A big country of aerospace with black technology.

September 9, Jiuquan launch center.

The manned rocket, which is more than [-] stories high, is quietly staying on the launch pad, waiting for the launch window to arrive.

"The weather conditions these days don't seem to be very good?"

Geng Bo flipped through the forecast report he had just received from the Meteorological Department, and said somewhat unwillingly.

"Brother Xingyang, do we really want to delay the launch?"

"Actually, it's cloudy at most, so the launch doesn't matter, right?"

Zhang Xingyang didn't say anything, but stared at the cloudy Gobi Desert in a daze.

I don't know if God really wants to fight against them. The Gobi, which doesn't rain a drop all the year round, has rained several times recently.

"A meteorological problem, none of us want to see."

"But according to the rules and regulations we have formulated, launches are definitely not possible in this kind of weather."

"Report to the headquarters, the weather conditions do not allow us to launch."

"It is necessary to reselect the time and wait for good weather to launch."

The rocket itself is actually not afraid of these severe weather.

Even in a storm, it can still take off.

But bad weather can have a big impact on the optical tracking system of the ground monitoring station.

It is impossible to monitor the flight trajectory of the rocket in the sky in time.

This makes it impossible for everyone to make timely adjustments to the rocket's trajectory after a problem occurs.

Although the autopilot in the rocket's control system can adjust the speed and attitude of the rocket according to various gyroscopes and accelerometers on the rocket.

But as a manned rocket, it is far from enough to rely solely on the autopilot and the astronauts' own on-the-spot judgment.

"The weather conditions at the launch site really don't support the launch?"

After Geng Bo reported the delayed launch, within 3 minutes, a call from Zhao Tianming came to Zhang Xingyang's cell phone.

"Judging by our rules and regulations, such weather does not support rocket launches."

Zhang Xingyang naturally knew what kind of luck Zhao Tianming had.

What if the impact of the weather is not too great, what if the weather gets better after the rocket is launched? !

But Zhang Xingyang didn't want to gamble with the hard work of the entire aerospace system staff for more than ten years and the lives of the astronauts.

As the commander-in-chief of the rocket launch, Zhang Xingyang is responsible for the hard work and safety of these people.

Even a one in ten thousand chance of an accident is unacceptable.

Although taking a rocket into space is still a high-risk job under today's technical conditions.

But facing the excited astronauts, Zhang Xingyang didn't want them to perish during the rocket launch because of the weather.

"We believe that the choice today can only be to choose a launch time at a later date."

Zhang Xingyang said decisively.

In fact, Zhang Xingyang himself is not a particularly tough person, in the eyes of many people, he is a very gentle person.

But on this issue, he showed an unprecedented tough attitude.

If possible, Zhang Xingyang didn't want to do it either.

But he really didn't want any problems during the first rocket launch, so as to leave the impression that Longguo's manned spaceflight is not particularly reliable.

"Okay, let's suspend the launch mission first."

"We'll discuss a new launch date later."

Zhao Tianming also hopes that there will be no problems with the first launch, but the pressure on him from all sides is much greater than that of Zhang Xingyang.

In addition, the optional launch may cause Zhao Tianming to bear a lot of accusations, which is one of the reasons why he would call to inquire in person.
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20 days later, at the Dongfeng launch site, the sky was clear.

After waiting for more than half a month since the last launch was postponed, the window period for the launch of the manned rocket finally came again.

"Don't be too nervous after going up. If there is a problem, you can solve it. If you can't solve it, go directly to the escape tower."

At this moment, astronaut Yang Hongwei has finished bidding farewell to the people who came to see him off. He is fully dressed and ready to enter the manned spacecraft.

Before entering, Zhang Xingyang, who was the commander-in-chief of the launch process, was worried and ran over to give him a few words of advice.

"As the first manned space mission in China, I know you may have a lot of thoughts in your mind."

"But in our hearts, the most important thing is that you can come back safely."

When he said this, Zhang Xingyang stared seriously at Yang Hongwei's eyes.

