light blue tail flames and headed towards the set Mars synchronous orbit. These spherical communication satellites are all large communication satellites, weighing up to 1o tons.
In the next half hour, holographic communication satellites were launched one by one from the Sun Chaser into the Mars synchronous orbit. Soon, the newly added 25 spherical communication satellites and the previous 11 satellites formed a group of 36 communication satellites.
satellite network.
But this is not enough. These communication satellites are okay for communication near Mars, but it is very troublesome for communication between Mars and Blue Star. The communication signals between the two places are quite weak, especially the communication from Mars to Blue Star is even weaker.
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Soon, four larger communication satellites were launched higher than the Mars synchronous orbit. The signal enhancement satellites on these four communication satellites were specially used to communicate with Blue Star and were used as relay satellites.
"Phew, everything went well." Fang Tianbo breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the satellite that was operating normally. He glanced at his bracelet and found that the time had reached 13:21 Blue Star time, and there was also a Mars time on the watch.
However, because the rotation of Mars is almost the same as that of Blue Star, a day on Mars is also about 24 hours, specifically 24 hours, 37 minutes, and 22.6 seconds, while Blue Star is 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds. The difference between the two is only 41 minutes and 18.6 seconds.
The difference is not too serious.
"Captain Fang, it's time for Zhengshi to eat." Lin Lei floated over and reminded.
"OK."
The two of them headed for the living cabin, while Lin Lei took over Yuridao's post. At least one of them had to be in the cockpit, which was a strict requirement of the spacecraft's safety regulations.
After a while, Yuri, Fang Tianbo, and Masashi Kishimoto were in the living cabin and began to choose their favorite set meals.
"Everyone has dinner, I'll record a video and go back to Blue Star." Fang Tianbo clicked on the holographic bracelet and said.
Yuri chose his favorite mapo tofu rice bowl and some fruits and vegetables, while Masashi Kishimoto chose kabayaki eel rice and grilled lamb chops.
"Come, prepare to say a word or two." Fang Tianbo said, fixing the holographic bracelet in one position.
"Friends of Blue Star, good afternoon!"
"This is our first meal on Mars, let's encourage each other."
"In Mars synchronous orbit, it is actually the same as Blue Star synchronous orbit. Cheers!"
After the three of them finished talking, Fang Tianbo turned off the video recording of the holographic bracelet and clicked to send it back to Blue Star. The communication waves stored in the video information went to Blue Star through the communication relay satellite.
"Captain, I heard that your brother is also an astronaut. Which district is he in?" Masashi Kishimoto asked while eating.
"In the Moon Area, New Keelung City." Fang Tianbo replied.
"It's New Keelung City where the Anluo spaceship is now," Yuri said curiously.
Fang Tianbo nodded: "That's right there."
Kishimoto Masashi ate a piece of eel and suddenly said mysteriously: "You guys think it's strange? As soon as we expanded into outer space, these aliens appeared one after another. Did the Mi Mi family also discover something on the moon back then?"
"There shouldn't be. If there were, their technology would have exploded a long time ago, and they wouldn't be able to linger on Blue Star for decades." Yuri shook his head and said.
"The fact that aliens are appearing one after another is actually related to our technological progress. The more advanced our technology is, the greater the probability of aliens being discovered." Fang Tianbo explained.
"That makes sense." Yuri agreed.
"When you ask if there is life on Mars, I mean intelligent life." Masashi Kishimoto said.
"I don't know, but the probability of intelligent life existing is relatively small, and it's hard to say about low-level bacteria and viruses." Fang Tianbo said with a smile.
After having a meal, the three of them cleaned up the trash, Yuri went to replace Linley, while Fang Tianbo and Masashi Kishimoto continued to launch satellites.
The two first launched detection satellites to Phobos and Deimos respectively. Phobos was two detection satellites and Deimos was one satellite.
Then there is the need to launch detection satellites into the low-Earth orbit of Mars. There are 12 detection satellites in total, including 8 geological and mineral exploration satellites and 4 meteorological detection satellites.
Although the atmosphere of Mars is thin, there is still an atmosphere, especially the sandstorms on Mars, which are very famous. However, due to the relatively small gravity of Mars, the sandstorms on Mars appear to be overwhelming, but the actual destructive power is not great.
After launching the satellites, the two began to test the various functions of each satellite. Although these satellites were mature products of the Human Innovation Alliance, there was still a problem with one of the geological and mineral exploration satellites.
"No. 5 geological satellite has a malfunction." Kishimoto Masashihui reported.
Fang Tianbo was not surprised. He calmly ordered: "Check the fault."
After a while, Masashi Kishimoto replied: "The left solar panel has failed. The backup circuit has been activated and the fault repair has been completed."
"Okay, continue testing other satellites."
The two continued to work, and each satellite was tested by them, and their first mission to Mars was completed.
The next step is to build a Mars synchronous orbit space station. This Mars synchronous orbit space station will serve as a transfer station and supply station for future landings on Mars.
After a busy day, they did not build the space station immediately, but prepared to take a bath and rest.