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"First? We'll know when he's born!" Li Linfei laughed.
"Uh...hahaha!"
"Hey! The test flight is about to start!" Xia Jiangyu, who was smiling, heard the broadcast of the last minute countdown from the control center, and the two turned their attention to the runway.
At this moment, the runway where the personnel working around the "Arc Eagle [-]" aerospace transport aircraft have been evacuated has not left a trace of items on the entire runway field, and the tools brought to the runway field have been counted repeatedly to ensure that You can only leave after taking all the items away. This kind of detail cannot be sloppy.
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Just as "Huaxia Future" is about to conduct the first flight test of the "Arc Eagle-[-]" aerospace transport aircraft, many pictures from Google satellites have been circulated on the Internet earlier, and many news reports have been reported.
Especially in the past three days, Huaxia's future space base has been moving frequently on the runway, and it can't be hidden from the satellites in the sky.
And today, the latest pictures released by Google satellites show that a snow-white aerospace transport plane appeared on the runway and the crowd like ants around it is a sign that Huaxia will have new actions today.
For this test flight, "China Future" did not make any official announcement, but for a while, the aerospace and aerospace fields and the sky field kept focusing on this matter.
Especially big space agencies or space exploration companies like ESA, SpaceX, Amazon and NASA.
Future Technology brought Huaxia Future into the field of space exploration and was regarded as one of the most powerful competitors by all the peers.
"The launch has entered the last ten-second countdown, nine...eight...seven..." The voice broadcast resounded in the work hall of the control center of the launch tower, and dozens of staff members performed their duties, staring at a series of data intently Information, everything is well organized.
Li Linfei and Xia Jiangyu stood side by side, watching the track from the separation window, without saying a word.
On the runway, the snow-white "Arc Eagle No. [-]" looks like a huge Mitsubishi cone. The edges have been smoothed, showing a striking streamlined body. Streamlined.
The end is the largest, and the edges and corners are relatively sharp toward the rear. The four large engine jets at the rear are arranged in a tight "ten" shape, and the four jets are like a square rotated at an angle of 45 degrees.
"Arc Eagle No. 41" not only carried the "dual test flight" mission of the aircraft and the launch tower, but also carried a total of 41 tons of supplies inside, which will be lifted off together. The 478 tons of supplies will be sent to The "Tianzhou" at an altitude of [-] kilometers.
Obviously, this is an expression of Huaxia's full confidence in "Arc Eagle One" in the future, and it also gives great confidence to the two astronauts on board. The 41 tons of expensive supplies worth US$67 billion mean that this test flight Only success is not allowed to fail, it can be said that confidence and pressure go hand in hand.
In the cockpit, the two astronauts were silent, sweeping the densely arranged instrument buttons in an orderly manner, and after quickly finishing everything, one of the astronauts put his right hand on the side of his thigh to propel stem.
At the same time, the four nozzles of the main propulsion engine at the end of the body simultaneously shrunk by one-third in diameter.
"Three...two...one fire!!!" The astronaut in the cockpit heard the sound, and without the slightest hesitation, pushed the propulsion valve handle held tightly in his right hand forward, directly to the bottom.
The co-pilot was concentrating on the data displayed on the driving instrument, and said in a deep voice: "The core engine has been activated, the propulsion power is steadily increasing, and the energy output ratio is normal..."
At that moment, the core energy supply system inside the "Arc Eagle No. [-]" was activated, and the high-energy storage "Amethyst Crystal" with a high amount of energy stored in it crazily output high-purity energy through the energy matrix, and then transformed into The thrust of an aerospace transport aircraft.
Chapter 150, Successful Ascension
Four jets of blue and white flames spewed out from the four jets at the end, and the three to four meter long tail flame was extremely gorgeous.
The bottom pulley of the aerospace transport plane is fixed to the three parallel ejection rails. In fact, when the "Arc Eagle One" was still on the ground, the main propulsion engine was still increasing its propulsion energy output crazily.
At this time, the ejection track will carry a greater thrust than the main thruster to provide acceleration for the aerospace transport aircraft.
On the runway, at the moment of ignition, when the four jets of the propulsion engine emitted blue and white tail flames, the three parallel ejection tracks intersecting with the body made the sound of valve surges.
The volume on the runway is as high as nearly 88 decibels in an instant, which can easily cause severe deafness to an adult.
The stationary "Arc Eagle One" aerospace transport aircraft was instantly pulled by the ejection track and "lifted" towards the launch tower.
The paths of the three ejection tracks passed by the transport plane, leaving behind three straight lines of white mist. Under the influence of the tail thrusters, the three sections of white mist merged into one section.
"Arc Eagle No. [-]" has entered the curved ejection orbit of the launch tower from the ejection orbit on the horizontal runway, and the sound of the sonic boom resounded suddenly, which means that the transport plane has exceeded the speed of sound.
