Xueba's technology tree

Chapter 292 Deploying the Space Laboratory

On January 1, Xinghuo Technology prepared to officially deploy the space laboratory.

After three months of preparation, Xinghuo Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s joint scientific research center has completed the manufacture of laboratories and space factories for space scientific research.

Starfire Aerospace is also simultaneously improving the pipeline of the mass projector.

In the past, in order to ensure the success rate of space launch, the pipeline of the mass projector was very narrow, only a little larger than the standard train tunnel.

The mass projector's cargo box is also a long and narrow cargo box.

There is no problem in launching some small satellites in this way, but it is impossible to launch a large space laboratory.

The mass projector has requirements on the load of the cargo box, but not on the volume of the cargo box.

In the past, the long and narrow cargo box was used only for the convenience of forging into a streamlined shape, reducing atmospheric resistance, increasing the speed and air time of the cargo box, and increasing the capture success rate of the gravitational traction technology.

Xinghuo Aerospace Company has now mastered the mass projector, in order to better launch the space laboratory, and at the same time prepare for China's space station program.

Starfire Aerospace has built a new mass projector tube and improved the cargo box so it can hold the space lab.

Only the pipeline needs to be modified, the core components of the mass projector do not need to be changed, and different pipelines share a set of core equipment.

This can save hundreds of billions of funds. Even the gold-absorbing ability of Spark Technology cannot bear the financial pressure of building a second mass projector.

Zhou Yu came to the ALS Space Launch Center again, and he saw the new version of the mass projector cargo box.

It's a huge device, and it's a standard cylinder.

This cylinder is 50 meters high and has a base circle with a diameter of 28 meters.

The mass projector cargo box is designed as a cylinder, because the space laboratory it carries is a shape similar to a cylinder, and the standard deviation of the space station is also a similar shape.

Zhou Yu looked at the nine cylindrical mass projector cargo boxes placed in the space launch center.

The total value of these containers is more than 500 billion yuan. The aerospace industry is really a big burner, and ordinary companies simply cannot afford the aerospace industry.

The aerospace industry is a high-investment and high-yield field. In the past, Xinghuo Technology could only rely on the strong capital flow obtained from the ore mined from the seabed to develop the aerospace industry.

Now the profits from the external business of Xinghuo Aerospace can already maintain the operating costs of the space launch center.

Lu Jinming, general manager of Xinghuo Aerospace Company, came to Zhou Yu to report: "Mr. Zhou, we have completed the preparations and are ready to start deploying the space laboratory.

We sent the space lab into the designated orbit through the mass catapult cargo box.

We verify the assembly technology of each compartment of the space station by building together space laboratories with complementary functions.

When the space laboratory enters the predetermined orbit, we will hand over the management authority of the space laboratory to the relevant scientists of the Spark Research Center. "

"Can you guarantee the successful deployment of the space laboratory? The space laboratory is not just a space station to verify technology in advance.

Its construction cost is very expensive. If it fails once or twice, our company needs to rely on bank loans to maintain itself. "Zhou Yu asked solemnly.

He's not kidding, it's really what he thinks.

The cost of each space laboratory is nearly [-] billion yuan. If it really fails, it will be a major blow to Xinghuo Technology.

It is not a satellite worth hundreds of millions of yuan, but a space laboratory worth more than 2000 billion yuan. Xinghuo Technology really cannot afford to lose it.

Lu Jinming immediately assured: "We have performed multiple simulation calculations through quantum computers, taking into account every detail of the space launch mission.

Virtually test almost every question you can think of right now.

I am 100% sure of the success rate of space missions.

Unless it is a sudden solar wind or cosmic ray, such a catastrophic event, there is really no way.

This mission will never fail due to operational errors by our personnel. "

"It's good to have confidence. Huaxia's astronauts must have this kind of tolerance. I can only wish you success and start launching the space laboratory." Zhou Yu ordered with a smile.

At the same time, he notified the scientists of the Starfire Research Center that he was going to take over the space laboratory and carry out experiments according to the projects discussed and completed in the previous period.

Engineers at the ALS Space Launch Center began to activate the mass catapult, and the cargo box containing the space laboratory was launched to the designated location.

"Spacelab 1 successfully deployed, launch Spacelab 2 cargo box."

"Spacelab 2 is ready to dock with Lab 1."

Zhou Yu looked at the large screen at the ALS Space Launch Center, which showed the docking process of No. 1 Space Lab and No. 2 Space Lab.

There is now a mature automatic docking technology for the docking between two space laboratories.

There is no need for ground personnel to control it at all, and the docking can be successful only with the help of an intelligent system.

However, in order to verify their docking technology, Starfire Aerospace uses the cargo box-assisted docking method to complete the docking between space laboratories.

The No. 1 space laboratory is parked in space, keeping its posture unchanged.

When the mass projector crate releases Spacelab 2, it is connected to Spacelab 2 by a robotic arm.

This robotic arm has a communication function, and the ground command center can indirectly control the No. 2 space laboratory through the cargo box.

In order to ensure the safety of the equipment inside the space laboratory, when the space laboratory is not deployed, most of the equipment inside is in a dormant state, including the communication equipment with the ground.

This robotic arm can also fine-tune the posture of the No. 2 space laboratory to ensure the successful docking of the two space laboratories.

The two space laboratories sense each other's relative position through sensors.

The cargo box also observes the relative positions of the two space labs through the device.

Under the coordination of ground control center engineers, the two space laboratories docked according to standard procedures.

"Laboratory No. 1 and Laboratory No. 2 have been connected successfully, and the formation of a nuclear power plant has been completed, and the authority is being handed over."

The ALS Space Launch Center carries out the launch mission of 9 cargo boxes every night.

It took them three days to launch 25 space labs.

These space laboratories are composed of nuclear power plants, space materials laboratories, space physics laboratories, space biology laboratories, and space eye telescopes.

The deployment plan of the space laboratory was 100% completed, and there were no mistakes in the middle, which shows the degree of control of the Starfire Aerospace Company over the space launch mission.

Scientists at the Xinghuo Science and Technology Research Center conduct scientific research by remotely controlling the space laboratory.

There is no scientist in the space laboratory, and all instruments have automatic control functions.

The space laboratory also deploys advanced intelligent robots, and scientists replace themselves with intelligent robots to carry out scientific research tasks in the space laboratory.

After Zhou Yu commended the engineers of the ALS Space Launch Center, he returned to Spark Technology.

As soon as he returned to the company, Zhou Yu received a report from Wang Xiaoxiao that the space biology laboratory had achieved significant results.

(End of this chapter)