Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1122 Starry Sea (First two chapters)
At this moment, Gao Zhendong’s mind was filled with memories of seeing countless Tianzhou spacecraft flying into the sky in his previous life.

What I heard was my comrades’ voices: “Infrared tracking is normal…”

What echoed in my head was what I heard on TV: "Optical tracking is normal..."

In the ear: "XX tracking is normal..."

Mind: "Intercept the target from a distance..."

The rocket flew higher and higher, gradually becoming a small dot on the display. The monitor quickly switched from live broadcast to various data received. Although it was not intuitive enough, it was still clear that the rocket was working normally.

"First level separation..."

"Secondary ignition..."

"Secondary separation..."

"Level three ignition..."

"..."

The sounds from future memories and the sounds from the scene intertwined together and echoed in Gao Zhendong's mind. For a moment, he was stunned.

Every step of the rocket's operation was going perfectly normally. The comrades stared at the various monitoring data and became more and more excited. Almost there! Almost there!
That exciting moment is coming!

Gao Zhendong didn't know how much time had passed. The comrades on the scene were also busy and staring at the various data on the display wall.

"Fairing detached!"

The comrade who was responsible for reporting the status of the star and rocket on the scene had no longer a calm voice and was trembling more and more obviously.

This is almost the last step before the satellite enters orbit. In the space invisible to everyone, several explosive bolts on the fairing exploded at the same time. There was no sound in the space. The fairing flew to both sides of the three-stage rocket according to the predetermined program and direction.

"Start the attitude adjustment engine!" In the command hall of the rocket launch center, the voice of the announcer comrade echoed in the hall.

This satellite does not have its own attitude adjustment engine. Its orbit entry and attitude adjustment are all dependent on the engines on the three-stage rocket.

The attitude control engine on the third-stage rocket is more of a jet system than an engine. To a certain extent, this system also undertakes the test mission of subsequent satellites. After all, starting from the second satellite, it will adjust its attitude by itself.

The satellite is already exposed in space, shining brightly under the sunlight without any atmosphere blocking it.

It’s a pity that no one can see it, but it doesn’t matter, people can feel it!

Comrades can see through the numerous displays and monitoring data on site that the satellite is functioning normally.

Several streams of white gas gushed out around the third-stage engine and the satellite complex, and a voice rang out in the command hall: "Adjustment completed, the adjustment system is working normally!"

What Gao Zhendong knew was that the original satellite from 70 was not so complicated. That satellite did not need to consider the initial direction of the satellite because it did not have solar cells. This one was different. Although it used the simplest solution of arranging solar panels around the axis, it still had to consider the initial attitude of the satellite.

It’s advanced, even more advanced than I remember!

The comrades' emotions were getting closer and closer to that point, which was the final step.

"The orbit is correct, the satellite and the rocket are separated!" The third-stage engine is also a rocket. This is the final step, which will keep the satellite in orbit after adjusting its initial attitude.

At this point, the third-stage engine has already sent the satellite into orbit and is waiting for separation.

The elastic bracket at the bottom of the satellite lit up slightly, and then a fine white mist spurted out from all around the three-stage rocket at the same time, and the satellite and rocket gradually separated.

At this time, at the Jinling Observatory, thousands of miles away from here, a huge astronomical telescope was pointing at the designated airspace. The comrades at the Jinling Observatory were searching the space in that direction with a little anxiety.

This is the final stop for optical tracking!
"We saw it! We saw it!" the comrades at the observatory shouted in surprise.

A comrade next to him seemed a little unsure: "Really?"

"Really? Come and see! This thing is obviously man-made. There was no other man-made celestial body in this orbit and position at this time. Most importantly, it looks exactly like what we were told to find! Come and see. Don't worry, I'm following you. I won't lose you."

Astronomy enthusiasts can clearly see things on this track with small-aperture amateur telescopes, not to mention the professional large-aperture telescopes used by the Jinling Observatory.

The comrade next to him leaned over and looked through the telescope. Under the twinkling stars in the sky, he saw a silver polyhedron shining in the air and flying slowly forward.

"That's it! That's it! Quick, report to the superiors! They must be waiting."

At this time, in the rocket launch command center in the northwest Gobi Desert, comrades were closely watching the rocket data.

"Separation is successful and it has entered orbit accurately! The launch of our country's first artificial satellite was a complete success!"

"Comrades from the Jinling Observatory, we have successfully observed this satellite in the predetermined orbit and area! The satellite is operating normally! Comrades, cheer!"

