Vol 2 Chapter 440: Master rocket recovery technology!

With a sound of normality, the countdown ended with the sentence "Ignite!", the real-time picture displayed on the big screen showed that the support of the fixed rocket opened quickly and the rocket engine started to ignite. With a huge roar, The whole rocket with a height of 70 meters and a diameter of 4 meters soars into the sky!
Seeing the smooth ignition of this first-class rocket, the entire flight control center immediately burst into applause, and everyone began to embrace each other to celebrate. Of course, this emotion lasted for less than two minutes. There are so many, this first-level rocket is not even if it is launched!
After the rocket flies to the required altitude according to the predetermined orbit, the state and result when it returns are the focus of this mission. It is necessary to ensure that the first-level rocket can land smoothly on the recovery platform shaking on the sea. There is still a lot of work to be done!
Seeing that the rocket lifted off smoothly, Lei Tiantang's mood relaxed, because even if there were problems in the recovery test later, the rocket itself could launch normally, indicating that there was no major problem in the rocket design. There are many reasons for the failure of recovery, and the problem of the rocket itself is not very high.
"It would be great if the ratio of population to land in our country was like Australia's, so that our company would not have to choose such a complicated offshore recovery platform to recover rockets!
Compared with offshore recovery platforms with very high technical requirements, land-based recovery platforms are really advantageous! But the situation in our country is not too permissible.
Even if it is a place with a lot of land and sparsely populated, but the latitude there is very high and biased, it is not suitable for rocket launch and recovery work! "Lei Tiantang said with a sigh.
"Yes, in order to avoid the rocket explosion injuring people or buildings after the failed launch, we can only use the method of sea recovery to recover our rockets. Fortunately, our cooperation with the country in this regard is very smooth. For the technology of the recovery platform I'm still very confident!" Kong Yu said with a smile beside him.
"If there are disadvantages, there are advantages. The recovery of rocket engines at sea can freely determine the landing point of the rocket. When launching the rocket, the fuel used in the recovery of the rocket will be much less, which can increase the rocket's load in disguised form.
Especially after the design and manufacture of the offshore rocket launch platform of our company is completed, we can more conveniently choose the time and location of launching the rocket! "Lei Tiantang said with a smile.
"The boss is right. Now the Rocket Lab has begun to develop solid fuel rockets. It can definitely be developed and manufactured before the design and manufacture of the offshore rocket launch platform is completed!"
Kong Yuxiao agreed with the boss. According to the medium and short-term plan sent to him by the boss, the number of rockets to be launched by the company is at least 100 times. The company's communication satellite network alone will launch more than 60 satellites of various sizes.
The boss’s solar system exploration plan also has to launch many exploration satellites with various functions, as well as the lunar exploration plan and the Mars exploration plan. These exploration load projects also require rockets to launch them into space.
"Well, that's good. The solid rocket will also develop a medium-sized rocket. Two medium-sized rockets are enough for our company, even if they receive some international orders.
There are two heavy-duty rockets to be developed later. A liquid-fueled rocket is used in this launch base. This is not a big problem.
Another solid-fuel heavy-duty rocket is to be used on the offshore rocket launch platform. You have to consider this more. When designing the offshore launch platform, you must take this into account, or you will have to re-launch it when the time comes.
The same is true for the offshore engine recovery platform. I believe you don’t need to tell me about this. The company’s subsequent loads to the moon and Mars require heavy launch vehicles to perform missions, as well as those solar system exploration satellites! "Lei Tiantang reminded.
"The boss I know, the company has considered these things during the brainstorming meeting. Rocket Lab has already carried out research and development on these tasks, and will not let the boss down!" Kong Yu smiled to the boss to remind the boss I didn't say much, after all, the boss's goal has always been clear to everyone.
"Attention to all platforms! The rocket has reached the predetermined height! The recovery test has officially started!" The command tube reported loudly.
"The remote sensing data is normal!"
"The engine restarts normally!"
"The recovery platform data is normal!"...
With a sound of normal response, the virtual rocket engine on the big screen of the flight control center began to follow a predetermined trajectory, using the recoil of the rocket engine to begin to lower its altitude.
Everyone in the flight control center is very nervous at the moment, and the most critical moment is coming. Although it has been simulated through the company's artificial intelligence "origin" many times, it has been perfectly recovered~EbookFREE.me~ but simulated After all, it will not be exactly the same as the reality.
The sea conditions alone cannot be predicted with 100% accuracy. Although the observation ship near the recovery platform has real-time weather data, the wind and waves on the sea are not static, and the waves are the biggest threat to the stability of the recovery platform!
In the event that the sea conditions suddenly change during the recovery of the rocket, even the advanced balancing system on the recovery platform may cause the recovery of the rocket to fail, so everyone is nervously watching the movement of the rocket on the big screen.
With the rocket engine starting to ignite for the last time, the rocket can already be seen on the big screen through the recovery platform and the monitoring system on the observation ship. The speed of the rocket has dropped from the maximum speed of over 1,300 meters per second to the current 2 meters per second!
At the same time, the attitude control engine on the rocket body began to ignite, adjusted the attitude of the rocket to be perpendicular to the recovery platform of the rocket, and began to aim at the recovery center point of the recovery platform to slowly land.
In the end, the rocket landed smoothly and smoothly on the center point of the recovery platform with a relaxed attitude! The fixing device on the recovery platform immediately began to work to fix the rocket, and the recovery of the entire rocket was so smooth that people could not believe it!
"Boss! We made it!!!"
"We made it!!!"...
The atmosphere of the entire flight control center reached a climax in an instant. Everyone stood up excitedly and applauded desperately. At this moment, each of them was extremely proud!
Because they have completed a new record for the company, the successful recovery of this first-class rocket represents that Infinite Gravity Group has become the second private company in the world to master rocket engine recovery technology!
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