Chapter 310: Forming a Space Station
Time flies very quickly, Zhou Yu, Feng Hai and others observe the preparations of other units and understand the situation of the main units clearly.
It is 6:55 pm, and the Alxa Space Launch Center will soon begin to pass through the mass projector and transport the standard cabin of the space station.
Feng Hai looked at Zhou Yu and said nervously: "The next step is all thanks to your Spark Technology's performance. The space station standard cabin was successfully assembled according to the procedures, and our mission was 80% successful."
Zhou Yu patted Feng Hai's shoulder confidently and said confidently: "Don't worry, we have been preparing for this moment for a long time. Considering every detail issue, I am confident that no matter what situation we encounter, we can succeed at once."
Lu Jinming appeared on the screen of the Aerospace Command Center.
He took a flying car from Yanjing to the Alxa Space Launch Center, and immediately began to arrange the launch mission of the space station.
Spark Aerospace has practiced the launch mission many times, and the engineers are very relaxed in every step of their steady operation.
Lu Jinminghui reported: "We are ready to complete and have not found any problems. We request to start launching the space station standard module."
Zhou Yu nodded at him and said, "Appointment to launch the space station standard cabin, and report any problems at any time."
With the issuance of Zhou Yu's order, the space station's standard module launch mission officially entered the countdown state.
The relevant units of the space station plan can understand the situation of the Alxa Space Launch Center through the system of the space command center.
When Lu Jinming saw that the time had reached 7:00 pm, he immediately issued instructions to the engineer.
“Mass projector ignition.”
"The mass projector was ignited successfully, and the standard cabin of the Nong 1 space station began to be launched."
"The cargo box was successfully pulled by the lunar gravity, and the standard compartment of the Nong 1 space station flew towards the designated orbit."
"The cargo box flight attitude is normal, and the telemetry signal tracking is normal."
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"The standard cargo container of Gong3 Space Station is ignition and launch."
"The moon's gravity capture failed, and the cargo container began to land in the desert."
"The parachute has been opened successfully and a search team has been sent."
"The project is postponed in sequence and is ready to launch the standard module of the Yanyan Space Station No. 1."
Zhou Yu stared at the mass projector cargo boxes that were constantly flying into the universe. Some cargo boxes failed to launch and could only be pulled back to the Alxa Space Launch Center by cars.
After they were inspected, they were re-launched.
The construction cost of the space station standard cabin is very expensive. Even if the country has huge financial resources, it can only build one standard cabin in each space station.
Spark Technology can only use various methods to ensure the safety of the standard space station inside when the cargo box is not pulled by the moon's gravity.
The space station consists of 24 standard cabins, namely four standard cabins: living cabin, agricultural cabin, industrial cabin, and scientific research cabin.
Among them, there are five living compartments, three agricultural compartments, five industrial compartments, and eleven scientific research compartments.
The Alxa Space Launch Center, when inspecting the nine space station standard modules that failed the first launch, had already arrived in its established orbit.
The orbital height of the space station is 430 kilometers low-Earth orbit.
Compared with communication satellites, it is very close to the ground, which is why mass projector cargo boxes can be quickly reached.
Feng Hai stared at the scene where the cargo box was transmitted back with a nervous look.
"I hope the assembly of the standard space station cabin goes well.
Launch the space station standard cabin to a designated orbit. I understand the capabilities of the mass projector, and this work can be done easily.
The most difficult thing in the entire space station construction process is to assemble the standard space station cabin, the more difficult it is to assemble it later."
The standard space station cabin is in low-Earth orbit, which is operating at a speed of 7.2 kilometers per second.
The standard cabin operates at extremely high speeds and the kinetic energy it carries is very large.
Once the two standard cabins are not perfectly assembled during the first docking process.
These two space station standard cabins will be directly damaged due to high-speed impact.
Zhou Yu saw Feng Hai's worried eyes and comforted him: "The standard space station cabin is the equipment designed and produced by our Spark Technology and many domestic scientific research institutions.
We have made perfect preparations for the assembly of the standard space station cabin, which can ensure that every time it is perfectly assembled successfully."
Feng Hai calmed down when he heard Zhou Yu's introduction and watched the movement of the mass projector cargo box.
After the mass projector cargo container reaches the designated orbit, it begins to release the space station standard compartment.
The mass projector cargo box is still connected to the space station standard compartment with metal ropes to direct the movement of the space station standard compartment.
This space station standard cabin adjusts its position in low-Earth orbit.
There are other standard space station cabins one after another, and they come to the nearest standard space station cabins.
Spark Space has long calculated the orbital positions of the standard cabins of each space station.
The mass projector cargo box that was later launched directly sends the new space station standard compartment to the near the space station standard compartment that was launched in advance.
Five living poles form the main structure of the space station, and the standard pole of Sheng-1 space station begins to connect with the standard pole of Sheng-2 space station.
The two space station standard compartments dock, and this process is completed by the computer inside the mass projector cargo box.
By calculating the attitudes of the two space station standard compartments, the two space station standard compartments remain relatively stationary while keeping the docking site stable.
Spark Technology has developed a completely passive mechanical structure to address the docking problem of the standard space station cabin.
Through a passive light sensor, the error of the two space station standard compartments is within 10 microns.
At the moment of docking, the mechanical structure responsible for docking was immediately locked, allowing the two space station standard cabins to complete the docking work.
Zhou Yu saw that the space station was like building blocks, splicing standard cabins into the gradually formed space station according to the established procedures.
Only by docking all the standard space stations can a space station meet the requirements be formed.
The establishment of the space station has reached its later stages, and due to the influence of the space station's own structure, it has become increasingly difficult to maintain a standard posture.
The standard space station cabin installed later not only needs to find its docking position, but also always adjust its posture to prevent collisions with other standard cabins.
After two days and two nights of docking, all standard space stations were docked and officially formed into a space station.
Feng Hai saw that the space station was officially established, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "The establishment of the space station has finally been completed, and the biggest difficulty in the space station planning has passed."
Zhou Yu also smiled and said, "This time I have successfully accumulated enough experience for us, and I believe it will be easier in the future.
But now is not the time to relax, and we don’t know whether the space station standard cabin can be successfully started.
Installing a standard space station cabin is very difficult, but it will be even more difficult to replace the standard space station cabin.”
Feng Hai excitedly pressed the button in the control center.
Chapter completed!