Under normal circumstances, professionally trained astronauts can withstand accelerations of up to 7 to 10 Gs, while "Arc Eagle One" needs to complete an acceleration of 3 Gs from takeoff to the ninth second.
In addition, this process has to complete a 90-degree inclination steering, from the horizontal plane to the relatively vertical high altitude, which has huge requirements on the physical fitness of the astronauts.
The impact of acceleration on the body is experienced by ordinary people in their daily lives. The most intuitive one is when the elevator goes up. During this period, there will be light-headedness, and the faster the acceleration, the more obvious it will be.
Especially for the blood circulation system of the human body, when the acceleration reaches a certain level, it will cause local severe congestion of human body functions.
The other is severe ischemia. Mild effects will lead to inflexible movements, severe cases will make limbs stiff, and high-risk cases will even cause capillary damage and endanger life safety.
The acceleration of 3 G is not a problem for astronauts, but don't underestimate the acceleration of 3 G. Ordinary people will have severe dizziness and nausea symptoms under the acceleration condition of 3 G.
The acceleration of 5G will cause serious damage to the brain blood vessels and threaten life. Fortunately, for ordinary people, professional astronauts or pilots with excellent physical fitness and professional advanced escort suits can withstand greater acceleration. .
It is worth mentioning that in today's aerospace activities, few manned aircraft have accelerated beyond 7 G as they did in the last century, and usually only maintain an acceleration of 3 to 5 G.
This is not to say that today's manned aircraft is not as good as before, but that today's technology is more advanced. In the past, rocket boosters or manned aircraft had to reach a certain limit in order to safely send astronauts into space.
But today's technology is more advanced and the facilities are more comprehensive, and it is counterproductive to make astronauts suffer a lot.
When the nose of "Fox Eagle No. [-]" turned to the sky along the launch tower, and the moment the body and the ejection track separated at the top, the acceleration of two Gs had already been completed.
Then, the acceleration will reach 3 G in the ninth second, and finally it will accelerate to 4.3 G, and then it will keep a stable speed and head towards outer space.
Going back and forth between space and the ground, or between acceleration and deceleration, are the most painful moments for astronauts. Fortunately, such pain lasts for a short time.
In the control center where the launch tower is located, Li Linfei watched the "Fox Eagle No. [-]" soar into the sky from the U-shaped ejection track on the half side of the launch tower, breaking through the skyline at an astonishing speed. The sound insulation effect of the hotel is exceptionally strong. Under the deafening outside world, the interior is extremely quiet.
However, the impact of the fluctuations through the air can still be felt slightly, with a low humming sound, which seems to come from the abyss underground and is like the sky.
The staff on the runway wear special sound insulation equipment and special sound-avoiding areas, otherwise such super-high volume is enough to cause severe deafness and even life-threatening.
In the sky, the figure of "Fox Eagle No. [-]" is getting smaller and smaller, and the movement of the space base spreads all around. In order for the launch of the space base not to affect the work of the park not far away, a lot of cost has been spent on sound insulation.
However, it is basically impossible to achieve complete sound insulation. Fortunately, when the sound is transmitted to the work area or residential area, there is very little energy left in the sound.
At this moment, many people in the park looked in the direction of the northern space base, overlooking the figure in the sky.
The roar produced by "Fox Eagle One" was long and deep in the sky. Logically speaking, even if the launch site is located in the urban area and the east of the Future Technology Headquarters, it is extremely dangerous for the Future Technology Headquarters and the urban area.
Because no one can guarantee that the launch will be [-]% successful. In the former Soviet Union, there was a rocket launch failure that killed thousands of people at the base, including nearly a hundred scientists. The loss is simply incalculable.
Don’t be afraid of [-], just in case. If the launch fails, it will be disastrous to fall into the nearby urban area and headquarters. This place is full of elites and cannot withstand any accidents, but the space base is still established here.
Naturally, these issues must have been considered.
Space agencies and scientists all over the world cannot understand these issues, which is as dangerous as putting a bomb at home.
However, they never imagined that China's future launches would not only require liquid rocket boosters filled with explosive hazards, or solid fuel, but the aircraft itself would not have any fuel.
The energy source of the entire aircraft is a purple stone that occupies a very small space, and the "Amethyst Crystal" has high stability and super strength that can withstand hundreds of millions of high temperatures generated by nuclear fusion.
With such performance, even if the aircraft crashes from a high altitude, it is only the physical damage caused by hitting the ground, rather than the destructive and high-range chemical explosion.
"The first phase of the launch is a complete success!" At this moment, in the control center, the slightly excited voice of the voice announcer resounded throughout the hall.
The next moment, more than 80 staff members cheered together, colleagues embraced each other warmly, and applause immediately resounded throughout the hall.