Chapter 2532

The carrying capacity of the Long March II rocket in low earth orbit is only less than 10 tons, which simply cannot meet the exploration of space for a long time in the future. In particular, if we want to establish an orbital space station, it is often hundreds of tons of man-made celestial bodies. It is impossible to rely on the Long March II.

Therefore, a new generation of high thrust launch vehicles has been planned by Qin Guan. On the one hand, the diameter of the rocket will be expanded from 3.35 meters to 5 meters. On the other hand, the latest engine will be used to eliminate the previous backward engines and enable a new pollution-free engine.

These studies are progressing smoothly. The engine has been tested many times and proved to work well. Then, it's time for the test flight of the whole rocket.

The cost of a rocket launch is quite huge. At this time, a separate launch experiment is undoubtedly a waste. However, even carrying your own satellite has risks, not to mention carrying foreign commercial satellites. Suddenly, it's better to have a much-needed customer.

"Yes, Mr. Qin, we will make careful preparations before the launch and make the launch a complete success!" said Ren, the project leader.

President Qin came here to set the tone for everyone. We should take over the launch mission. After taking over, it will be beneficial to us.

In short, we don't have to wait for the approval of our superiors for future scientific research projects. After this launch mission, we have money. We can spend as much as we want in the last two years.

No matter white cat or black cat, catching mice is a good cat. No matter what it used to be, now it has launched satellites and made money! This is Qin Guan's opinion.

The eagle country was really worried. After receiving the news of the consent of the Han country, a special transport plane flew to the coconut island launch base of the Han country within a few days.

Qin Guan also came to the space base of coconut island with great interest.

After several years of construction, the coconut island space base has completed all supporting projects, and the launch pad specially prepared for the Long March 5 rocket has also been put into use.

"Our rocket is developed in a modular way. According to the needs of launch, carrying different modules can achieve different carrying capacity." Ren introduced to Qin Guan: "now, our task is to launch a meteorological satellite and a resource exploration satellite for Eagle country with a total weight of 10 tons. Therefore, we can use our most basic composition."

The rocket has completed its final assembly in the assembly plant next to it. As long as it passes through the ground track, it can be transferred to the launch pad. At this time, Qin Guan is in the assembly plant watching his own rocket to be launched this time.

In fact, the Long March II can also launch a satellite of about 10 tons. However, the technology of the Long March II is backward and requires two stages to enter orbit. Now, the launch only needs a single stage. The core stage of the rocket is five meters, looks very thick, only one stage, and the total length is more than 40 meters. At the same time, Four boosters with a diameter of 2.25 meters are bundled outside to complete the launch task, which is simpler.

The more stages of the rocket, the more complex the structure and the more accidents during launch. With the continuous improvement of the rocket thrust, the fewer and fewer stages of the rocket. Now, the launch of the Long March 5 also adopts the simplest form, so as to reduce the risk of launch as much as possible. Although the eagle people have a lot of insurance, if the launch fails, It will still have an adverse impact on China's aerospace industry and may scare away potential customers.

The core stage in the center is very thick, and the four boosters outside are tied to the side. The apex vertebrae of the booster is biased to the side of the core stage, forming a closed and surrounded structure. Looking at this modern rocket, Qin Guan is also very satisfied: "Our spacecraft is about to carry out manned flight. After the official manned flight of the spacecraft, the space station will be launched. At that time, our long March 5 can launch our space station!"

The maximum low earth orbit is 25 tons, and four launches can assemble a 100 ton space station, which is quite good.

"Yes, we are also looking forward to the launch of the space station project," Ren said.

"Wait, you can't go in!" just then, a voice came from outside. Hearing the voice, Qin Guan's face became serious.

The eagle people have come, and they are still so rude. Don't they know how hard their diplomatic Department has made to undertake the launch mission for them?

"There are many secrets in the satellite of our Hughes company. We must watch the satellite carry on the rocket, otherwise, if you disassemble and study our satellite, we will lose a lot!" said a cold voice.

"If you have such doubts, you can carry your satellite away now!" At this time, Qin Guan had walked out with great strides. Outside, he looked at several technicians from the eagle country, beside a special transport vehicle. A giant several meters high wrapped in tarpaulin on the vehicle was a satellite specially transported from the eagle country.

Royce, the engineer of Hughes company, was angry at this time. They built the satellite. As a result, they couldn't schedule the launch mission. They had to send it to the Han country for launch. As a result, the Han people didn't let them in, which immediately made Royce angry.

He was already holding his breath, but now, Qin Guan's remark stunned him. It's easy to come over and have to get it back? Do you know how difficult it is to transport each time? A big overload may cause some parts inside the satellite to fail. We came all the way and drove us away?

"The launch contract for you has been signed. We clearly write it on it. You can't contact our rocket, because there are many technical secrets on our rocket. We do this for confidentiality. Since you don't intend to do it according to the contract, take the satellite back. We won't refund the fees you have paid." Qin Guan was right.

You thought it was the previous era? I thought my technology in the aerospace field was the most advanced, so I could be arrogant? Especially now, still with a high-powered idea to crush the aerospace of Han? Don't dream. If you want to launch, just abide by the agreement. If you don't want to, then go away!