Boom! Even though they were about one kilometer apart, Wu Hao and the others could still hear the roar that erupted after the rocket was ignited.
At the same time, through the large screen, everyone in the control center could very intuitively see bursts of flames and dust blowing out from the bottom of the rocket. Under the spray of these orange-red flames, the rocket slowly began to rise.
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"The rocket ignited successfully, the engine is working normally, and all systems are operating normally."
"Enter program turn."
"Procedural turn completed!"
Bang bang bang... Everyone present burst into warm applause. Wu Hao also stepped forward to hold hands with Yu Chengwu, Zhou Xiangming and several other team members to congratulate them.
In the endless Gobi desert, a white rocket soared from the ground and shot directly into the deep blue sky.
This scene also attracted the attention of passengers at the scene and even in vehicles on surrounding roads. Everyone took out their mobile phones to record this shocking moment.
In the control center, Wu Hao and the others were also paying close attention to the flight attitude of the rocket through optical tracking equipment.
"113, 114, 115 seconds, the first and second stages of the rocket separated, and the second stage ignited successfully!"
Bang bang bang... After the announcer announced the good news, the control center burst into warm applause again.
"Notify the ground recovery team to pay close attention to the crash site of the rocket debris and pay attention to safety." Wu Hao couldn't help but warned with a smile on his face.
"Yes!" Yu Chengwu on the side also responded with excitement.
Zhang Jun licked his lips and asked him excitedly: "Did it succeed?"
"The separation of the first and second stages is more than half successful. Now we have to see whether the final flight height of the rocket meets our expected requirements." Wu Hao replied with a smile.
"Haha, theoretically speaking, the rocket experiment cannot be declared a complete success until the entire recycling work is completed. But as long as there are no major accidents in the next step, it is already considered a success." Zhou Xiangming explained with a smile at Zhang Jun.
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"Then it's a success." Zhang Jun's face was filled with joy. What he saw was just the successful launch of the rocket, but a steady stream of orders and money in the future.
"The rocket's second-stage fuel is exhausted, the engine stops, and the altitude begins to decrease." A monitoring personnel immediately shouted.
Yu Chengwu stared at the big screen and asked quickly: "What is the maximum height?"
"One hundred and thirty-eight point one kilometer, meeting the design expectations."
Bang bang bang... there was another round of applause.
"Okay, congratulations, this altitude has reached near space or the space-space transition zone. Even this experimental model can already be used for some suborbital commercial space launch missions." Wu Hao said with a smile on his face in appreciation.
He also did not expect that this test launch would actually get off to a good start. The rocket completed the entire experimental task very well, and it can be said that there was no trouble in the process.
The near space or air-space transition zone he mentioned here is also the suborbital, which generally refers to the airspace 20 to 100km above the ground. It is between the highest flight altitude of existing aircraft and the lowest orbital altitude of satellites, so it is also called
Near space or sky-space transition zone.
It roughly includes the stratosphere region, the mesosphere region and part of the ionosphere region. This region does not belong to the aviation category, nor does it belong to the aerospace category. It is used for intelligence collection, reconnaissance and surveillance, communication support, and air-to-ground operations, etc.
There are great development prospects.
For example, the returnable spacecraft developed by some countries and companies, in fact, only a few major aviation countries, such as space vehicles such as the x37b, fly at this orbital altitude.
With the emergence of this type of spacecraft, major aerospace powers and some giant aerospace companies are also stepping up research in this field, and this suborbital area, which was originally not taken seriously, has become popular again.
After hearing his words, Zhou Xiangming shook his head and said: "Not yet. This rocket is still just a test product and is far from being put into production. Moreover, this launch can only be said to be a fluke. We still have to retrieve the rocket wreckage for analysis and summarize the relevant information.
The experience continues to be tested.”
"Haha, that's what I meant." Wu Hao said a little embarrassed after being criticized like this.
Seeing Wu Hao's somewhat embarrassed expression, Yu Chengwu hurriedly stepped forward to rescue him and said: "It's not impossible, we can definitely go to scientific research institutions to find some related sounding scientific research cooperation projects.
In this way, we can not only obtain some scientific research funds, but also accumulate experience in cooperation with these scientific research units.
And these scientific research units can also use less money to carry out some sounding scientific research projects, which is also a good thing for them.
This kind of cooperation can be described as killing two birds with one stone and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.”
"But we can't guarantee that the next rocket will be launched successfully. What if it fails?" Zhou Xiangming questioned.
"Hey, no rocket launch can be 100% successful. There are risks. They all know this." Yu Chengwu retorted.
Seeing that the two were about to argue, Wu Hao quickly stepped forward to smooth things over and said: "Okay, okay, what you said makes sense. However, this problem is not unsolvable. For example, find an insurance company to insure it. Nowadays, many commercial rocket launch projects
This is all done. In this way, even if it fails, the loss will not be big.
Furthermore, we are not lying to each other, and we will clearly explain the risks to them. How can a normal sounding launch mission be cheap? They all know this in their hearts."
"That's what Mr. Wu said." Yu Chengwu nodded in agreement.
Although Zhou Xiangming did not nod in approval when he saw this, he never uttered a refutation.
"The helicopter of the ground recovery team reported that the first-stage debris of the rocket has been found. There were no casualties at the crash site and no property damage on the ground. The ground recovery team is currently on its way to the crash site and is expected to complete the cleanup and recovery of this stage of debris today.
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Wu Hao nodded when he heard this, and then asked: "Where is the secondary part?"
"According to the design requirements and relevant standards, most of the secondary part of the rocket will burn up during the high-speed fall, and only a small part will fall to the ground. However, the high-altitude environment is complex and the impact point is difficult to determine, and further search is required. According to the rocket flight trajectory
According to calculations, the secondary part will basically fall into the desert here. This desert is sparsely populated, so accidents are unlikely.
To be on the safe side, you can ask the ground recovery team to send a helicopter to search to make sure everything is safe." Yu Chengwu explained to him.
"It's okay."
Wu Hao breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the excited people and said loudly: "I know the rocket was successfully launched. Everyone is very excited at the moment, and so am I.
But I still ask everyone to endure this excitement and calm down. Our work is not over yet, there is still a rocket waiting for us to launch.
Let us continue to work hard and strive for another complete success!”
