Chapter 1,224 Crossing the River by Feeling the 'Stones'
Wu Hao is telling the truth. They are a commercial company, a private enterprise, and all they pursue is profit. If the investment in R&D is too large and cannot make ends meet, then what is the investment value of such a project?
And this recyclable technology itself is to further reduce the launch price of the rocket. If the research and development cost is too high, resulting in the cost of each launch being too high, then it has no practical significance, at least for them.
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After hearing his words, Chen Guangping's laughter came from the phone: "Haha, it's great that you can take action like this. I'm worried that you will be blinded by the results in front of you.
In the past, there were many outstanding young people who were complacent and complacent because of their little achievements, but in the end they disappeared one by one."
Speaking of this, Chen Guangping asked with a smile: "In addition to this launch mission, I remember that you should have several other projects, and the progress is also very good. What's the matter, do you still want to hide it?"
Haha, Wu Hao chuckled and said: "Okay, it seems I can't do it without taking out something today.
Well, first of all, let me report to you about our field of rocket technology.
Currently, we have a total of two projects under development in the field of rocket technology research and development, and both have achieved good success.
They are the Jianmu-5 medium-sized strap-on launch vehicle and the Jianmu-7 high-performance retractable medium-sized rocket."
Jianmu 5, Jianmu 7, medium rocket? Chen Guangping couldn't help but wonder.
Haha, that's right. Wu Hao nodded and said: "First of all, it is the Jianmu-5 medium-sized strap-on launch vehicle. Its overall structure is similar to that of the Falcon 9 heavy rocket.
Its main structure is similar to that of the Jianmu-2 rocket, and the biggest difference is that we have added two booster rockets to the Jianmu-5 rocket.
In fact, the first-stage rocket bodies of two Jianmu-2 rockets are tied to the Jianmu-5 rocket to serve as a booster rocket.
This increases the thrust of the rocket and further enhances the carrying capacity of the Jianmu-5 rocket.
At present, the low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of our Jianmu-2 modified rocket is about six tons, and the carrying capacity of this Jianmu-5 strap-on rocket can reach about fifteen tons. As for the geosynchronous transfer orbit, it can be used from the current
It grows to about three tons and grows to about eight tons.
Such a carrying capacity is enough to undertake the launch of some heavy payloads, such as some heavy satellites, heavy spacecraft, cargo spacecraft, etc. It can even undertake some lunar exploration and deep space exploration missions, and its carrying capacity is still very impressive.
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Of course, the biggest advantage of this Jianmu-5 strap-on medium-sized launch vehicle is its low launch cost.
And this is the biggest advantage or feature of this Jianmu-5 rocket, that is, the rocket's first-stage body and two booster rockets can be recycled. The rocket's fairing can also be recycled.
In this way, the cost of a single launch of the rocket can be greatly reduced.
This is difficult to compare with traditional launch vehicles. Its launch cost may be only about 60% of traditional launch vehicles, which can be said to be very cheap.
Three first-stage rockets are bundled together, and then the three rockets land together for recovery. It seems that you have ‘learned’ Musk’s rocket technology very thoroughly.” Chen Guangping joked on the phone.
No, you are laughing, we are crossing the river by feeling the stones. Wu Hao smiled and said.
Hahahaha, it’s like crossing the river by feeling the ‘stone’, but I don’t know what this ‘stone’ will think after seeing your Jianmu-5 rocket. Chen Guangping said best.
As for Wu Hao, he also smiled and said indifferently: "Whatever, he can't come to the country and cause us trouble anyway. What are we afraid of him doing?"
Haha, good! Chen Guangping praised, and then continued: "Indeed, compared to light rockets, medium-sized rockets with large transport capacity are the launch vehicles that are urgently needed in our country's aerospace field and even in the world's aerospace field.
In particular, this kind of low-cost commercial launch vehicle with large carrying capacity has indeed filled the gaps and blanks in the current commercial launch vehicle market. Your positioning is very accurate and your vision is very vicious.
And more importantly, the research and development investment for this rocket is very limited. It is completely an improvement and upgrade of existing technology and makes full use of existing technological advantages. This is worthy of praise.
I believe that when your Jianmu-5 strap-on medium-sized launch vehicle is put into the market, it will inevitably bring considerable pressure to the aerospace industry companies.
This is fine, only when there is pressure can you have motivation. It is also time to make them feel a sense of crisis, which can force them to develop and innovate.
Then there is another rocket, which you named Jianmu-7?"
Hearing Chen Guangping's interested tone, Wu Hao smiled and said: "Jianmu-7, like Jianmu-2, is also a single-body recyclable launch vehicle.
From this aspect, it can be regarded as an enlarged version of the Jianmu-2 rocket. The diameter of the rocket body reaches 3.8 meters, the height reaches 59 meters, and the take-off mass reaches 450 tons.
Compared with the increase in size and weight, there is also its powerful carrying capacity. Its carrying capacity in low-Earth orbit can reach about 18 tons, while the carrying capacity in geostationary transfer orbit can reach about 8 tons. Even the transfer to distant Mars The orbital carrying capacity can also reach about four tons.
Such a large carrying capacity is enough to enable it to undertake more larger and more complex launch missions."
After hearing Wu Hao's introduction, Chen Guangping couldn't help but exclaimed: "Good guy, what you are doing is a replica of the Falcon Rocket. The data performance is too close."
Regarding Chen Guangping's words, Wu Hao did not deny it, but said with a smile: "From the overall performance point of view, we are not as good as the Falcon rocket, but we have a huge advantage, that is, our rocket launch cost is higher than theirs Much lower.
Therefore, our international commercial launch quotation is much lower than theirs."
After hearing his words, Chen Guangping was silent for a while, and then comforted him on the phone: "Don't worry, as long as our products are good, we won't find customers if we don't ask for them.
In the future, the aerospace field will no longer be the exclusive preserve of developed countries, but will gradually spread to other countries. The participation of these countries also means that it will bring new market opportunities.
So as long as we grasp this, I believe we will definitely be able to create a new world in the country's commercial aerospace field."
Hearing Chen Guangping's comfort, Wu Hao's face showed a smile. For some reasons, we have been excluded or even blocked and suppressed by some 'gangsters' in the field of aerospace technology. Therefore, in the field of national commercial aerospace cooperation, progress has not been
It went too smoothly.
Chen Guangping thought Wu Hao was depressed about this, so he couldn't help but comfort him and spent a piece of cake for him.
