Chapter 3 GLONASS Global Satellite Navigation System Completes Global Network

Ye Ge has just received a notice to go to the Plesetsk Space Launch Base to preside over the satellite launch work.

When he walked out, a special car had already parked at the main entrance of the Academy of Sciences. Several fully armed soldiers glanced at the surroundings with firm eyes, ready for battle.

"Academician Ye, we have been notified and come to pick you up."

The captain stepped forward and explained his purpose.

Ye Ge nodded and sat in the back row.

The special car drove for a while and finally stopped at a place that looked like a military base.

In the open field less than 20 meters away from where the special car stopped, the sound of the engines of two Wuhan helicopters and a small passenger plane could be heard.

Not long after Ye Ge got out of the car, an officer came forward. Seeing that the target of this mission was so young, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes.

After confirming Ye Ge's identity, the confusion on the officer's face immediately dissipated. He raised his hand and saluted: "Hello, I am the person responsible for this operation. Next, we will escort you to the Plesetsk Space Launch."

Base."

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Ye Ge nodded, his tone calm.

The officer did not recognize him, and Ye Ge was not surprised at all.

His identity is only known to those at the Academy of Sciences.

Moreover, not everyone knows it yet.

Although the officer in front of him has a high military rank, he is not yet qualified to contact scientific researchers at the level of academicians of the Academy of Sciences.

Under the arrangement of the military officer, Yegoden boarded a small passenger plane and went directly to the Plesetsk Space Launch Base.

The Plesetsk Space Launch Base is quite far from the city of Moscow, with a distance of nearly 800 kilometers. It is no wonder that a small passenger plane is used.

If I really have to take a special car to go there, I'm afraid it won't be until the next day by the time I get there.

Of course, there is no need to rush the assembly of satellites and rockets. After all, there are still several years until the limited time of the GLONASS scientific research plan, so there is no need to rush for a day or two.

However, taking a special car to go there is not only a long journey, but also worries about some problems that may occur after a long time.

It is not unreasonable that the above would arrange passenger flights.

……

An hour later.

Ye Ge, who was resting with his eyes squinted, seemed to feel that the passenger plane was descending, and his eyelids trembled.

Open your eyes and look into the distance.

In the direction of the horizon, a huge city is located on an almost deserted plain.

Not far from the city is a rocket launch tower with a height of more than 100 meters.

"Plesetsk Cosmodrome?"

Ye Ge had heard about this launch site for a long time and had seen it on TV news before, but this was the first time for him to be so close.

"This is too huge."

Ye Ge was shocked.

The launch sites seen on TV news usually only show the audience a rocket launch tower.

Although Ye Ge knew that the Plesetsk Space Launch Base was not too small, looking at the small city below that stretched for more than ten kilometers, one can imagine the shock in Ye Ge's heart.

In such an uninhabited place, the manpower and material resources required to build a space base of this scale are unimaginable.

One can imagine the hardships and difficulties encountered.

It took decades or even hundreds of years, and the efforts of one generation after another, to make the Plesetsk Space Launch Base as shocking as it is today.

The passenger plane landed at the airport and the moment Ye Ge walked out, many people were already there to greet him.

"Are you Academician Ye Geye?"

"Commander Ye, we are finally waiting for you!"

……

Not many soldiers may know the name Yego, but at the Plesetsk Space Launch Base, who in the world doesn’t recognize him?

The person in charge and commander of many major scientific research projects, the chief designer of the Tu-160 bomber, and now the person in charge of the GLONASS global satellite navigation system. In the entire furry bear scientific community, Ye Ge's status has risen to a

To a very high degree.

The researchers who had seen Ye Ge were fine, but some people who had never seen or even heard of Ye Ge couldn't help but take a breath when they saw Ye Ge.

The chief designer and chief person in charge of the GLONASS global satellite navigation system is actually a young man in his twenties?

“Commander Ye, when do you think it’s better to start the satellite and rocket assembly work?”

The deputy commander-in-chief of the GLONASS Project also stepped forward at this time.

For the GLONASS project, the two had worked together for more than a year, and they were old acquaintances. Ye Ge didn't think much and asked: "How is the weather these days?"

The deputy commander-in-chief had obviously been prepared for it. Seeing Ye Ge asking, he said without much thought: "The Plesetsk Space Launch Base is close to the Arctic Circle. The temperature is relatively low all year round. There is a breeze, but it is not too strong.

It will not affect the assembly work of GLONASS."

"If there is no problem, we will assemble it tomorrow and test it in three days. If there is no problem, we will launch it the next day."

When making decisions, Ye Ge has always been decisive and did not want to waste too much time.

If he didn't want to eliminate all problems on the ground, he would even want to launch it after assembling it.

"It's so urgent, is that okay?"

Out of careful consideration, the deputy commander still asked.

Ye Ge glanced at him and said with a smile: "When have you ever seen me fight an unprepared battle?"

"With Mr. Ye's words, I feel relieved."

The deputy commander pushed up his glasses with a serious look on his face: "Mr. Ye, I will make arrangements now."

The deputy commander-in-chief of the GLONASS Project is gone, and Ye Ge is not idle either.

It’s hard to come to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. It would be a shame not to see it.

……

Four days later.

Main control room.

As the deputy commander-in-chief, Gray summarized the collected inspection information, walked directly to Ye Ge, and conducted a pre-launch work report seriously and solemnly:

"Commander Ye, everything is ready."

"If there are no problems, the GLONASS launch vehicle will launch in three minutes."

Hearing this, Ye Ge nodded slightly, walked to the main seat and sat down.

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Three minutes, a very short period of time, the atmosphere in the entire main control room was somewhat stagnant, and everyone could even clearly hear their own breathing.

Mao Xiong, whether it can have its own global satellite navigation system, and whether it can break the blockade of European and American countries, aims at today.

After a while, looking at the countdown screen in front of him, Ye Ge moved forward slightly, and his unhurried voice spread through the microphone from the radio to the entire Plesetsk Space Launch Base.

"The launch of the GLONASS launch vehicle has begun, and the countdown is now..."

"10,9,8,7,6,5,4..."

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Light the fire!"

The last sound was loud and clear. Ye Ge's expression did not change much, but his trembling hand pressing the ignition button showed that his mood at the moment was not as calm as he imagined.

With Ye Ge's order, the GLONASS launch vehicle engine entered the ignition stage. In the blink of an eye, several high-temperature flames shot out, eventually converging into a thunder.

The expanding ultra-high temperature flame came into contact with hundreds of tons of water in the cooling pool, and a water mist that was difficult to see with the naked eye suddenly spread towards the surroundings.

That terrifying thrust sent the launch vehicle dozens of meters high into the air almost instantly.

Before the launch, although everyone was a little nervous, they remained calm.

But when the rocket ignited and took off, everyone's hearts suddenly rose to their throats.

Whether the GLONASS project can be successful at first time depends on the operation of the launch vehicle in less than ten minutes.

Just when everyone was extremely nervous, the observer's voice came to their ears:

"Booster separation successful!"
To be continued...