The Return of the Black Technology of Immortal World

After crossing the Kármán line, the acceleration of the spacecraft continues, and the speed is getting faster and faster, but there is really no scenery to speak of. If you don't look at the cosmic microwave and radiation background, all you can see now is pitch black.

As for cosmic rays, there are not many here, because it is still within the magnetic field of the Blue Star, and the influence of the solar wind can only be seen higher up in the sky.

"Master, SpaceX launched another 500 low-orbit satellites the day before yesterday, so our flight orbit may not be able to avoid all Starlink satellites."

Xiao Ai's voice came to his ears, which surprised Yang Qing.

Then he understood what Xiao Ai was thinking, that is, if the orbit was recalculated, the launch time would definitely be delayed.

And as time goes by, SpaceX will continue to launch low-orbit satellites, at least tens of thousands.

The space in low orbit is not very large. As a result, almost all orbits will be occupied by them. At that time, it will be more difficult to enter and exit Blue Star.

Of course, this is talking about ordinary rockets. Regardless of the thrust, they are extremely fragile. Even larger space junk can cause a devastating blow to them, let alone those weighing at least dozens of kilograms. Satellite.

This is one of the troubles caused by objects moving at high speeds. Even airplanes have records of being hit by birds during flight, let alone rockets that take off at dozens of times the speed of sound, the first cosmic speed. .

"Pay attention and try to speak as little nonsense as possible."

Yang Qing was silent for a moment and then ordered.

There was no way, although Yang Qing was not prepared to interfere with the operation of Blue Star, nor could he destroy the property of a certain country, but the spacecraft had already taken off, and it was absolutely impossible to modify the path of a few ordinary satellites.

After all, this spacecraft that serves as a lunar base is too big and does not have much room for error. It is impossible for him to take risks for a few backward space junks.

That's right, in Yang Qing's view, the Starlink satellites that represent new technologies are just a bunch of garbage. Not only do they not propose much new things, they also occupy precious low-orbit orbits, adding a bit of danger to future space exploration. .

SpaceX is not the first such low-orbit satellite. In the last century, Motorola once operated a low-orbit satellite communication system called Iridium, but it went bankrupt because of poor operation.

Of course, Starlink is not without progress. At least the Iridium satellite back then could only make phone calls, and the cost was extremely expensive, but Starlink was able to provide at least 50 mb/s downlink data services.

If Yang Qing does it, he only needs to provide three space wave base stations, and three satellites in high orbit that can cover the world, which can satisfy network communication services in any region in the world.

Although space wave base stations also require ground receivers, does Starlink not have ground receivers?

The speed of the spacecraft also continued to increase, now exceeding 1,500 kilometers per hour, and soon entered the low-orbit satellite area of ​​more than 500 kilometers.

After Xiao Ai's calculations, although there were often low-orbit satellites whizzing by, they did not pose any threat to the spacecraft, and they luckily escaped.

However, no matter how hard we try, there is no way to avoid all satellites in low-orbit space.

Since Blue Star launched its first artificial satellite on October 24, 1957, several major countries in the world have launched countless amounts of garbage into the sky.

The initial satellites were used for a very short time. Even the latest satellites will not be used for more than ten years in the harsh environment of space. Most of them are used for only a few years. Even the famous GPS Beidou navigation satellites are no exception.

Therefore, in ten years' time, a large number of these Starlink satellites may fail. If there are no good recycling preparations by then, then they will become a new source of garbage.

So until now, whether it is high orbit, low orbit or synchronous orbit, it is full of all kinds of scrapped satellite junk.

Among them, the high orbit is better. After all, there is a lot of available space. There is only one geostationary orbit. The low orbit has become a gathering place for garbage.

Xiao Ai can distinguish the satellites in operation, but there is no way to find all the scrapped products, so collisions are inevitable.

Therefore, Yang Qing could often see that occasionally a satellite would hit the protective cover in pieces.

The protective cover is a flexible cover. With a slight flick, the satellite debris becomes more tattered and is bounced away from the distance.

A lot of debris will be thrown out from it, adding a lot of space junk out of thin air.

The entire impact did not have any sound and light effects, it was completely a silent movie. If Xiaoai hadn't converted the detection radar effect into a visible image, then they would never have seen this happen.

Faced with such an impact, neither Yang Qing nor Xiao Ai ever thought of escaping, because the mass of the entire spacecraft was too great. There was no engine that could change his trajectory in a short time like the repulsion engine. .

"After we get to the moon, we should clean up the trash if we have time!"

Yang Qing looked at the fragments behind him that were still shining with reflective luster, and said to Xiao Ai.

He is worried that if this continues, the entire low-orbit space will be occupied by space junk. At that time, primitive rocket launches may bring unexpected disasters.

This actually has little impact on other countries, because among the countries that are still conducting manned spaceflight, apart from the International Space Station, which uses Russian spacecraft, only China is still trying continuously.

In addition to China's space station, there are also future moon landing operations.

Not only do these astronauts have to meet physical requirements, but their knowledge is much better than that of ordinary people.

Such elites take off on unprotected rockets and have little protection against space debris.

It is a pity that they died here, whether it was China or a foreign country. Clearing out the waterway would also make it easier for them to enter and exit.

Although our own spacecraft is protected by a protective shield, every collision consumes a lot of energy, so a clean channel is also very important.

"Star Chain is here!"

Following Xiao Ai's words, Yang Qing and Zhao Yuxi were all attracted and looked in the direction marked by Xiao Ai.

Far away, something like a string of fireflies flew towards this side.

This was not the first time they had seen Starlink satellites. They had passed several groups before, but it was worth reminding Xiao Ai that the group was about to collide with them.

Starlink satellites usually appear in clusters of more than a dozen, passing through the sky. As low-orbit satellites, they are extremely fast. The moment they are seen, there is no way to avoid them.

In less than a second when Yang Qing and the others looked at it, the string of fireflies suddenly expanded and headed straight towards the spacecraft.

In less than a second, like a meteor, one side of the spacecraft was hit mercilessly by twenty Starlink satellites.

It has to be said that without the support of sufficient speed, the spacecraft's mass of more than three million tons played a crucial role.

The protective cover on one side was hit one after another and compressed by three meters before the satellite was ejected.

The kinetic energy that hit the protective cover did not disappear at all, and was completely absorbed by the spacecraft hull.