Military Technology

"One hour to prepare!"

"One hour to prepare!"

As the countdown entered one hour, a high-pitched male voice came from the lobby broadcast, which also made Wu Hao and the reporters who were allowed in, as well as the family members of the employees who were watching outside at this time, including the family members of the accompanying employees. Lin Wei and others who were watching together suddenly became energetic.

Compared to the increasingly lively atmosphere outside, the atmosphere inside the command and control hall also became solemn. All the staff were calm and paying close attention to the various data on the screen.

In addition to the various data and information that are constantly being broadcast, there are also the whispers of many people communicating in low voices, as well as the constant sound of phone calls and typing on keyboards.

Although there were constant voices, there was no panic at all. Everyone was in their places and all work was progressing smoothly. After all, these experienced technicians, whether they are launch system staff, rocket or payload system staff, all have rich experience. This situation has long been commonplace.

Compared with Wu Hao, who was sitting quietly in the guest seats and watching, Zou Xiaodong, who came here for the first time, seemed a little curious. From time to time, he asked people around him to ask questions, and even took out his own transparent foldable phone. The device took a few selfies.

"Thirty minutes to prepare, the swing pole is released!"

As the command was issued, there were only a few "beep-beep-beep" sounds, and several swing rods surrounding Jianmu-9 immediately opened up and separated from the rocket body.

"The swing rod is detached."

With the pendulum falling off, this means that the external circuit connection between the rocket and the launch tower has been interrupted. The rocket no longer needs external power supply, but uses its own battery system for independent power supply.

The rocket enters the independent self-check program.

Self-test data is being verified.

When the rocket is disconnected from the external cable, it will be in the launch state. Generally, a self-check procedure will be performed in this state to ensure that the rocket body systems are operating normally.

The self-inspection procedure is completed, the rocket systems are operating normally, and the launch can be carried out on time.

Ten minutes to prepare!

Attention all units, it is time to prepare for ten minutes.

All personnel in the launch area are evacuated.

Dongguai reported that all personnel in the launch area have been evacuated to a safe area, and all personnel in the launch area have been evacuated.

"Five minutes to prepare!"

"three minutes!"

"One minute to prepare!"

"Thirty seconds!"

"Ten, nine, eight..."

“Three, two, one, ignite, take off!

"take off!"

Sizzling, as several beams of sparks like fireworks were ejected from the engine port at the rear of the rocket, the huge tail jet engine and the tail jet engine on the two main thrusters were ignited, and then a huge flame was sprayed out.

At the same time as the flames were sprayed out, there was also a huge stream of water sprayed out from around the launch platform. These water flows will be sprayed onto the entire launch platform and launch tower to reduce the high risk caused by the huge tail flame ejected from the rocket's tail engine, thereby preventing the launch platform and launch tower from being burned by the high temperature of the rocket.

The huge tail flame collides with these water flows, thus creating a huge white mist. The white mist contains the smoke emitted by the rocket's tail flame, but more of it is water vapor.

Because our country’s rocket launches use free ascent, the take-off speed of the rocket is relatively slow. Unlike the rockets of the former Soviet era or the method of focusing and releasing used by some other rockets, the ignited rocket is first pulled or held, allowing it to gather strength, and wait until the thrust of the rocket reaches a preset value. Then release it so that the rocket can take off at a faster speed.

However, this method is relatively violent, and only such a rough country will use this method of launching. The current mainstream is still the free launch method, which allows the rocket to take off slowly by itself.

In the midst of peace, the Jianmu-9 heavy-duty carrier rocket lifted up the lunar cargo transportation system, ejected a huge tail flame and began to slowly take off.

Violent tail flames were ejected from the engine mouth, making violent roars that could tear the air. As these roars were transmitted, objects several kilometers away from the rocket seemed to be vibrating.

Even in the launch command and control hall several kilometers away, Wu Hao and the others felt such a huge roar.

"Make a procedural turn!"

The rising angle of the rocket began to tilt, as if a sharp sword began to penetrate the sky.

Tourists who had been waiting all night several kilometers away finally got their wish and cheered when they saw such a magnificent launch scene.

A huge roar accompanied by vibrations made all the onlookers deeply feel the huge energy emanating from this behemoth.

The shock of this kind of launch can only be truly experienced by visiting the scene in person. The tourists couldn't help but show excited expressions and jumped for joy.

"Position No. 1 reports that the rocket tracking is normal and the telemetry signal is normal."

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In the launch command and control hall, everyone is working in an orderly manner, and various data and information are constantly being updated and reported.

Such launch missions have been carried out many times here, so a launch team with excellent quality and skills has been trained, so everyone responded very calmly, calmly and professionally.

Through the high-definition surveillance camera on the rocket, Wu Hao and the others were able to clearly see the first-person view of the rocket on the big screen. I saw the rocket starting to rise slowly, getting further and further away from the ground.

The weather tonight is very good and the air is very transparent. All the waiting tourists can finally see the magnificent scene of the rocket and the moon echoing in the sky and shining together with the moon.

As the rocket gets higher from the moon in the sky, it becomes a bright spot in everyone's field of vision.

On the large screen in the command and control hall of the Nanhai Launch Site, through the remote sensing data signal of Zhanjian-1, everyone can clearly see its real-time infrared signal.

The rocket is still flying steadily. It can be seen from the infrared remote sensing signal screen that the three wakes ejected by the rocket are as smooth as wire drawing.

This is also the normal working state of the rocket engine. This picture also shows that the rocket engine is very stable when running and burning, without any fluctuations.

The digital timekeeping on one side of the big screen is still changing, and everyone is holding their breath, waiting for the arrival of the first link.

As the rocket tail flames in the infrared picture flickered, the rocket changed from the three tail flames gathered together just now to three tail flames. The brightness of the tail flames on both sides was much brighter than the bright spot in the middle. Much weaker.

Booster separation!

Bang bang bang bang...

In the entire outdoor viewing platform, all the family members of the watching employees applauded enthusiastically after hearing the broadcast. The applause has also spread to the center.