Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 350 The prototype of the space station

October 11st at 15:11 am.

Xuanwu-class 001 spacecraft, No. 1 cabin and No. 2 cabin of Xinbazhong Space Station are juxtaposed together in the shape of "Chuan", and are connected to each other through the hatch extension channel.

However, the No. 1 and No. 2 cabins of the space station in the new bus have solar panels, but the Xuanwu class does not.

"Report, the No. 2 cabin of the space station in Xinba has been activated, and the airtightness is in line with expectations."

"The solar panels are working fine."

"The communication system is functioning normally."

"..."

Zhao Hongxing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the reports from various departments, and now he finally calmed down from his ups and downs.

"Red Star, Xuanwu-class spacecraft 003 has been pushed into the mass projector." Li Zhongting turned his head and said to him.

"Every department, take your place according to the established arrangement." Zhao Hongxing looked at his watch and ordered loudly to everyone.

"receive."

All departments quickly suppressed the joy of success and devoted themselves to intense work.

And Wang Tu and Wang Guanghai are watching the operation of the space station in Xinba.

"As expected." Wang Guanghai looked at the real-time monitoring model on the holographic projection, and the relevant data showed that the two cabins and No. 001 of the Xuanwu class were slowly descending.

"Because it is necessary to maintain the orbit of the earth, and to keep the satellite in low-earth orbit, the satellite or the space station will definitely continue to descend. Even the International Space Station cannot avoid this problem, unless we build the space station on the blue star synchronous orbit. , otherwise this problem can only be corrected temporarily with the auxiliary engine." Wang Tu said helplessly.

The reason why the Space Development Committee chose to build a space station at 160 kilometers in low-Earth orbit is mainly to cooperate with the second phase of the next construction plan.

As long as the magnetic vacuum cable is transported to the space station, and then connected to the circular airship 60 kilometers away, the space station can slowly raise the orbital height.

The plan of the Space Development Committee is to raise the Xinbazhong space station to near the low-earth orbit at 450 kilometers, which is about 50 kilometers higher than the International Space Station.

王光海看着数据口算了一下：“现在新巴中空间站的下降速度是每小时4～6米，一天大概是下降96～144米左右，也就是说一个月不矫正，轨道高度可能下降2880～4320米。”

"No, it may be faster than you expected. After all, as the space station becomes more and more perfect, its volume will inevitably increase, and the atmospheric resistance it will receive will also increase. To be on the safe side, each of us Zhou must raise the height of the space station once." Wang Tu thought for a while and said.

Wang Guanghai nodded: "That's fine. After all, we have sufficient fuel. When the second phase of the construction plan is completed, the height of the space station can be raised to 450 kilometers."

"003 is about to launch." Wang Tu said while looking at the time on the big screen.

At this time the time has come to 11:58.

The magnetic vacuum pipeline was activated again, and the previously punctured top thin piece had been replaced with a new one, and the superconducting guide rail on the mass projector and the superconducting guide rail on the hard vacuum pipeline were fed with huge electric energy.

Propelled by the Lorentz force, Xuanwu-class spacecraft 003 soared into the sky.

At 120 kilometers into the low-earth orbit, the auxiliary rocket engine is immediately ignited and started under the action of the spacecraft's automatic control program.

Then the spacecraft quickly rushed into the 160-kilometer orbit and began to orbit the blue star.

However, in order to avoid collision with the space station, the orbit of the Xuanwu-class 003 spacecraft is different from that of the space station. The orbits of both sides are at the same height, but the distance is about 11-12 kilometers.

"The orbit was successful, and now it is decelerating and merging. It is expected to merge with the Xinbazhong space station in half an hour." Hui Hui, the person in charge of the remote control department, reported.

"Continue to monitor closely." Zhao Hongxing ordered.

At this time, the Xuanwu-class 003 spaceship has circled the Blue Star twice, and its speed is slowly decreasing.

At 12:33, the Xuanwu-class 003 spacecraft successfully merged with the space station without any risk.

