Daming No. 1, these four big red characters are engraved on the side wall of the rocket.
The declared launch project is a meteorological satellite. Using a meteorological satellite as the first launch target is undoubtedly less difficult than other launch projects. But even so, for a small country with no aerospace technology foundation at all, it is not easy to install a satellite on the first launch.
It's quite difficult.
Not only the special observers of the United Nations, but also about 30 local and foreign journalists were invited to the launch site by Zhu Tian. This exciting moment should be shared by people all over the world. They were specially allowed to enter the military camp and stand on the guard tower.
Filming the rocket launch process.
For Palau, this is destined to be a historic moment.
space power
These uncivilized islanders had never thought about it, but when they saw the newly arrived foreign neighbors discussing this issue with disbelief on their faces, the indigenous people of Palau could not help but feel a strong feeling in their hearts.
pride.
How do national self-confidence and national cohesion come about? It is to see your country accomplish things that others think you can't do, and accomplish great things that others think you can't accomplish.
Who would have thought that this small island country, which has just completed a regime change and has a total population of only tens of thousands, can become a country with the ability to independently launch satellites? It is simply a fantasy.
However, this fantasy scene is destined to be recorded in history.
"Are you kidding me about the launch pad height of thirty meters? Mr. Kerwin." Henry glanced nervously at the rocket outside the window, then looked at Kerwin who was doing final inspections with the staff.
Henry visually measured the height of the rocket on the 30-meter-high launch pad. It was about 32 to 34 meters. Of course, Daming Trading would not hand over the specific design drawings of the rocket to them, but based on his experience in working in the aerospace field
, we can still visually detect the shell parameters of this rocket.
There are pocket-sized launch vehicles, but Henry never believes that this small country can achieve this level. Considering the thrust ratio of rocket fuel and the size of the nozzle of the rocket engine, and estimating the thrust of the rocket, what do you think of this rocket?
The design is not scientific.
Not to mention whether such a rocket can accelerate to the first cosmic acceleration and escape the gravity of the earth. Henry is very doubtful whether such a rocket can fly out of the atmosphere.
And the suspicion about this UN special observer!
"Do you think I'm joking?" Kerwin raised his eyebrows and looked at the observer.
"One glance at the structure of this rocket, I know this thing can't reach the sky." Henry mocked.
"That only shows your ignorance. You will never know our rocket engine..."
"Ahem."
Hearing Zhu Tian's cough, Kerwin immediately stopped talking. The confidentiality agreement of Ming trade was no joke, and he had just realized that he had almost leaked the secret.
Zhu Tian then looked at Henry.
"Mr. Henry, I remember that you are a special observer of the United Nations, not a technical consultant invited by Ming Dynasty Trade. If you are worried that the firecracker outside the window cannot fly, you can go back to the ship first. I promise, when you go back
, there won’t be any soldiers stopping you.”
Henry's expression changed several times uncertainly.
Of course he couldn't run back to the ship at this time, otherwise the media outside would definitely give him a close-up of his face. Put it on tomorrow's headlines and label him a coward. It's okay to say that the rocket launch failed, but it can only be said that he was right.
The ending of the rocket is prescient. But if it is actually launched successfully, it will be a slap in the face.
Since Zhu Tian dared to stand here, it meant that even if the launch failed, the safety here was still guaranteed. So Henry calmed down a little and stopped saying anything.
If Zhu Tian knew that this guy was here,
What are you thinking? I wonder if he will laugh out loud.
There are no safety measures. The reason why he dares to stand here is because he is not worried about the launch failure.
But others obviously don't think so.
Henry shut up, but several other observers were whispering and exchanging opinions.
"I bet this thing can't fly to the escape layer. The first stage rocket is too short. Even with NASA's technology, it is impossible to achieve this level. I suspect they miscalculated a decimal point during the design.
No one noticed until the finished product was produced." A slightly fat white man tilted his head and whispered to a colleague who was also an observer.
"Aha, except for the first half of the sentence, our views are basically the same." The white woman with bob hair said in a serious tone.
"First half of the sentence, do you think they can fly out..." The man slightly increased his volume in disbelief.
"At most, it can pass through the middle layer without any launch failure." The woman teased.
"Pfft"
Glancing at the UN observers, Kerwin's eyes flashed with anger. Although he did not design the rocket, he also devoted countless efforts to understand the technology. As a researcher who pursues the truth,
Or, he would not allow anyone to insult this landmark rocket launch technology like this.
Kerwin clenched his fists, about to explode.
But at this moment, Zhu Tian reached out and patted his shoulder.
"Prove it to them, remember you are a technician, not a boxer."
Hearing Zhu Tian's words, Kerwin realized that he was almost impulsive. When Zhu Tian nodded to him, he took a deep breath, forced away the displeasure in his heart, and walked quickly to the launch pad.
Turned on the intercom.
