"Wind is 11 knots, decelerating continuously."
"Optical tracking station is being prepared. Weather is good, optical tracking conditions are met."
"Rocket signal normal. Telemetry signal normal."
"All departments, attention. Countdown of 20 minutes."
As the messages entered the launch command center, more than 20 staff members in front of Ye Qing started to get busy.
Affected by the atmosphere, even Ye Qing could not help but sit up straight.
All departments entered work mode and everything was normal. Commander-in-chief Chen Fangli became a little relaxed.
He picked up the thermos cup with the words "Shenzhou Spaceship Successful Launch Commemoration" printed in red. After taking a sip of tea, he said to Ye Qing in a relaxed tone, "Mr. Ye, if we look at the launch record of the Long March Three. The success rate of our Rocket launch this time is at least 70%. "
"The remaining 30% is not a launch failure, but a few minutes before the launch, we suddenly encountered a change in the weather, or there was a problem between the departments, causing all the preparations to be pushed back."
"Then we had to delay the launch and wait for the next window."
"The real Rocket failure rate is less than 1%."
Ye Qing showed a subtle smile, waved his hand, and said, "Commander Chen, I'm not worried about the Rocket."
"We know that the Long March Three Rocket has been launched, and so far, there has not been any major problems."
"I'm actually worried about our satellite …"
Commander-in-chief Chen Fangli was slightly stunned. After a while, he realized the reason why Ye Qing was worried. "It's okay, Mr. Ye. Once the satellite is launched, our command center will take over all the attitude adjustment problems of this satellite. "
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Commander Chen, and all the staff." Ye Qing did not mention his worries about the hardware. Anyway, the satellite was already on the Rocket, so he could only let nature take its course.
After a while.
Countdown. Ten minutes to prepare.
Everything was developing in a good direction. All the departments' tests were normal, and the data was normal. The wind at the launch site also weakened from 11 knots to about 8 knots.
Although Jiuquan Aviation Base was dry all year round, its location was very suitable for launching satellites.
However, it was located in the Gobi Desert, with strong wind and sand all year round. Usually, the launch window was only slightly more than ten minutes. If they couldn't successfully launch the Rocket within these ten minutes, they might have to wait for several days before the next window.
For the launch to be successful, meticulous inspection was the key. Luck was also the key.
His luck was pretty good today.
When the countdown reached five minutes, the weather conditions were just right for the launch.
At this time, Ye Qing had taken Yun Shi to the media shooting room upstairs.
There was a huge sealed floor-to-ceiling window, which was aimed at the launcher in the distance. There were also many screens on the wall, from which the details of the Rocket on the launcher could be clearly seen.
After Ye Qing set up a small camera, the commanding officer's sonorous voice came from the speakers.
"One minute to prepare.
Countdown timer.
50！
40！
… "
After thirty seconds, Ye Qing walked to the observation window. Yun Shi followed behind him and hid behind Ye Qing in fear. No one could predict what kind of explosion the 50-meter-tall Rocket in the distance would cause when it ignited.
"5 … … 4 … … 3 … … 2 … …"
There was one second left in the countdown. Commander-in-chief Chen Fangli took the order and shouted, "Ignite."
The atmosphere was tense to the extreme at this moment. The air seemed to solidify in this second and suddenly broke out in the next second.
The launch tower was instantly surrounded by thick white smoke, and a dazzling fireball gushed out from the bottom of the Rocket and rushed into the sky. In a breath, the whole world trembled violently, as if there were twenty turbine engines outside the observation window at full thrust.
"Boom ~ Boom ~"
The thick smoke rose hundreds of meters high, so that the entire Long Three Armored Rocket was hidden. In front of this earth-shattering scene, any creature would become extremely fragile.
Yun Shi trembled and shrank behind Ye Qing. Ye Qing's heart was strongly shocked and surging until the pure white Long Three Armored Rocket rushed out of the smoke.
The object of the 20-story building rose from the ground, and the white flame shot from the tail like a sharp sword, like a tsunami, straight into the sky.
The sound barrier was quickly broken.
Then it was one time the speed of sound, three times the speed of sound, five times, seven times …
The sky was torn apart and trembled.
The commander seemed to have shouted some password, but it could no longer be heard in the shooting room.
It wasn't until the Rocket rushed more than ten kilometers high that Ye Qing could hear what it was.
"Nine Springs, tracking signal normal, telemetry signal normal."
"Nine Springs, optical tracking normal."
"Radar tracking normal.
Two minutes later, the momentum left by the Long Three Armored Rocket completely disappeared, leaving only the sound of information summarized by various observation stations every 30 seconds.
Ye Qing returned to the command center. At this time, Commander-in-chief Chen Fangli had no time to greet Ye Qing. He could only quickly turn around and smile, and quickly turned his head to stare at the information wall in front of him.
"Nine Springs, Rocket posture normal."
"Nine Springs, Taiyuan Radar Station found the target."
"Nine Springs, enter the first level arrow body separation."
"Radar found the target, the first level arrow body separation successful, the second level engine ignition successful."
"Tracking signal normal, telemetry signal normal."
"Nine Springs, throw the fairing."
"Radar found the target, fairing separation successful.
"The second level mainframe shut down, star arrow separation ready.
In the vast universe outside the atmosphere, the Long Three Armored Rocket, which rose from a desolate land, had grown from a huge streamlined body of more than 50 meters to the current length of dozens of meters, and the engine and various pipes were exposed.
At the front of the arrow body was a golden irregular square object.
A pure white airflow was silently ejected from the joint of the two objects, and then the golden object moved farther and deeper into the dark starry sky. The arrow body that carried the last journey stopped powerlessly and slowly fell toward the blue planet below.
"Star Arrow separation successful."
"Star Arrow separation successful."
The commander shouted twice in a row, and in a serious tone, there was an unconcealable excitement.
"Success!"
Someone in the command room shouted. Then, all the staff members who were sitting stood up.
Their faces were full of smiles, and although there was no hugging and celebration like in the movie, the atmosphere in the whole hall was not much worse than in the movie.
Yun Shi kept applauding, and her smile was like a flower, "Boss, we did it."
Ye Qing and Commander-in-chief Chen Fangli were shaking hands to celebrate, and their tense mood eased a lot with the success of the Rocket launch.
Ye Qing turned his head and said, "We only succeeded in the first step."
Commander-in-chief Chen Fangli also nodded, "Yes, at present, only the Rocket launch is successful, there is still the second step to do."
The second step was to send the satellite into the predetermined orbit and activate it successfully.
The celebration did not last long, and the staff quickly threw themselves into the busy work.
Dozens of minutes later, the satellite flew to the predetermined parking orbit, ignited the small booster engine, and began to accelerate along the predetermined angle for the final sprint.
At this time, the satellite in the depths of the starry sky, while sprinting, began to eject small airflows from several angles to make more precise posture adjustments.
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