“Oh~oh~oh~oh~oh~oh~oh~!!!!!!”

There was a huge cheer at the scene, which lasted for a long time.

The young comrades took off their hats and threw them into the air. Some young girls clapped and danced, and everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.

"Success!"

"We made it!"

"We have also stepped into space!" "..."

At this point, no matter how the onboard payload works, at least we have successfully mastered the full set of technologies for launching artificial satellites.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee looked at Gao Zhendong: "Comrade Zhendong, how do you feel?"

Gao Zhendong laughed loudly and said the sentence he had heard the most in his previous life.

"Our journey is to the sea of ​​stars!"

The leader of the Defense Work Committee laughed out loud: "Well said! Well said! You must remember this sentence!"

The commander-in-chief of the rocket launch also laughed: "This comrade said it very well! Romantic and magnificent!"

At this time, the comrades have temporarily come out of the excitement of the successful launch, and they still have work to do.

The rocket launch commander also picked up the command microphone again: "Start the satellite payload mission!"

The comrades sat back in their seats and began to work busily.

Outside in the Gobi Desert, several huge parabolic antennas pointed toward the depths of the dark starry sky, and invisible electromagnetic waves carrying instructions flew into the universe.

The invisible radio waves weave a large invisible network. We must issue instructions quickly while the satellite is still able to communicate, otherwise we have to wait for it to circle the earth and come back.

"The satellite mission was successfully launched!"

"The solar panels are generating electricity normally, and the battery pack is normal!"

"The data collection mission was successfully initiated."

"Data broadcast is normal..."

"The broadcast signal is normal..."

"Voice and data carousel started..."

Along with this report, a burst of music was heard from a receiver nearby.

Although the quality is not very high and is far from the sound quality required by HIFI guys, it even sounds a bit like the very monotonous sound emitted by piezoelectric ceramics, but to the ears of comrades, it is like the sound of nature.

People could clearly hear the tune of the song, and some even couldn't help singing along.

"The east..., the sun..."

The comrades sang along as they worked, and their voices gradually grew louder, gathering into a torrent that echoed in the hall.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee grabbed a red phone nearby.

"Ding-ling-ling..." In the capital, several leaders were waiting by the phone. They were waiting for the good news.

A leader pressed the hands-free button.

"The satellite was launched successfully! It entered orbit accurately, operates normally, and all payloads work as expected!"

Several leaders looked at each other with joy in their eyes. We have waited for this day for too long, starting from the legend of Chang'e flying to the moon.

"Good! Well done! Thank you for your hard work, comrades!" A leader laughed in a bright voice.

"It's not hard! This is the victory of the people." The voice of the leader of the Defense Work Committee came from the phone, very clear.

At the request of the leaders, a staff member turned on a special radio, and a special piece of music came out of the radio.

The leaders closed their eyes and listened, tapping their fingers on the table to keep the rhythm, and hummed along, looking intoxicated...
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At eight o'clock the next morning, our country's television, radio stations, and the front page headlines of daily newspapers released a piece of news that shocked the world.

——"Our journey is to the sea of ​​stars"

——China’s first artificial satellite was launched successfully!
As the country's top news agency, there were naturally people waiting at the launch center. Gao Zhendong's words were accepted by them directly and used as the main headline of the report.

A photo took up half of the page of the Daily News. To be precise, just like when Miss Qiu got married, there was no front-page headline in the Daily News because there was only this piece of news on the front page.

In the photo, a rocket with thick smoke and fire is rising slowly towards the sky.

"...The successful launch of the satellite has made our country officially the third country to master artificial satellite technology..."

Originally we were the fifth, the first were the Russians, the second were the American guys, and the third were the Gauls. The first artificial satellite was launched on November 1965, 11. The fourth was the Japanese. As for John Bull...it sat at the children's table in this matter, in 25.

And now, Gao Zhendong's little wings are flapping, and he has brought us to the third position, more than two years earlier than the Gauls.

"…Our first artificial satellite has a high technological starting point and a large weight when it enters orbit. It is the heaviest of all the first satellites of any country…"

Expedition 3500 is the same as the original one in history, improved from our medium-range missile, but in this time and space, the range of our medium-range missile has reached kilometers, and the orbit is still about the same height, but the payload is much heavier.

"…Our satellite weighs three times as much as White Bear's first satellite, Spniter 1, and 3 times as much as Citi's first satellite, Explorer 1. It carries a large number of test payloads and mission payloads. It is not only a test satellite, but also a working satellite with certain working functions…"

(End of this chapter)