Because in the previous contact, Zhang Xingyang fully understood the other party's psychological state, if he didn't emphasize this issue.

After the spaceship had a problem, even if it couldn't be solved, Yang Hongwei would definitely try many times, even if he might miss the best escape time, even if it might lead to his death.

After listening to Zhang Xingyang's words, Yang Hongwei murmured in his heart, but seeing Zhang Xingyang's very serious eyes, he nodded and agreed:

"I'll come back alive!"

After wearing a spacesuit, the flexibility of the human body is not as high as that of normal people.

But even so, Yang Hongwei still saluted Zhang Xingyang and everyone seeing him off with a standard military salute.

Zhang Xingyang and the others also returned a salute seriously.

Although except for the astronauts, most of the people present were not in the military.

But everyone, as a space system staff, can still understand that, in fact, there is not much difference between going to space this time and going to the bloody battlefield where shells fly.

It can even be said that the danger of going into space is even greater.

After all, this is the first real space launch. Although there have been two launches of simulated dummies in China before this, there are still many differences from real people.

The two support staff on the side carefully supported the astronauts to carry out the manned spacecraft.

Although due to the improvement of the rocket's carrying capacity, the space and weight of the manned spacecraft are much larger than those of the previous life.

But after adding a lot of scientific instruments, the space that can actually accommodate the living space of astronauts has not increased much.

The space plane in the cabin is about 3 meters * 3.2 meters, which is less than ten square meters.

In fact, the size of the manned spacecraft can carry three astronauts for space activities.

However, due to safety and other considerations, it was finally decided to carry only one astronaut.

This manned space launch is more about testing the performance and coordination of various systems, and does not pay special attention to human scientific research activities.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the manned spacecraft completed the final loading inspection.

All engineers have evacuated the rocket launchers.

In the launch control center not far away, many people were anxiously waiting for the launch time to arrive.

In the control center, there has been a professional psychiatrist chatting with an astronaut who was quietly staying in the manned spacecraft.

In fact, as an astronaut selected from countless outstanding pilots in the entire army, Yang Hongwei has excellent psychological quality.

It is a basic quality for them to remain calm even when Mount Tai collapses in front of them.

But psychologists are not telling astronauts not to be too scared.

On the contrary, the psychiatrist is telling the astronauts not to get too excited.

Just like all boys have a dream of becoming an astronaut when they were young, Yang Hongwei also had such a dream when he was a child.

But unlike those who grow up and gradually leave their childhood dreams behind, I am now on the verge of realizing my childhood dreams.

This makes Yang Hongwei very hard not to feel excited.

Fortunately, he also knows that he can't be too excited.

So I tried my best to calm down.

At the same time, he slightly increased the oxygen supply in the spacesuit, allowing his somewhat pounding heart to slowly return to normal.

"Countdown, 5 minutes!"

The young man in charge of broadcasting the time shouted loudly in the control center.

Zhang Xingyang squinted his eyes as he looked at the green lights of various monitoring stations and ocean-going monitoring ships indicating that they were working normally on the screen.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of this launch, the land-sea-based measurement and control communication network alone used 15 measurement and control stations and six ocean-going survey ships, and used more than [-] satellites as communication support.

In order to ensure the safety of the astronauts in the event of an emergency, six emergency lifesaving points were set up on the land during the ascent phase, and [-] helicopters and a large number of ground search and rescue vehicles were equipped to perform search and rescue missions.

Four emergency life-saving areas have been set up at sea, nine rescue ships have been dispatched, and three patrol aircraft and two ship-borne helicopters have been deployed.

In the operation section, in order to implement autonomous emergency return, fifteen spacecraft autonomous emergency return rescue areas have been set up at home and abroad.

It can be said that for this manned space flight, the financial and material resources used by the country far exceed the imagination of ordinary people.

This is also an important reason why manned spaceflight can only be developed by big countries.

This is not just something that can be done with rockets and manned spacecraft.

