Chapter 382 Dedusting, Polishing, Waxing of Artificial Satellites
It is no exaggeration to describe the takeoff of the Yishan Super Rocket as "shocking the world and crying ghosts and gods".
That huge sound can spread to extremely far places!
That huge figure can make people watch it fly to the universe!
The huge tail flame also makes infrared radar capture particularly clearly!
Anyway, the Yishan Rocket is directly related to the word "huge", and no one doubts the name "Yishan".
Some people even feel: "It's nothing to move mountains but not mountains. Blow up the mountains directly, that's not a problem at all, and the effects are the same."
The natural barrier turns into a thoroughfare!
Gravity and the atmosphere are the "natural barriers" between humans and space, and the "naturally forming a large trench that hinders traffic" for humans to move towards the future. The emergence of rockets is to build a bridge on the "natural barrier". The increasingly larger rockets represent larger and larger bridges.
Tianxia people are very familiar with this. Tianxia's geographical environment is too complex. People live from all over the world, so Tianxia people build bridges, pave roads, open ditches, move mountains, reclaim seas, and pass through tunnels, connecting the entire "world".
The same is true now. The Yishan rocket was launched. It is the "cable-stayed cable bridge" in the space age, helping humans communicate with the ground and space.
“Booster separation!”
The Yishan Rocket has already flew very high. Although infrared tracking can be seen very clearly, the picture is no longer very friendly to the audience, so it shows the Rocket's perspective.
When the booster is separated, the audience can see a large hole suddenly split at the docking point where the originally tight joint is tight, and flames no longer appear at the tail of the booster. Then the maneuvering nozzle next to the booster suddenly ejects outward, allowing it to quickly move away from the carrier.
The carrier flew upwards according to inertia, and then the engine ignited at a high altitude and continued to push it into space.
It only takes a few minutes for rockets to take off to enter space, and the Yishan Rocket is no exception.
When the carrier of the Yishan rocket entered space and climbed a period of orbit, the cargo canal cover finally opened.
Only now do people know what is inside it.
"It looks like...it turns out to be a maintenance cabin module?!"
"I thought I would launch the modules in the commercial area first, but I didn't expect that the modules in the industrial area or the maintenance cabins were launched first."
"Ah, is there any problem? Is there any particularity in this kind of launch sequence?"
"No problem, it depends on the plan of the pilot. It just skips the commercial area and launches the industrial area directly. How can this maintenance cabin be connected to the rotational simulation gravity cabin?"
"Actually, it's okay if it's not connected. Humans have never set up single space stations, just treat it as a single space station. When the modules in each district are assembled, then they can dock one piece. It's nothing if they dock it."
"I guess the navigator is planning to change his path, not engage in business, and start scientific research. By the way, humans can repair satellites in space with this maintenance cabin, right?"
"What's the change of path? I suddenly thought of an advertisement slogan. I wonder if any of my brothers sent it to everyone to see it. This is also a very profitable industry."
"Here, advertising slogan: high-altitude operation scrubbing, satellite surface dust removal, solar panel polishing and waxing, space station spray painting and renovation, space shuttle maintenance and three-filter replacement. The quantity is large, cheap, there is an invoice. For details, please consult Mr. Tang, the leader Aerospace Company, phone number 138...it's easy to come back."
"Hahaha, are the funny jokes that have been so many years finally coming true? But why is your advertisement not complete? What about the front?"
"What's ahead? Pilot is not an arms company? Aircraft carriers, submarines, nuclear warheads, and fighters have nothing to do with them."
"How do you know that it doesn't matter? You are afraid that you don't know the relationship between domestic aerospace technology and aerospace science and technology. The Pilot's Space Station can be built, the Rocket can be built, the Moon Base can be built, and the orbital shuttle can be built. If you want, what do you think these things can be modified into?"
"Hiss-Think carefully? I was shocked!"
Many years ago, there was a funny picture on the Internet, and I forgot where the source was, someone turned the brand on the mobile tricycle into a "specialized aircraft carrier".
There is also a line of small words below: Satellite dust removal and waxing? Nuclear warhead oil renovation!
The actual sign turns out to be words like "repairing the leak on the roof".
Because I found it very interesting, it spread. And the more "projects" are filled, it finally became a plain text mode.
But who would have thought that satellites that seem like jokes are waxing, oiling, and refurbishing? It is a high-tech industry with amazing profits in the future. It is far more popular than it has only started to get hotter in recent years. It is not too mature. Repeated launch and utilization projects of rockets are promising.
First, this is because human rockets are still facing high temperature, high pressure, and high-intensity external impacts in the environment. The one-time use of this kind of transport is itself improving reliability.
Because of all the components, the maximum work required is no more than 30 minutes to complete the task.
It is very difficult to make a high-risk engine system that is forcibly increasing its reliability from a maximum of 30 minutes to 300 minutes, or even more.
Especially when technology is insufficient.
In addition, the rocket itself has no actual economic benefits, and the ultimate goal of the rocket's work is to launch payloads into orbit.
Including all satellites, spacecraft, space stations, deep space probes, etc.
This is the significance of Rockets' work.
All these ballistic flying objects can be regarded as various "artificial satellites".
And the value of satellites themselves, especially those large and heavy satellites, in most cases, far exceeds the cost of launching their rockets.
For most heavy satellites, even if the rocket launched by them can be reused five or even ten times in a row, it is not as economical as making this satellite renovated and used once.
Taking the most common rockets and satellites in Tianxia as an example, the international launch quote for the Yangtze River Third B Rockets is about 60 million to 70 million US dollars.
If the satellite platform launched is Dongfanghong 3, then the price of Chengxing is about US$200 million.
The price of Chengxing, based on the Dongfanghong-4 satellite platform, may exceed 500 million per cable.
The more advanced Oriental Red 5 satellite platform even exceeds $1 billion.
This is a cheaper price. If you purchase similar Western satellites, it may cost $1.5 billion per.
Therefore, when any country purchases large-capacity synchronous communication satellites, the party selling them simply "buy satellites and send them to launch."
The lifespan of a large-capacity communication satellite is 10 to 15 years, which is equivalent to 100 million US dollars per year.
If it can be renovated, extending half or even two-thirds of its life will be equivalent to creating $500 million in value.
Moreover, more than ten years have passed, and technology must have taken a big step forward. At this time, it is not simply saving money by updating the equipment to make it more adapted to current and future tasks.
Not to mention how many times it takes to extend the rockets one time, the "not 100% success rate" of rocket launch alone is enough for many people to hesitate.
Yes, if the launch fails, not only will the money be raised, but the country's future needs will be raised.
The delay in launching a satellite may affect a country's development strategy for several years or even longer in the next few years.
For example, some countries bought a meteorological satellite and wanted to rely on this satellite to achieve independent weather forecasts and get rid of weather forecast control in some countries. Some countries in the province also carry private goods when providing meteorological data. However, when these satellites fail to launch, they must continue to endure in the next few years.
However, when "this satellite" is already in space orbit, that's all.
As long as you do not actively slow down the satellite and then quickly enter the atmosphere and burn it, it can stay in Earth's orbit for a long time.
If you replace it with parts and add some fuel at this time, and use it from a satellite ten years ago to look like this year's satellite, wouldn't it be safe and advanced?
And there is a more wonderful way.
Country A has no satellites in space and cannot be upgraded. Then Country B can even repair orbital satellites that have been scrapped in their own country and upgrade them, and sell them directly to Country A in space!
Chapter completed!