Red Soviet Union

Baikonur Cosmodrome.

This is the most important aerospace base of the Soviet Union. It is located in Kezerol Golden State in the south of Kazakhstan, 200 kilometers west of the Aral Sea, 288 kilometers north of Baikonur, and 24 kilometers south of Tyuratam.

This space base was built in 1955. On October 4, 1957, the world's first artificial earth satellite Sputnik-1 was launched from here, opening up a new era of human spaceflight. On April 12, 1961, the world's first manned spaceship Vostok set sail from here, sending astronaut Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit, and in April 1971, the Soviet Union was here for the first time. The Salyut 1 space station was sent into Earth orbit for the first time.

Here, witness the development and progress of Soviet aerospace technology. But now, standing quietly on the launch pad is a huge rocket, and this rocket is the crystallization of the latest Soviet aerospace technology!

The thickest core stage in the middle has a diameter of up to 7.7 meters! The boosters on both sides also have a diameter of 3.9 meters, and the height of the entire rocket is a full 60 meters! Its powerful thrust is enough to send a load of 105 tons to low-earth orbit, and it can also send a load of 20 tons to geosynchronous orbit, and it can also fly to the moon and Mars!

(It can be compared with my country's Long March rocket. The Long March 2 rocket has a diameter of only 3.35 meters and a near-earth carrying capacity of 2 tons. The Long March 5 rocket has a diameter of only 5 meters! The near-earth carrying capacity is 23 tons.)

This kind of big rocket is currently the rocket with the highest thrust in the world. Its birth can be said to be the product of the Soviet Union's accumulation, and it was created by the Soviet Union with all its strength.

In the history of spaceflight in the world, the Soviet Union had many firsts, such as the first man-made earth satellite, the first astronaut in space, etc. However, in the race to land on the moon, the Soviet Union failed. After launching more than a dozen Saturn 5s, it was a long sigh of relief. The Soviet Union, the rocket n1 used to land on the moon, launched four times and failed four times. Therefore, the Soviet Union had to terminate the moon landing plan and let the Americans Had the last laugh.

Of course, the Soviet Union would not be reconciled to failure. Therefore, after the n1 rocket was smashed in Baikonur and the Soviet astronauts' dream of landing on the moon failed, the Soviet Union summed up its experience and continued to develop a new large rocket.

In 1974, the Soviet Union began the program demonstration work on the Energia rocket. Abandoning those lofty ideas, they plan to design a rocket based on the Proton rocket, which uses the same fuel as the Proton, is larger and more powerful than the Proton, and adopts a modular design. In order to develop new rockets, they even set up a famous energy company. Up to now, eight years have passed, and the Soviet astronauts have finally completed the entire design and manufacture of the Energy rocket. Today, it is its First flight!

At this time, the energy rocket standing on the launch pad looks so powerful, it is simply an incomparably spectacular sight! This is a masterpiece of violent aesthetics that makes people's blood spurt!

Compared with n1, this rocket is smaller, but its technology is extremely mature. Now, the Soviet astronauts are excitedly in the command center, waiting for the countdown to launch.

As a powerful launch vehicle, the Buran rocket is a milestone in the history of Soviet spaceflight. At the same time, this rocket also has important uses.

Unlike ordinary rockets that put the load on the top, the load of this rocket is placed on the side, that is, when flying, the load is added to the side. All of this, of course, is prepared for the space shuttle Blizzard!

The Soviet Union's technological progress on the space station was obvious, and the Americans, after the completion of the moon landing program, created the space shuttle, which served as a pole of the world.

Of course the Soviet Union will not lag behind! The development of the space shuttle Blizzard is in full swing, and at the same time, the supporting energy rocket has also entered the fast lane of research and development! Now, four years earlier than in history, the launch experiment is about to be conducted!

Even if it is a launch experiment, the high cost of this rocket must not allow it to be just a flight show. At this time, there is still a black payload hanging on the side of the rocket.

If you look at it in comparison, the load of this whole-body black is not large, but it is similar to a booster next to it. However, this is a payload after all, and it needs to be launched into orbit! That's definitely not small!

The same is true! In the external statement, this is a simulated load weighing nearly 100 tons, called the Polar!

The personnel responsible for developing the rocket at the scene only knew that it was a simulated payload, and did not know its true identity. Only those personnel developing the payload with serious expressions in the corner of the launch site knew what this big guy was. .

At this time, there are still five hours before the launch, and all personnel are already in place. This launch is of great importance!

The fuel was filled and there was no leak.

Second self-test in progress.

In the hall, the sound is constantly ringing. When the fuel starts to be filled, this launch will enter an irreversible process! You know, the above is liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen! At this moment, inside the huge fuel tank, the temperature was so low that nothing could condense!

After the fuel is filled, it is impossible to draw it out again. The rocket is about to ignite and take off!

Time passed little by little, and the sky outside became darker and darker. Finally, darkness completely enveloped the earth.

Launch at night! Almost all Soviet spacecraft were launched at night. In addition to the problem of the launch window, the more important thing is of course to avoid being detected by American reconnaissance satellites!

Time continued to pass, and the atmosphere on the launch site became more tense. Finally, it entered the countdown stage!

Countdown to ten minutes, countdown to five minutes, countdown to one minute...

Ten, nine, eight...three, two, one, fire!

Finally, the order to ignite came, and following the sound, an operator pressed his hand on the red button on the table.

On the launch pad, the huge energy number stood tall in the sand and dust of Central Asia. Suddenly, countless streams of flames spewed out from under it! In the dark, the flames were so dazzling, 4 - type liquid booster rockets, 4 - liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engines, ignited at the same time, the entire launch pad was illuminated by the fire!

In the flames, the 2,400-ton super giant rocket trembled and rose slowly! Straight into the sky!

Energy, a rocket full of violent aesthetics, drove the load on the side and began to take off!