The cargo transported by the 003 spacecraft and the 001 spacecraft are the same, and there are also two space station cabins, namely cabin 3 and cabin 4.

"Spaceship 003 is about to combine with module 2 of the space station."

The staff of the remote control department concentrated their attention and carefully operated the combination of the Xuanwu-class 003 spacecraft and the No. 2 cabin of the Xinbazhong space station. At this time, we must be careful, otherwise the spacecraft and the space station may end together.

Fortunately, Dongtang Space Agency had tested the technology of combining cabins on Tiangong-[-] before, and the spacecraft and the space station were slowly approaching.

When one side of the Xuanwu-class 003 spacecraft was about 5 meters away from the space station, the hatch quickly popped out, and then connected to the No. 2 cabin door of the space station.

The claw-like device immediately clasped the spaceship extension hatch and the space station hatch tightly, and then the automatic combination system inside continued to strengthen the joint.

As a result, the entire space station now presents a situation where No. 003 spacecraft-No. 2 cabin-No. 1 cabin-001 spacecraft are juxtaposed.

However, under the busyness of the space operation robots, the other two space station cabins were also quickly set up.

If you observe the space station with a telescope from the ground of Blue Star, you will find four regular hexagonal cabins and two regular hexagonal spaceships, which look very similar to beehives.

Of course, the size of the cabin, the side length of a regular hexagon is the same as that of the spacecraft, but the height is only about half, so the volume of a single cabin of the space station is about 140 cubic meters, and the total volume of the four cabins currently owned is about 560 cubic meters. Still not counting solar panels and connecting bridges.

The positions of No. 3 and No. 4 cabins are on the left and right sides of the middle of No. 1 and No. 2 cabins.

Unlike the cylindrical cabin of the International Space Station, the regular hexagonal cylindrical cabin can not only be connected up and down, but also can be combined through six sides.

At 14:00 in the afternoon, Xuanwu-class No. 005, which transports two main rocket engines, also came up to join in the fun.

Install the two main engines at the bottom of the No. 3 and No. 4 compartments, and then move the submetallic oxygen-hydrogen mixed fuel into the space station. Those octopus robots are like hardworking bees, working hard in the hive. with.

The current scale of the space station in Xinbazhong alone is very huge, with a total volume of 600 cubic meters and a total mass of about 180 tons.

The well-known International Space Station has a volume of about 1000 cubic meters and a mass of about 420 tons.

Zhao Hongxing looked at the time, it was already 17:12 in the afternoon, and immediately ordered: "Prepare to return the 001 spacecraft to the ground."

"receive."

Radio waves passed through the atmosphere, and the signal was enhanced by the 6G airship. The Xuanwu-class 160 spacecraft at an altitude of 001 kilometers instantly received the command, immediately disengaged from the space station, and then retracted the extension hatch.

In the quiet outer space.

The rocket engine of the Xuanwu-class 001 spacecraft was ignited again, and quickly changed orbit to prepare for reentry into the atmosphere.

The spaceship rammed in a simple and rough manner, directly in the high sky of Bazhong City, and went straight down to the atmosphere.

As it got closer and closer to the ground, even without engine propulsion, the speed became faster and faster. This is because the gravity of Blue Star is pulling the spacecraft.

At 80 kilometers into the atmosphere, the engine at the bottom started again to brake the spacecraft. After this braking, the speed of the spacecraft’s descent slowed down a lot.

At 60 kilometers in the atmosphere, the rocket engine started to brake again, but this time the force was a bit stronger, directly allowing the spacecraft to hover in the air.

puff!bump!Three huge airbags popped off on three sides in an instant, as if the collision airbags of a car popped out.

However, the airbag spaceship of the spacecraft is very large. After the three huge hydrogen airbags popped out, the engine at the bottom immediately turned off.

But the descent speed of the spacecraft has become very slow, and now it cannot be said to be landing, but falling.

Supported by the buoyancy of the hydrogen airbags, the spaceship floated slowly to 5 kilometers southwest of the Bazhong base.

(End of this chapter)