This is also an important reason why some countries in later generations may be able to gain certain advantages in satellites, but they cannot develop manned spaceflight.

Because this is a large-scale project, without sufficient organizational capacity and national strength, it cannot be completed independently on its own.

As for relying on multinational cooperation to complete, that is basically a fantasy.

"Countdown, 1 minutes!"

The loud voice of the announcer echoed in the control center.

The mood of the people present was both excited and worried at this time.

The psychiatrist also stopped communicating with the astronaut at this time.

At this time, the astronauts must devote themselves to the work of the spacecraft.

As the first batch of astronauts in China, all of them were trained as pilots, and each of them can drive a manned spacecraft.

For those who love to drive, this may be the most powerful vehicle on the planet.

Even if it is a high-speed fighter, compared with the rocket, it can only be said to be the younger brother.

"Countdown, ten!"

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"ignition!"

Zhang Xingyang accurately pressed the button on the console when the countdown reached zero.

Electrical signals travel at the speed of light, within nanoseconds.

After reaching the automatic control system of the rocket, the control program of the rocket propulsion system began to ignite the engine at the bottom of the rocket smoothly.

Several tons of fuel were consumed in an instant, and converted into millions of liters of high-temperature gas, pushing the 800-ton rocket up from the ground!

Dust rose tens of meters high from the launch site, setting off a puff of desert smoke on the Gobi Desert.

The rocket took off for 12 seconds and began to turn.

"Dongfeng Shuangcheng, optical tracking is normal!"

As the closest optical tracking station to the launch site, the good weather makes the optical tracking work well.

The rocket flies very fast, and the time is measured in seconds.

120 seconds after the rocket took off, the escape tower was thrown away.

"The escape tower is separated, normal!"

In the control center, various instructions are broadcast almost non-stop.

158 seconds after the rocket took off, the first-stage rocket engine was shut down by the master command.

The rocket took off for 159 seconds, and the first and second rockets separated successfully.

"First-stage rocket separated, success!"

In the control center, except for the instructions that keep ringing, there is hardly any other sound.

In the side room, the high-level officials and representatives from all parties who came to watch were also waiting quietly.

The rocket took off for 200.5 seconds, and the fairing separated.

"Fairing, separation succeeded!"

After the fairing was successfully separated, the command broadcast speed in the control center was much slower.

Only when various ground measurement and control stations and ocean surveyors tracked and captured, could a sound be heard.

460 seconds into the rocket's takeoff, the secondary main engine shut down.

"Secondary main engine, shut down!"

The rocket took off for 587 seconds, and the manned spacecraft and the rocket completed the separation work.

"Star Arrow Separation, Complete!"

"The manned spacecraft successfully entered orbit!"

The manned spacecraft entered an ellipse with an inclination angle of 42.4 degrees, a perigee height of 199.14 kilometers, and an apogee of 347.8 kilometers. The spacecraft unfolded the solar panels on the propulsion module, began to orient itself toward the sun, and implemented an orbit change during the fifth flight. , into a circular orbit at an altitude of 343 kilometers.

As the spacecraft officially entered its scheduled orbit, it marked that this manned spacecraft launch had achieved unprecedented success!
In the control center of the launch site, there was thunderous applause!

At this time, everyone was caught in a sea of ​​excitement and excitement, and almost everyone was telling their happiness to the people around them.

Even on weekdays, Zhang Xingyang, who doesn't like to have too much contact with others, tried his best to hug the staff around him.

"Our dream of flying into the sky finally came true on this day!"

"The world, after this day, will divide domestic aerospace history in two."

"From now on, there will no longer be blond foreigners in space!"

"There are also descendants of our dragon!"

Zhang Xingyang rarely said these words on weekdays, but today he expressed his thoughts to the many people present.

But most people agree with him.

The astronauts in space have successfully established communication with the ground at this time.

Through the camera in the manned spacecraft, Yang Hongwei waved to the people on the ground and said:

"Report to the ground command center!"

"I've gone into space and I'm in good shape!" (End of this chapter)