Chapter 528 It's Your Own fault
Jeju Island.
Space Tower Experiment Project.
At this time, on the floating launch platform at an altitude of 10,000 meters, a 120-ton solid-fuel carrier rocket had been pulled up from the launch base below using a cable.
Kong De, the president of the Geographical Union Association, also came to the Jeju Space Base in person.
Conde and his team were accompanied by Jorge Moran, vice president and technical executive of Toth, the project's design company.
"President Moran, is the anti-wind disturbance system still not working?"
Jorge Moran was somewhat embarrassed when he heard Conde's question. After all, their company had vowed that there was no problem at the beginning, but now they have not completed the PPT plan.
Having known the nature of these guys for a long time, Kong De did not show any expression of anger, but instead reminded them coldly:
"President Moran, you'd better study the technology more! You can't develop technology by speculating in stocks. After all, Dilian has a lot of suppliers and partners, and no one is indispensable."
"Uh..." Jorge Moran was somewhat at a loss. He certainly knew that the company was hyping up its shares, causing the total value of the company's stock to soar from 360 million to 5.7 billion in less than a year.
This increase made all the shareholders earn a lot of money.
The four major forces and the Earth Union did not prohibit this kind of behavior, but the speed of Tot's technology research and development and engineering integration has been very slow, which made the Earth Union Association very dissatisfied.
Jorge Moran reacted quickly and said, "President, please rest assured. Our company has almost completed the technical integration. This technical update will allow the space tower to withstand strong winds below level 10."
"Then I will wait for good news from your company. When will the launch begin?" Kong De turned and asked Park Won-gwang, the manager of the base.
Park Won-Kwang replied respectfully, like a lackey: "Chairman Kong De, the Sagittarius launch vehicle is ready. It's just right to go to the ground control center now."
"Let's go!" Kong De was very satisfied with the stick's respectfulness.
After a while, the group arrived at the ground control center.
Hundreds of staff members are busy in front of computers.
On the split screen of the large screen, you can see the three areas of the Sagittarius solid launch vehicle and the countdown to the launch, which is about 12 minutes away.
Taking into account that the space tower's anti-wind disturbance system was not working well at that time, a second adjustment was made on the launch platform.
It can be seen from the big screen that half of the Sagittarius launch vehicle's body is submerged in the airbag of the launch platform, and the other half is exposed.
Doing so can reduce the impact of vibrations. After all, there is no precise pattern in the stratosphere winds. If a sudden strong wind occurs during launch, it can easily cause violent vibrations on the launch platform.
If the launch vehicle is placed directly upright on the platform, it will easily tilt or collapse.
The semi-buried type can effectively avoid the above situation.
In fact, this is a missile launch system borrowed from warships and submarines.
Park Won-gwang checked the time and found that it was almost time, so he asked, "Chairman, how about you announce the launch?"
Kong De was speechless in his heart. He smiled dryly and waved his hands: "I won't interfere. You guys follow the procedures."
After all, this launch was a test launch. If it failed, he would be very embarrassed. Kong De secretly despised this Korean guy for having a hole in his head.
Park Won-gwang didn't notice Kong De's displeasure. Instead, he thought Kong De was taking care of him, so he shouted even more enthusiastically:
"Under the wise leadership of Chairman Kong De, this launch will surely be a success. Let's applaud."
Clap, clap, clap...the staff clapped reluctantly.
Haha! Thank you! Kong De's fists were hard.
Jorge Moran on the side also had a strange look on his face. You haven't even launched yet, but you're already celebrating with champagne and roasting the president of the Local Federation Association. What are you trying to do? That's not the way to flatter someone!
However, when Park Won-kwang saw Kong De’s blushing face, he clapped even harder.
Jorge Moran, who couldn't bear to watch, could already feel Conde's breathing getting heavier, so he quickly interrupted Park Won-gwang's self-admiration: "Ahem, President Park, it's time to launch."
Park Won-gwang turned around and found that time was indeed running out, so he bowed to Kong De and said, "Chairman, I will arrange the launch immediately. This launch will surely become a milestone in human spaceflight."
Kong De was so angry that he almost exploded. He waved his hand as if to shoo away a fly and said, "Go!"
Looking at Park Won-gwang's back as he left, Jorge Moran whispered, "President, don't be angry. These guys are all like this."
Conde no longer wanted to talk and just sat in the VIP room, looking at the broadcast footage from the launch platform.
Two minutes later.
An English countdown sounded inside the control center.
[10…9…0! Launch!].
On the launch platform at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
The Sagittarius launch vehicle ignited its solid fuel, and soon the flames pushed the 120-ton launch vehicle toward the Karman line.
By avoiding the dense air of the troposphere, the launch distance is also reduced, making it easier for the launch vehicle to escape the atmosphere.
The technology of this kind of small solid-fuel launch vehicle is very mature in America and other forces. Under normal circumstances, the probability of launch failure is very small.
When Conde saw the carrier rocket begin to adjust its posture, use the angular velocity of the earth to accelerate into orbit, and then break through the Karman line, a smile finally appeared on his face.
The low-Earth orbit payload of this carrier rocket is about 27 tons, and it is equipped with 130 200-kilogram-class micro attitude control engines.
That’s right, the payload launched this time is all this kind of miniature attitude control engine.
When the carrier rocket successfully reached an altitude of 500 kilometers in low-Earth orbit, 130 attitude control engines were ejected one after another.
Then, under the control of the ground center, these engines quickly approach the scrapped satellites, especially those with relatively intact bodies, which are the main targets.
Some of the relatively nearby abandoned satellites have been captured by the attitude control engine, which then quickly adjusted its flight trajectory and pulled the abandoned satellites toward the spacecraft graveyard in the South Pacific.
Park Won-gwang ran over with an excited expression and said, "This launch was very successful, thanks to the wise guidance of Chairman Kong De."
"Haha...Mr. Park, thank you for your hard work." Kong De felt a little ecstatic.
Jorge Moran also laughed dryly, but in his heart he secretly despised Conde for being a chameleon.
However, Ken Kongde still knew his limits and was not dazzled by Park Yuanguang's flattery. He ordered: "You must conduct a comprehensive test of the space tower project. We are going to build a larger space tower next, and your experience is very important."
"Please rest assured, President. We will do our best for the free world." Park Won-kwang assured with his head held high.
Kong De and his team stayed here for several days. Only after seeing hundreds of abandoned satellite debris being dragged down into the atmosphere and destroyed did he leave Jeju Island with satisfaction.
The reason why the Space Association attaches so much importance to this launch is, on the one hand, because the launch payload ratio of the space tower platform is very high, and on the other hand, because there is too much space debris in low-Earth orbit .
If these space junk are not cleaned up quickly, they will have to worry about launching spacecraft in the future.
This is just what you deserve.
