Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

"...The spacecraft has entered low-Earth orbit!"

"15:22:32:741 ms, Capital Time."

Amid the dense broadcasting and the tense and focused atmosphere,

many people, whether they were at the scene or watching the live broadcast of Huaxin News Agency and other media on the Internet, found it difficult to feel the passage of time.

After just a few minutes,

the spacecraft assembly entered the low-Earth synchronous orbit,

the first stage of the launch mission that was most likely to cause a serious launch accident, and many people came back to their senses from this compact and adrenaline-stimulating launch process.

Many researchers at the scene breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

Although the launch mission has not been successfully completed, it is at least half successful.

What needs to be tense later is entering the lunar orbit and landing on the lunar surface.

At this time, a round of applause rang out at the launch command center.

Mo Dao looked at the space diagram of the spacecraft assembly displayed on the large screen in the command hall and smiled.

However, this can be regarded as a start in this life's goal.

However, after another look, Mo Dao withdrew his gaze.

In the last life,

in the later period, the time for China to reach the moon surface was only a few hours.

In this life, at this time, from the launch of Yuanhang 3 at this moment to the start of the landing procedure on the moon surface,

it is expected to take about four days.

The main reason is that

in the later period of the last life, the spacecraft flew directly to the moon surface.

At this moment, after Yuanhang 3 entered the synchronous orbit, it still needed to orbit the earth several times.

It saved fuel by using the gravity of the earth, and then rushed to the moon orbit, and then circled the moon orbit several times, and finally landed on the moon surface at an appropriate time.

This was caused by many reasons.

One is the near-Earth space platform.

In the last life, the personnel exchanges between the earth and the moon were completed by the two near-Earth space platforms of the earth and the moon.

There is no need to consider the fuel consumed to break free from the gravitational constraints of the ground between the two near-Earth platforms of the earth and the moon.

At the same time, the passenger or cargo spacecraft traveling between the earth and the moon can also carry enough fuel to resist the interference of the gravity of other celestial bodies in space on the route.

The continuous development of the Earth-Moon route and the upgrading of technology can also ensure more accurate measurement and control of the spacecraft.

Another technical issue is that although full electric propulsion was still not achieved at that time.

But in chemical rockets, it can be said that there has been a significant improvement compared to now.

The thrust-to-weight ratio and load-bearing capacity of chemical rockets are not what can be achieved under the current productivity.

At that time, there was no need to consider the launch window time issue too much,

but now, it still has to be considered.

However,

on the other hand,

at this time in the last life, domestic aerospace technology had not yet reached the level of Mo Dao's intervention at this moment.

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This time, the unmanned experimental spacecraft's lunar launch mission,

the entire process, except that there is no manned, is basically the same as the manned lunar landing in all aspects.

The unmanned experimental spacecraft will also have an orbital module, a lander, and an ascender.

It will also land on the lunar surface.

And the specific landing site is exactly the same as the manned lunar landing mission to be carried out later.

One of the key tasks of this unmanned experimental spacecraft is to conduct a close-range on-site survey of the landing site to ensure the safety of the landing site.

From the perspective of scientific research costs, this is actually a bit uneconomical.

The two missions landed in the same place, which means that some scientific research tasks of exploration and detection are repeated.

Many scientific research tasks can be done by no one.

However, in the end, Qiusuo Research Institute still chose this plan.

In addition,

this unmanned experimental spacecraft also carried a lot of scientific research equipment.

The exaggerated carrying capacity of Yuanhang 3 is as high as 50 meters, and it would be a loss if it didn't carry more things.

This time, Yuanhang 3 will launch three satellites in the lunar orbit at one time.

Two of them are used for scientific research, and one is used for earth-moon communication.

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In mid-April.

In China and abroad, many people are looking forward to it.

After nearly four days of orbiting the earth, transferring orbits, and entering lunar orbit.

After releasing three satellites in turn,

the unmanned experimental spacecraft began to enter the lunar landing procedure.

During the whole process, many people watched it on the Internet.

It was still Huaxin News Agency and CCTV News that reported this process live.

Other major media also chose to reprint it.

After the major media started live broadcasting, many viewers flocked to the official live broadcasts.

Thanks to the previous relay satellites,

and the three satellites released this time,

the camera on the unmanned experimental spacecraft sent back very clear images.

This made the people who were paying attention to this matter and watching the live news broadcast at this moment even more excited.

However, the excitement of people on the Internet,

obviously did not affect the work of the staff in the command hall of the launch site.

During the landing process, Mo Dao was naturally present.

All the core researchers responsible for aerospace research were basically present.

From the perspective of mission difficulty alone,

the landing of the unmanned experimental spacecraft on the moon this time made these researchers more nervous than the real manned moon landing later.

Because this was the first time a spacecraft landed on the moon, and the subsequent manned lunar landing was technically the second time.

Whether it was in orbit or in the lander, the ascender of the unmanned spacecraft was equipped with a large number of sensing and detection devices.

This basically means that these data are mainly in line with expectations, and the astronauts will be fine when they are put on the moon later.

"The on-orbit cabin assembly and the landing and ascender assembly are separated."

Whether it was the audience on the Internet or the emotions of the researchers who came to witness this moment in the command hall,

it did not affect the unmanned experimental spacecraft, which performed the landing mission at the specified time and according to the specified procedures.

When the picture changed, many people's attention was completely attracted by the picture of the landing process.

Taking into account the problem of communication delay,

most of the entire lunar landing procedure was completed by the spacecraft's own scheduled program.

After the landing program was started.

At this moment, all people on the ground can do most is to look forward to and wait for the completion of the entire lunar landing procedure.

Perhaps an accident will occur, forcing the people on the ground to take over the operation with extremely high communication delay.

However,

Under the perfect design,

the accident did not happen in the end.

The process of entering the surface of the planet from space feels a bit special to the viewers.

Even though the images sent back by the unmanned experimental spacecraft this time are quite clear,

but without reference objects, people watching the landing process still lack perception of the ground distance.

In the command hall,

the procedural broadcast was heard, after the landing and ascent assembly separated from the orbital module,

everything was normal, and the attitude was adjusted from time to time.

The landing and ascent assembly landed on the moon smoothly.

"The landing and ascent assembly landed smoothly at the scheduled position on the moon!"

"At 18:27:32:334 ms, the capital time, the landing and ascent assembly landed smoothly on the moon. The assembly attitude is normal."

The broadcasting voices were a bit excited at this moment.

Naturally, there was excited applause at the command hall.

This is the most important step in the entire launch mission.

The spacecraft they developed, a technological creation developed by the Qiusuo Research Institute,

successfully arrived on the moon.

This is the first destination in the starry sky that the Qiusuo Research Institute has arrived at.

And it is ultimately a new starting point for the Qiusuo Research Institute in its voyage.