On July 8, the sky in Hainan was blue, with only a few clouds floating in the air.
At 19:00, long Jianhua and relevant personnel of Chongshi research institute came to Hainan Wenchang rocket launch test site. Today is the day of Chongshi's first rocket launch test.
This rocket is the first rocket of the rocket research center. They are also in a hurry. As soon as the research center was established, they began to divide labor and promote rapidly.
When the processing workshop was built, a lot of data had been simulated by the supercomputer, and immediately entered the processing and assembly process, experiencing countless tests from parts, components, subsystems to the whole system; In terms of large-scale process, vibration characteristic test, docking and coordination, ground commissioning, storage test, environmental test, ground transportation test, etc. were carried out. It can be said that the whole process is in full swing.
Long Jianhua, lisep and Zhao Hanyuan came to the conference room upstairs of the ground control center. There is a large screen to watch, and you can also see the rocket launch site from the window.
There are also more than 50 researchers and designers here, most of whom are the backbone of various project teams.
After everyone sat down, a designer in charge of interpretation came in, "ladies and gentlemen, our rocket has gone through some necessary processes: methane fuel has been filled, pre launch test has been completed, and launch pad has been opened. Everyone with good eyesight can see that the launch pad is no longer holding rockets. "
Long Jianhua belongs to a member with good eyesight. When he looks into the past, he has indeed separated.
At this time, the voice of the commander in chief came from the image, "launch and count down one minute to prepare."
It can be seen from the display that the fuel filler pipe and cable are disconnected.
Thirty seconds later, the ground measurement and control system began to work.
At 8 seconds, the camera on the rocket began to work, and the image was transmitted to the display screen, which was very clear.
With the countdown to zero, the first stage rocket engine ignited with a "ignition" order.
The time at this time is 19:30.
Huge white smoke scattered around, huge flames mixed with it, and the roar of the sky came out.
The rocket rose slowly and vertically, and the fire became more and more obvious; The rising speed was faster and faster, and the orange flame soon turned into a blue flame.
The voice of the commentator rang in the conference room, "we use liquid methane fuel this time, which can burn fully without carbon deposition, and the flame is blue."
Instead of looking at the display screen, everyone stood by the window and looked directly at the rocket entity. It's too close. It's really visible to the naked eye.
Long Jianhua felt a little excited.
Make money, open factories and engage in finance; Work hard and bear humiliation... This seems a little exaggerated. In short, everything is for this, in order to fly to space.
Today, the rocket finally left the ground and went straight into space!
For this rocket, for this aerospace, he has done all the mechanical fields he can do... Materials, design, parts, engines, optical fibers, chips and so on, so as not to let others pinch their necks.
Today's successful experiment will add another successful highlight to his technical territory.
Dozens of seconds later, in the blue sky, the flight angle of the rocket changed slightly, no longer vertically, but slightly deflected.
The voice of the commentator came out again, "this adjustment is to enter the orbit. The purpose of slow adjustment is to have more adjustment opportunities in the follow-up process. Another very important reason is to separate the first stage rocket engine. "
Soon, the rocket was invisible to the naked eye. Long Jianhua and others quickly returned to their seats and sat down and looked at the image on the screen. No one spoke except the commentator, and everyone stared at the screen.
115 seconds, the first stage rocket engine is shut down and separated, the second stage is ignited and continues to accelerate. At this time, the rocket altitude is 69.5km
As the rocket flew out of the atmosphere, closer and closer to the predetermined height and speed, long Jianhua pressed his body tightly against the seat back and grasped the armrest with his right hand.
His mood changed from a little excited to a little nervous, and became more and more nervous; In the control room downstairs, everyone is busy. Some are looking at the screen, some are answering the phone, some are tapping the keyboard, and they are getting more and more nervous.
If the rocket can reach the predetermined speed and altitude, it means that the acceleration flight phase is over. As long as it relies on the obtained energy and under the action of earth's gravity, it starts the inertial flight phase until it is tangent to the predetermined orbit. At this time, the launch mission of the rocket will be completed.
In the control room, the commander in chief issued the command of ignition of the third stage rocket engine. When the operator pressed the command, the rocket vibrated obviously and then deflected.
Ignition failed!
Long Jianhua and his party were stunned. They all stood up, held their breath and stared at the screen.
In the control room, the commander in chief shouted, "adjust the parameters! Re ignite! "
Long Jianhua's hands tightly grasped the edge of the table and listened to the orders coming out
Ignition again, failed
The third ignition failed
A hoarse voice came out, "start the self destruction program."
The next moment, a small fireball appeared on the display screen, and the rocket disappeared
Launch failed!
In the conference room, everyone stared at the display screen, and the indoor air pressure and temperature dropped suddenly.
Some screamed, some murmured, and some sniffed.
"How is that possible?"
"How could such a thing happen?"
Long Jianhua sat down slowly, reached out and rubbed the center of his eyebrows, and took two deep breaths continuously and slowly.
Failed, the first rocket test mission failed.
He stood up again. In the process of standing up, he quickly glanced around lisep and Zhao Hanyuan. Their faces were very gloomy.
He walked out of the aisle, turned and looked at all the people in the room, and slowly opened his mouth, "everyone, this flight test failed, but you should remember that the test we are doing is science."
"In the development process, we discussed the design of each part countless times, and then experienced various tests."
"Today's flight test is only one of these tests, but it is only a relatively high cost. We should look at this failure with an ordinary attitude. We can't accept failure because we are about to succeed. "
"We are just recruits in this field. To defend ourselves, veterans have failures. What are we afraid of? 100% success is our goal, but before reaching 100%, we should be prepared to accept failure. "
"All of us have not grown up from infants and young children all at once, nor can we leap from primary school to the present. So we have to accept failure. "
"Accept failure, find out the reasons for failure and solve it, draw inferences from one instance and find out other defects. This is our due mentality and what we need to do next."
He is a participant and a boss. At this time, he can't hesitate. He needs to stand up and solve his ideological problems immediately. He can't let the shadow of this failure stay in people's minds for too long, otherwise it will be unfavorable to continue his work.