The huge tail flame blew up the sand and dust on the entire ground. Mixed with the thick smoke, it soon enveloped the entire first-level rocket body that was about to land.
This also made many people watching this scene feel anxious. The anxious mood was like a cat seeing a can of dried fish that is so close and cannot be late.
However, judging from the information sent back by the sensors on the first-stage rocket body and the sensors not arranged on the landing site, the rocket's first-stage rocket body should have successfully landed on the landing site.
But for everyone, there is nothing more intuitive than seeing it with your own eyes.
Just when everyone started to get anxious, someone suddenly started cheering.
With the help of observation glasses, Wu Hao and the others at the observation station finally saw the thick smoke and dust gradually receding, and the first stage of the rocket landed in the middle of the landing site.
Bang bang bang... Whether it was Lao Ma or Xiao Ma, or the reporters and guests at the scene, they all clapped and cheered.
Lao Ma and Xiao Ma each occupied an observation mirror and were carefully observing the first-stage rocket body standing in the middle of the launch site.
Wu Hao did the same. Although he was not as eager as Erma, he also raised his binoculars and observed carefully.
Compared with the shiny new rocket that stood on the launch site before launch, the first stage of the rocket that landed in the middle of the landing site looked a bit old.
The rear part of the entire first-stage body of the rocket has been blackened by the wake and smoke ejected by the engine. A window appears on the top of the rocket, which is the parachute compartment. At this moment, the three parachutes have automatically separated, so it looks like it is
Somewhat broken.
"The landing site reported that the first-stage rocket body has successfully landed. The rocket body is in good condition. The danger on site has been eliminated. All work teams can enter and carry out operations as planned."
"oh!"
After hearing this report, everyone cheered and celebrated again, and the sound was louder than before.
"The command and control center reports that the Jianmu-2 rocket has successfully launched the two satellites into the predetermined orbit. This launch mission is a complete success!"
There was another burst of cheers. This heartfelt joy was very contagious, which also made Lao Ma and Xiao Ma as well as a group of guests and reporters happy.
"Wu Hao, let's go and see the scene too?" Lao Ma said slowly and happily.
Wu Hao nodded, and then drove to the landing site with Erma.
The landing site is actually very simple. It is a flat open space with several hard landing sites poured with concrete.
The size of each landing site is different, but without exception, there is a cross ring mark in the middle, which is very conspicuous and is conducive to the control system on the first stage of the rocket body for image recognition and positioning for landing.
The first-stage rocket landed at the largest circular landing site in the landing field. A cordon was set up five meters around the first-stage rocket, and base security personnel were on guard to prevent unauthorized persons from entering.
When Wu Hao and others arrived, various working groups had already entered the site and started working. Not far away, several staff members wearing red work clothes were working together to recover the parachute.
They need to fold and recycle the three parachutes before the parachutes are blown away by the wind. Then the three parachutes will be sent to the relevant workshops, and after cleaning and necessary repairs, they will be folded and wait to be loaded into the rocket again for use.
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Although they had seen rockets at the launch site before, everyone felt that the first stage of the rocket standing in front of them on the landing site was even more spectacular. At a height of 267 meters, it was almost eight or nine stories high.
Although they were leaders, there were no exceptions and they did not enter the cordon. At this moment, many staff were holding various equipment to check the status of the rocket body.
At this time, Yu Chengwu and Zhou Xiangming, who came from the command and control center, also felt it. Seeing Wu Hao and the others here, these two people ran over quickly.
"Mr. Wu!"
Uh-huh, Wu Hao nodded and said with a smile: "Well done!"
"This is the result of everyone's hard work." Xu Chengwen replied with a smile.
"This should be considered a successful launch and landing, right?" Lao Ma on the side asked Wu Hao and the others while looking at the first stage body of the rocket in front of him.
Yu Chengwu nodded and smiled when he heard this: "Judging from the relevant information obtained so far, it should be said that the launch was successful, but the final result will not be known until careful inspection.
After all, what we want is not just for the rocket to land safely and smoothly, but also to consider whether the body of the landed first-stage rocket can be reused and how many times it can be used.
Design goals and actual results are two different things. Our goal is to be reusable, not simply to land safely."
After hearing Yu Chengwu's words, everyone couldn't help but nodded.
"In any case, we have succeeded more than half of the time, which is amazing." Lao Ma gave a thumbs up and praised: "You have successfully made a mark in the field of domestic aerospace technology and the world's aerospace technology.
In the future, when people talk about the possibility of retractable and reusable rockets, they will no longer give the Falcon as an example. There will also be the Jianmu-2 named after the Falcon.
The name Jianmu is well chosen. It is really like the legendary sacred tree that can communicate between heaven and earth and is a ladder and bridge between heaven and earth.
Will this rocket be able to carry people in the future?”
After Lao Ma admired it, he immediately raised his own question. In fact, he knew all the information about this rocket. The reason why he asked this question was obviously to find out more about Wu Hao.
Wu Hao shook his head when he heard this and said: "This rocket does not have enough thrust, so it can only be used for some spacecraft and satellite launch missions.
In the next step, we will continue to develop rockets with greater thrust to facilitate the implementation of various types of missions with richer content, and it is not impossible to carry people."
Although Wu Hao's answer was very concise, Lao Ma still grasped a few words very keenly, and said with a flash of light: "So, not only do you have a rocket project with greater thrust, but you are also developing a manned spacecraft.
, no matter what, I also want to participate in the space tourism project."
Wu Hao waved his hand: "No, the current performance of the country's new spacecraft is good, and it is very difficult for us to compete with them. So we hope to win related manned launch missions.
Of course, we are also studying new manned spacecraft or other manned aircraft."
"A space shuttle, or an interstellar spacecraft like Musk's?" Xiao Ma interjected and asked.
Wu Hao did not answer directly, but looked at the two of them and explained: "It is impossible to completely copy others. You still have to adapt to your own actual situation, local conditions, and have your own characteristics."