"Report on the rocket situation."
"Received, the information is being compiled. The rocket inspection work has been completed and the launch operation can be carried out at any time."
"Command received it, all personnel pay attention, start the ignition countdown!" After speaking to the intercom, Kerwin looked at Zhu Tian.
Zhu Tian smiled and nodded, walked to the launch position, opened the cover of the fiberglass, stretched out his hand and placed it on the launch button. Kerwin turned on the intercom again, staring at the rocket outside the window.
The atmosphere in the launch room became tense. Henry stopped the rashness in his eyes, and the United Nations observers also stopped whispering and turned their attention to the rocket launcher outside the window.
"Countdown to launch begins 5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"0 ignition"
The moment he heard the zero, Zhu Tian pressed the red launch button.
Milky gray air waves instantly obscured the launch site outside the window, and at the same time a dazzling red light burst out from the smoke screen. The launch frame separated, and with the help of the thick flames, the rocket began to accelerate and shoot straight into the sky.
Zhu Tian retracted his hand that pressed the launch button and stepped aside leisurely.
Beads of sweat broke out on Kerwin's palms, and he stared nervously at the parameters on the launch interface.
Henry glanced at Zhu Tian who was calm and composed, and then took a peek at the launch interface. When he looked at the soaring height, speed, and acceleration, the contempt on his face gradually turned into seriousness.
"Height 48k through the stratosphere!"
"Arrived at the warm layer at an altitude of 81k and started to turn!"
"219k Ring 1 successfully turned, the rocket was level, and the first stage rocket began to separate!"
"The separation successfully reached the first cosmic speed!"
"..."
Following the reports, the expression on Henry's face became more and more shocked. And the several observers standing behind him had incredulity written on their faces.
Seeing their appearance, Kerwin's eyes flashed with pride, but he was not distracted and continued to focus on the launch mission. His eyes were tightly locked on the operation interface to guard against possible accidents.
Zhu Tian had no expression, because he knew that there was no possibility of accidents with this rocket produced by the Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute of the Ming Dynasty Survivor Base.
"Successfully broke through the atmosphere at an altitude of 483k!"
"The rocket at an altitude of 1000k continues to accelerate!"
"..."
"The rocket at an altitude of 35,000 K is approaching synchronized orbit and the second stage rocket is separated!"
On the screen, the second-stage rocket connected to the camera slowly flamed out and ejected from the rocket head. At the same time, the tail end of the rocket head ignited, and with the help of the jet gas, it moved toward a farther orbit.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the slowly rising height value on the launch interface.
When it settled on 35785k, everyone held their breath.
Stopped!
Stopped without any error!
"We succeeded in reaching geostationary orbit!"
Along with this exciting shout, all the staff in the launch room cheered and threw the work documents into the sky. I saw Kerwin, as excited as a child, waving his fists and hugging his colleagues.
Henry looked at the launch interface with an expression as if he had seen a ghost, unable to say a word.
Affected by the atmosphere, Zhu Tian also smiled triumphantly and walked leisurely to the previous observers who were whispering that there was no way the Ming Trade could be successfully launched.
The fat white man's mouth was so wide open in surprise that he could stuff an egg into it. Walking next to him and the white woman, Zhu Tian teased.
"I'm sorry that our rocket had a launch failure. The rocket not only passed through the atmosphere, but also reached synchronous orbit."
At this moment, Henry reacted as if he had come back to his senses. He looked at Zhu Tian and asked in disbelief: "This, this is impossible! Wait, where is the three-stage rocket?"
"Three-stage rocket?" Zhu Tian burst into laughter as if he heard something funny.
As if he had laughed enough, he paused and said playfully in front of Henry, who had a stiff expression.
"We don't need that thing."
Tianyan X1 meteorological observation satellite. As the name suggests, it will be used in meteorological observation, disaster early warning and other fields. However, because the satellite uses large area array detectors, large reflecting telescope systems, adaptive optics imaging technology, real-time image transmission and other technologies,
This 2-meter-diameter camera placed at the near-Earth end of the satellite has an observation resolution of up to 0.1 meters.
There is no difference in principle between military remote sensing satellites and civilian remote sensing satellites. The main difference is reflected in the spectral bands used by the satellites and the differences in ground resolution requirements. Military remote sensing satellites mainly image in the visible light or near-infrared spectrum band, and the resolution
Better than 1 meter.
The Sky Eye X1 weather observation satellite has undoubtedly reached the level of a military satellite. Logically speaking, United Nations observers would request to check whether the satellite is consistent with the declared project, but these people simply do not believe that Palau can be successfully launched.
, so I didn’t mention the inspection.
Of course, even if they propose it, Zhu Tian can refuse it. But in this case, the Philippines will definitely have to take the opportunity to make some hype, such as the military satellite launched by Palau, which is used for ulterior secrets and so on.