Chapter 457 Multipurpose
Manumi, the manager of the Satellite Manufacturing Company on Motor Island, is an Indian who speaks a lot.
He gave Li Qingye a detailed introduction to the design of the Death Ray Satellite Type 2, as well as some of their company's unique designs.
After all, it’s a rare opportunity for the chairman to come, so he certainly can’t let him down.
Manumi pointed to a miniature model that was more than one meter tall and said, "Chairman, this is a universal steering system designed by our design department. It allows the death ray cannon to turn quickly."
In fact, this system is like two spheres put together, the outer sphere with a diameter of 10 meters contains the inner sphere with a diameter of 9.2 meters.
The inner sphere is the core component of the death ray cannon, which contains five cobalt rod cluster nests with a total of 5 tons of cobalt-60.
In addition, inside the inner sphere, there is a 15-cm-thick lead-silicon-aluminum composite protective layer (150 tons), a heat absorption layer (48 tons), a three-layer composite temperature difference power generation system (72 tons), plus a high-strength support shell and other auxiliary systems. The weight of the entire inner sphere reaches 372 tons.
The outer sphere has to be equipped with protective armor, so its weight reaches 183 tons.
Then Manumi pointed to the cylindrical cabin under the sphere and said, "This part is the satellite's auxiliary cabin. It contains five electro-jet thrusters, an artificial magnetic field generator, a cobalt rod rapid replacement system, fuel reserves, a capture robotic arm, a garbage recycling system, and protective armor. It weighs 445 tons."
"Robotic arm? Garbage recycling system?" Li Qingye was a little curious about these two devices.
Manumi quickly explained: "Chairman, this is also our company's unique design..."
After Manumi's explanation, Li Qingye finally understood why they designed it this way.
The cobalt rods of the Death Ray Satellite 2 contain 5 tons of cobalt-60 and have a maximum power generation capacity of 94 megawatts.
Perhaps many people have no idea about the power generation capacity of 94 megawatts.
But if you compare it with the nuclear reactors of the Minis-class aircraft carrier, you will know that the maximum effective power of the two nuclear reactors of the Minis-class aircraft carrier is only 194 megawatts, and the single reactor is 97 megawatts.
In other words, the maximum power generation capacity of the Death Ray Satellite Type 2 is almost the same as that of the single nuclear reactor of the Minis-class aircraft carrier.
The reason for this situation is actually related to the thermal efficiency of the nuclear equipment of both sides.
You should know that the thermal power of a single nuclear reactor on a Minis-class aircraft carrier is 600 megawatts, but its effective power is only 97 megawatts, with a thermal efficiency of 16 %.
The thermal power of the Death Ray Satellite 2 is 94.02 MW, the effective power is 94 MW, and the thermal efficiency is 99.9%.
That's the huge difference between the two.
Since the power generation capacity of the death ray satellites is so huge, the magnetic field generator alone cannot consume so much electricity.
Therefore, Motor Island Satellite Manufacturing Company is trying to find ways to utilize this energy.
After all, the cobalt rod, the core of the death ray cannon, is equivalent to a nuclear decay battery. The characteristic of a nuclear decay battery is that it will release energy regardless of whether it uses electricity or not. This is a characteristic that cannot be changed.
In this case, the death of all satellites would be somewhat embarrassing.
Although the company deploys death ray satellites in low-Earth orbit to build a "Skynet", it does not mean that they will fire gamma ray cannons all the time after deployment.
After all, there are not so many satellites in low-Earth orbit that can be attacked.
Therefore, we must find a way to fully utilize the energy generated by the decay of cobalt rods during daily operation.
The first use is as a magnetic field generator.
The second use is the electrospray thruster, which is actually a type of plasma thruster, but different from the Hall thruster.
Motor Island Satellite Manufacturing Company uses the electric fuel injection propulsion system developed and manufactured by another sister company, Mandalay Industries.
The so-called electric injection thruster has a very simple principle, similar to the electric furnace steelmaking technology. It directly heats the working fluid in the electric furnace, and then directly ejects the working fluid that has become plasma to generate strong thrust.
For this purpose, the Death Ray Satellite also carried 50 tons of working fluid (i.e. fuel) to provide working fluid for the five electrojet thrusters.
However, the design plan of Motor Island Satellite Manufacturing Company also includes a robotic arm and a garbage recycling system . The purpose is actually very simple, which is to use space debris in low-Earth orbit and turn these things into working fluid.
The benefit of doing this is that, on the one hand, it can clean up space debris, and on the other hand, it can save the working fluid carried by the satellite itself, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.
In addition, the electricity from dead satellites will be wasted if it is not used, so using it to clean up space debris can be considered a waste utilization.
"Chairman, our company has also installed a satellite communication system on the Death Ray Satellite, which can transmit communication signals to the surface and outer space."
Li Qingye very much agreed with their efforts to maximize the use of the death satellite's electrical energy.
It would also be a good idea to find some side jobs for the Death Light Satellite.
It can not only improve the overall value of the death ray satellite, but also confuse the outside world and make it impossible for people to determine the specific purpose of the death ray satellite.
After these improvements, the Death Ray Satellite Type 2 has the functions of communication, obstacle clearance, and turret, but the turret function will obviously not be used easily.
Li Qingye highly praised their design: "It's a good design. This kind of multifunctional satellite is conducive to regular deployment."
"We also borrowed from the death ray cannon power station on land." Manumi replied excitedly.
Li Qingye also helped the Dandelion Project to make some arrangements: "You should communicate more with the Dandelion Project and the Space Division. They will launch a large number of supplies to the space station in the near future."
"Understood. I will communicate with them as soon as possible." Manumi nodded.
Li Qingye did not stay here for too long. After about half an hour, he left and went to a port city on Mada Island for inspection.
Manumi held a video conference with Su Changli from the Dandelion Project and people from the Space Business Department.
After communication, the Space Business Division decided to stop manufacturing the Death Ray Satellite Type 1 and turn to Motor Island Satellite Manufacturing Company to purchase the Death Ray Satellite Type 2.
According to estimates by the Space Division and External Security Division, to ensure that the Skynet system can lock onto spacecraft in the Earth's atmosphere, at least 300 death ray satellites need to be deployed.
If backup and redundancy are included, at least 900 death ray satellites will be needed to meet the needs of the Skynet system.
Therefore, the Space Business Division placed an order with Motor Island Satellite Manufacturing Company for 900 Death Ray Satellite 2s, to be delivered in three years.
That is to say, on average, Motor Island Satellite Manufacturing Company needs to deliver 9 death ray satellites to the space business department every 10 days.
As Sapiens has recently announced a reduction in the level of emergency, many factories have resumed their normal production mode.
Motor Island Satellite Manufacturing Company is no exception. If the emergency situation remains the same as before, their company will be able to produce 1,000 death ray satellites within half a year.
Ten days later.
Ten Death Ray Satellite Type 2s were sent to the underground base of the Dandelion Project.
The Spark space train can send four death ray satellites into low-Earth orbit at one time.
In fact, over the past decade, major global forces have been paralyzed.
The main reason is that the launch missions of the Dandelion project were too frequent and the payload was so large. In just over ten days, a total of 37 launches were carried out, transporting 133,200 tons of materials to the Homo sapiens space station in the medium-orbit.
At this time, the Homo sapiens space station looked completely different from before.
