Chapter 1293 The Far-Reaching Impact of the Space Fishing Ship Plan

While Chang Haonan was busy promoting new technologies to more industries.

Qiong Province.

The Kuaizhou-1 Yao-2 rocket, which was originally used as a backup for the space fishing ship mission, has arrived at the launch site and is undergoing final preparations before ignition at the same location.

As the only first-class administrative region in China that is entirely in the tropics, there are actually no obvious boundaries between the four seasons.

Therefore, although the time has come to the end of November, the overall environment has not changed much compared to three months ago.

At least it's impossible to snow.

You don’t even need to wear regular autumn clothes.

Therefore, the arrangements for various preparations are almost the same as the previous launch.

However, at that time, the Second Artillery Corps, which was responsible for carrying out the specific launch process, also needed to undertake combat preparation tasks, and it was certainly impossible to come here every two days to help fire rockets.

So this time, all instructions and operations can only be completed by the technical team sent by Aerospace Science and Industry and some command personnel transferred from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

For the sake of safety, Zhao Fuyuan also came here again to personally take charge of the technical support of the launch mission.

In fact, in addition to the rocket chief engineer, he is now also the deputy director of the launch vehicle business department of the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, which can be regarded as his own job.

This department was originally temporarily established within the Ninth Academy to safeguard the space fishing boat plan. The plan was directly canceled after the mission was completed, and subsequent launch vehicle projects were still carried out by each academy.

But the advertising effect of that global live broadcast was so good that not only was it not cancelled, but it became a separate business organization directly under the group level.

It is expected to be officially established early next year.

In addition, the measurement and control mission of this launch can only be simplified. A Yuanwang survey ship that has not yet returned will confirm the second- and third-stage separation process in the Western Pacific, and then the leased Alcantra Space Center in Brazil will finally confirm the satellite’s separation. Orbital status——

Although the space fishing ship mission itself has come to an end with the fall of space junk 40396 into the atmosphere and the threat of impact to the International Space Station has been completely eliminated, it is after all one of the two most influential events in the international aerospace industry in the 21st century (the other one Columbia), its impact is long-lasting and far-reaching.

China's aerospace industry, which was originally in a semi-isolated state, seized this short but effective window very efficiently. Before the heat of the incident ended, it had signed a series of deeply binding cooperation agreements with multiple countries and organizations. .

One of the most efficient is cooperation with Brazil, using the infrastructure of the Alcantra Space Center to supplement China's global aerospace measurement and control network.

The launch mission was completed on September 3. The two parties signed a cooperation memorandum on the 20th of that month and officially announced it a week later.

Even the National Day holiday was not missed.

In addition to the traditional aerospace cooperation relationship between Brazil and China, which has complete communication channels, another important reason is that the maintenance cost of the space launch site is high, and there is not much maintenance in Brazil, including the entire South America. There are many space launch missions and there is an urgent need to contract international business.

Including the terms involved in this cooperation, it also includes the future launch of the Chinese launch vehicle in Alcantra.

Of course, this is a condition proposed by Brazil...

"Director Zhao!"

An engineer wearing the overalls of the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation held a document and jogged up behind Zhao Fuyuan who was in the temporary command post:

"All subsystems of the rocket have been inspected and determined to be normal and ready for launch at any time."

CASIC does not have the command system of the Second Artillery Missile Brigade at hand, and the infrastructure here is relatively lacking, so many programmed links can only be completed through the most traditional methods.

The latter took the document, carefully read it from beginning to end twice, then signed his name on the last page and handed it back to the other party:

"Let the inspection technicians evacuate first and wait for the launch window... In addition, do not raise the rocket yet. Just maintain it in its current state and wait for my next command."

"yes!"

The engineer who came to report did not hesitate, but quickly picked up the radio communicator and began to convey the instructions.

But next to him, Hu Maoyang, another subsystem leader from the production department, looked puzzled. Holding a paper list of precautions in his hand, he came over and asked:

"Director Zhao, if we refer to the traditional liquid rocket launch mission, shouldn't it be waiting for the launch window in the vertical state?"

The launch vehicle business of Aerospace Science and Industry has just started, and the comrades at the Xichang Launch Center have rarely seen such things that need to be erected before launch, so there is not a particularly complete standard for each process, and we can only refer to the brothers Based on the mature experience of the unit.

"Well...it's different this time."

Zhao Fuyuan said as he picked up a telescope from the side and looked towards the entrance of the launch site, as if waiting for something:

"Some customers have asked to watch the complete launch process, so we have to wait until they are in place."

"Watch the launch?"

Hu Maoyang glanced at the launch vehicle in the distance that was almost the same as the Dongfeng 31, but slightly longer.

In order to dilute the militarization of the Kuaizhou-1 rocket as much as possible, the payload of this launch is more than a dozen micro-satellites developed by various universities, including many foreign customers.

But customers are customers, and this kind of launch mission is not something that anyone can come to see.

"The space agency only told me last week, it must be a sudden situation."

Zhao Fuyuan replied:

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"When we took the model to Singapore for exhibition, some Gulf countries showed interest. Now that the first launch has been successful and has caused such a big international response, I guess they can't sit still."

This answer did not reduce the doubts on Hu Maoyang's face.

Among the dozen satellites in the fairing, there is indeed one from Riyadh University, but whether it is Saudi Arabia or China, it is obviously not worth a special trip for such a small thing.

So this visit to the launch is probably just a pretext, and there may be more in-depth content later.

But that is not what he should know.

But it would be inappropriate to let the atmosphere remain silent, so he had to change the subject:

"So all our future launch missions will be carried out here?"

"That's right."

Zhao Fuyuan retracted his gaze and nodded:

"The superiors considered that this location had been exposed after being used once, and the launch position located in the northeast of Qiong Island itself did not have particularly great practical value, so they simply designated this place as a launch site."

Hu Maoyang's eyes lit up:

"Specially for our solid rockets?"

"How is that possible... We can only launch a few rounds a year with this small-scale operation..."

Zhao Fuyuan showed an expression that he could not hold back:

"The launch site in Qiong Province is a big plan, and it will be expanded on the basis of this site in the future for various new-generation launch vehicles, including us, of course..."

"..."

Just as the two were talking, a convoy of luxury minibuses drove over from a distance.

"The real boss is here!"

Zhao Fuyuan put down the telescope in his hand:

"Attention, all units, enter the launch preparation stage!"