I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

The Long March carrier rocket is an old friend of the Chinese people. On April 24, 1970, the "Long March-1" carrier rocket successfully launched the "Dongfanghong-1" satellite for the first time. It has been decades since then.

The Long March family is still fulfilling their mission, sending various satellites and spaceships into space.

There are 120 reflector satellites that will be put into synchronous orbit by the Long March rocket. These reflector satellites represent the highest level of technology in China, and they are named "Ziwei" satellites.

The ancient Chinese believed that Ziwei star was the emperor star among the five North Pole stars, and Emperor Ziwei was a very powerful god.

The size and weight of the domineeringly named "Ziwei" satellite is actually very small. The weight of a single "Ziwei" satellite is only one-twelfth of the Beidou satellite, and its volume is one-sixteenth of the Beidou satellite.

The Long March rocket carrying Beidou satellites can achieve double stars with one arrow, that is, two Beidou satellites can be transported into the preset orbit at a time.

One hundred and twenty "Ziwei" will be sent into the preset orbit in four times, and each launch of the Long March rocket will carry 30 "Ziwei".

Thirty stars with one arrow, this is the first in the history of spaceflight.

All over the world, only Chinese aviation personnel have completed the engineering technology research of "thirty stars with one arrow" and are about to put it into practice.

The original technology of "One Arrow, Thirty Stars" is not the core of "Spot Project", it is only for transportation services.

Just by bringing out the transportation service technology of "Thirty Stars with One Arrow", Chinese aviation people have become proud of themselves.

The time was close to 0 o'clock, and the command room of the Capital Command Center was brightly lit.

All the workers are waiting nervously, full of anticipation in tension.

In order to do a good job in the "Spot Project", Chinese researchers have invented countless innovative technologies and passed various simulation experiments.

The real exam is coming, in the darkest hour of the day, before the dawn.

Only if the "Spotlight Project" succeeds, more than 10,000 technical inventions with independent intellectual property rights will be valuable.

"This reminds me of the college entrance examination." In order to ease the solemn atmosphere, Shen Qi chatted with Mr. Zhang beside him.

"It's a very vivid metaphor. It doesn't count if you do 10,000 papers in three years in high school. Only the paper in the college entrance examination is the key to your destiny." Mr. Zhang has put a lot of effort into this project, and the most critical moment is coming. He hopes to get the best grades in this exam.

Mr. Zhang thought for a while and asked, "Speaking of Academician Shen, didn't you get recommended to Yanda because you won the championship in the IMO?"

"Yes, I was recommended, but I still took the college entrance examination to experience life."

"The IMO champion in high school can really do whatever he wants. My son is in the first year of high school this year. He likes mathematics very much. When this project is over, Academician Shen, you have to guide my son. My son is very talented in mathematics, but IMO also I don’t dare to expect extravagantly, under your guidance, I am very happy that he can win the national CMO ranking.”

"Based on Lao Zhang's level of mathematics, there shouldn't be any problem teaching your son the knowledge of the high school mathematics competition in person, right?"

"The problem is serious! In the eyes of my son, I am an incompetent father who has not been home for a long time. And you, Academician Shen, are my son's idol and the male god in the hearts of high school students who love mathematics."

"Yo, I didn't expect that your family still has my fans."

Shen Qi and Mr. Zhang chatted one after another, but their eyes were always on the information on the big screen.

0 o'clock has passed, the date has entered April 8th, and the countdown to the launch of "Ziwei" No. 1~30 has entered an hour.

Everything is ready at the Wenchang launch base, and the Long March rocket stands in front of the launch pad, waiting for the ignition order.

Everything is ready at the northwest base, and the microcrystalline silicon battery pack in the Kumtak Desert is staring at the endless night. The days when the staff in this area can see the night are running out, and they have never cherished the night so much.

At 1 o'clock in the morning on April 8th.

The capital command center became very quiet, no one spoke, only the sound of equipment running could be heard.

At this time, Shen Qi still has the right to terminate the launch of the "Ziwei" satellite.

Shen Qi took a deep breath, and then made an important decision: "Number Zero, carry out the launch mission as originally planned."

The "Number Zero" at the Wenchang launch base was as concise as ever: "Received!"

1:01.

The deep and firm bass of "Number Zero" resounded in the command halls of Wenchang, Northwest, and the capital:

"Attention all units, I am number zero, ready in 1 minute!"

All units are ready for battle, and a major battle in the field of scientific research is about to start.

1:01:01.

02 seconds.

03 seconds.

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Hundreds of thousands of Chinese scientists, engineers, and builders have worked hard for 20 years. What kind of achievements can they achieve?

The country's most important weapon, which took 20 years to build, has entered the countdown stage.

April 8 at 1:01:50.

Commander Zero of the Wenchang launch base counted down the seconds in a calm voice:

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

"Light it up, take off!"

The "Zero" command sounded, thick smoke gushed out from the launch pad of the Wenchang launch base, and flames gushed out from the bottom of the Long March launch vehicle.

boom!

The huge roar resounded through the South China Sea, and the Long March rocket carrying 30 "Ziwei" reflective satellites rose from the ground!

In the darkest night, with the brightest flame, the Long March rocket rockets into the sky.

The 900-ton liquid hydrogen fuel at minus 252 degrees in the cabin provides powerful thrust. 17 seconds after take-off, the Long March rocket no longer flies vertically upwards, but follows the programmed turning motion and flies along the slope of the earth.

Long March rockets are flying higher and higher, and gradually drifting away.

174 seconds after takeoff, the rocket boosters completed their mission and separated from the main body of the Long March rocket.

The Long March rocket let itself go, 285 seconds after takeoff, it flew out of the atmosphere, and the top fairing protecting the payload ended its mission and separated from the main body of the rocket.

It is an important node for the rocket to successfully fly out of the atmosphere. The first flight of the "Spot Project" was half successful.

The Tongguling measurement point, a few kilometers away from the Wenchang launch site, carried out the work of tracking the rocket and measuring data in an orderly manner. The most advanced measurement equipment and radar transmitted the real-time data during the flight of the Long March rocket to the three places at the first time. command hall.

Shen Qi clenched his fists and focused on the real-time data on the big screen.

The data shows that at this time, the fuel of the first-stage rocket was exhausted, the first-stage and second-stage rockets separated, and the engines of the second-stage rocket started.

"907, 907!" Shen Qi calculated and analyzed the subsequent flight of the Long March rocket with his naked eyes and brain at an extraordinary speed. The computer system of the Capital Command Center is doing similar work to Shen Qi.

No one knew the technical meaning of "907" that Shen Qi repeated repeatedly, and Shen Qi didn't have time to explain it to his colleagues.

"Hold on, hold on!" Mr. Zhang suppressed the excitement and anxiety in his heart. The excitement was because everything seemed to be going well, and the anxiety was because there were still uncertain factors.