Chapter 1293 The far-reaching impact of the space fishing ship plan
While Chang Haonan was busy promoting new technologies to more industries.
Qiong Province.
The Kuaizhou-1 Yao-2 rocket, which was originally used as a backup for the space fishing ship mission, has arrived at the launch site and is undergoing final preparations before ignition at the same location.
As the only first-class administrative region in China that is entirely in the tropics, there are actually no obvious boundaries between the four seasons here.
Therefore, although the time has come to the end of November, the overall environment has not changed much compared to three months ago.
At least it's impossible to snow.
You don’t even need to wear regular autumn clothes.
Therefore, the arrangements for various preparations are almost the same as the previous launch.
However, at that time, the Second Artillery Corps, which was responsible for executing the specific launch process, also needed to undertake combat preparation tasks, and it was certainly impossible to come over every two days to help fire rockets.
So this time, all instructions and operations can only be completed by the technical team sent by Aerospace Science and Industry and some command personnel transferred from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
For the sake of safety, Zhao Fuyuan also came here again to personally take charge of the technical support of the launch mission.
In fact, in addition to the chief rocket engineer, he is now also the deputy director of the launch vehicle business department of the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, which can be regarded as his own job.
This department was originally temporarily established within the Ninth Academy to safeguard the space fishing boat plan. The plan was directly canceled after the mission was completed, and subsequent launch vehicle projects were still carried out by each academy.
But the advertising effect of that global live broadcast was so good that not only was it not cancelled, but it became a separate business organization directly under the group level.
It is expected to be officially established early next year.
In addition, the measurement and control mission of this launch can only be simplified. A Yuanwang survey ship that has not yet returned will confirm the second- and third-stage separation process in the Western Pacific, and then the leased Alcantra Space Center in Brazil will finally confirm the satellite’s separation. Orbital entry——
Although the space fishing ship mission itself has come to an end with the fall of space junk 40396 into the atmosphere and the threat of impact to the International Space Station has been completely eliminated, it is after all one of the two most influential events in the international aerospace industry in the 21st century (the other one The loss of the USS Columbia), its impact is long-lasting and far-reaching.
China's aerospace industry, which was originally in a semi-isolated state, seized this short but effective window very efficiently. Before the heat of the incident ended, it had signed a series of deeply binding cooperation agreements with multiple countries and organizations. .
One of the most efficient is cooperation with Brazil, using the infrastructure of the Alcantra Space Center to supplement China's global aerospace measurement and control network.
The launch mission was completed on September 3. The two parties signed a cooperation memorandum on the 20th of that month and officially announced it a week later.
Even the National Day holiday was not missed.
In addition to the traditional aerospace cooperation relationship between Brazil and China, which has complete communication channels, another important reason is that the maintenance cost of the space launch site is high, and there is not much maintenance in Brazil, including the entire South America. There are many space launch missions and there is an urgent need to contract international business.
Including the terms involved in this cooperation, it also includes the future launch of the Chinese launch vehicle in Alcantra.
Of course, this is the condition proposed by Brazil...
"Director Zhao!"
An engineer wearing the overalls of the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation held a document and jogged up behind Zhao Fuyuan who was in the temporary command post:
"All subsystems of the rocket have been inspected and determined to be normal and ready for launch at any time."
CASIC does not have the command system of the Second Artillery Missile Brigade, and the infrastructure here is relatively lacking, so many programmed links can only be completed through the most traditional methods.
The latter took the document and read it carefully from beginning to end twice before signing his name on the last page and handing it back to the other party:
"Let the inspection technicians evacuate first and wait for the launch window... In addition, do not raise the rocket yet. Just maintain it in its current state and wait for my next command."
"Yes!"
The engineer who came to report did not hesitate, but quickly picked up the radio communicator and began to convey the instructions. But next to him, Hu Maoyang, another subsystem leader from the production department, looked puzzled. Holding a paper list of precautions in his hand, he came over and asked:
"Director Zhao, based on the traditional liquid rocket launch mission, shouldn't it be waiting for the launch window in the vertical state?"
The launch vehicle business of Aerospace Science and Industry has just started, and the comrades at the Xichang Launch Center have rarely seen this kind of thing that needs to be erected before launch, so there is not a particularly complete standard for each process, and we can only refer to the brothers Based on the mature experience of the unit.
"Well...it's different this time."
Zhao Fuyuan said as he picked up a telescope from the side and looked towards the entrance of the launch site, as if he was waiting for something:
"Some customers asked to watch the complete launch process, so we have to wait until they are in place."
"Watch the launch?"
Hu Maoyang glanced at the launch vehicle in the distance that was almost the same as the Dongfeng 31, but slightly longer.
In order to dilute the militarization of the Kuaizhou-1 rocket as much as possible, the payload of this launch is a dozen microsatellites developed by various universities, including many customers from abroad.
But customers are customers, and not just anyone can come to see this kind of launch mission.
"The space agency only informed me last week. It must have been a sudden situation."
Zhao Fuyuan replied:
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"When we took the model to Singapore for exhibition before, some Gulf countries expressed interest. Now that the first launch has been successful and it has caused such a big international response, I guess they will not be able to sit still."
This answer did not lessen the confusion on Hu Maoyang's face.
Among the dozen or so satellites inside the fairing, one does come from Riyadh University, but whether it is Saudi Arabia or China, it is obviously not worth a special trip for such a gadget.
So this visit to the launch is probably just a pretext, and there may be more in-depth content later.
But that's not what he should know.
But it’s not appropriate to just leave it alone, so I had to change the topic:
"So all our future launch missions will be conducted here?"
"That's right."
Zhao Fuyuan looked back and nodded:
"The superiors considered that this position had been exposed after being used once, and the launch position located in the northeast of Qiongdao itself did not have great practical value, so they simply designated this place as a launch site."
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Hu Maoyang's eyes lit up:
"Specially for our solid rockets?"
"How is it possible... Our small business can only shoot a few rounds a year..."
Zhao Fuyuan showed an unbearable expression:
"The launch site in Qiong Province is a big plan. It will be expanded on the basis of this place in the future to be used by various new generation launch vehicles, including us of course..."
"..."
While the two were talking, a convoy of luxury minibuses came from a distance.
"The rightful owner is here!"
Zhao Fuyuan put down the telescope in his hand:
"Attention all units, enter the launch preparation stage!"
(End of chapter)