Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 61 Pre-determined Orbit
Before this moment, the giant had always remained unassuming, with an ordinary appearance, just like a harmless little white rabbit.

But at this moment, once this giant stood up—he showed no hostility towards them, did not call for battle, did not make any conscious threats, and may not even have noticed their existence.

But simply standing up and revealing his true appearance almost overturned Mr. Locke's worldview.

He felt like he had always been a frog living in a well.

Looking at the officials from their own allied countries who were still gloating and reveling over the failure of their country's first rocket launch, Locke even felt a pang of pity.

Clearly, their country's intelligence capabilities are stronger, and they are unaware of the truth of the matter.

"Sometimes, ignorance is bliss."

He quietly abandoned the idea of ​​sharing this information with them and simply watched quietly.

The satellite broadcast focusing on that country's launch site continues.

People saw that less than half an hour after the first rocket launch failed, another rocket of the same size stood in front of the launch pad.

The officials looked at each other.

Is this a repetition of the previous scene? No, it doesn't seem like it. The time display is clearly inconsistent, and some details are also different from before.

So, is this... the second rocket?

We've arrived at the launch pad so quickly?

The officials felt a growing sense of unease.

Before long, blazing flames erupted from the tail of the new rocket. This time, the launch process continued.

The two mounting brackets on the launch pad were released, and the massive rocket, weighing over a thousand tons, soared into the sky, its speed increasing and its height rising higher and higher.

Jiang Yang stood at the window of the launch site building, looked up, and saw that the rocket, which was more than twenty stories high, had now become a tiny dot, and the details could no longer be seen with the naked eye.

His heart pounded as the rocket lifted off.

But the next moment, a dazzling light suddenly burst forth from the sky. This light was so intense that Jiang Yang even had the illusion that two suns appeared in the sky at the same time.

The light disappeared after a few seconds, and he saw countless tiny fragments falling like raindrops.

The deafening roar of the explosion finally arrived, like thunder. The shockwave followed the roar, and he clearly saw the trees next to the launch building sway violently.

The floor beneath my feet also vibrated slightly, yet clearly.

His heart sank slowly.

Jiang Yang knew that the rocket contained over 800 tons of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, kerosene, hydrazine fuel, and other fuels.

Clearly, the fuel exploded at that moment.

After a simple calculation, he arrived at the answer in his mind.

At the moment of the explosion, a total of approximately 9*10^12 joules, roughly equivalent to the energy of 2100 tons of TNT, was released in that instant.

"Rocket No. 2 suffered a thermal control failure, exploded and disintegrated, and the launch failed."

The cold, serious voice of the on-site commander, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, reached everyone's ears: "Immediately conduct a comprehensive inspection of the launch site according to the contingency plan, assess and repair the impact of this explosion on the launch site."

Rocket No. 3 is ready for launch.

"Yes."

……

International online conference room.

Under Mr. Locke's icy gaze, the officials from various countries attending the meeting stared nervously at the live broadcast.

It wasn't until the rocket exploded and disintegrated high in the sky that the officials seemed to finally have a huge weight lifted off their shoulders and suddenly became excited.

"Well done, buddy!" "Great!"

But the excited chatter abruptly stopped the next moment.

A new rocket stood before the launch pad.

The officials looked at each other, each seeing a look of seriousness on the other's face.

……

"emission!"

The massive rocket soared into the sky once more. A dozen seconds later, another dazzling burst of fire erupted in the sky.

The atmosphere in the international online conference room relaxed a little more.

But then a fourth rocket appeared, followed by a fifth, a sixth...

This marks the 12th consecutive failure of a giant rocket launch.

For any country, 12 consecutive rocket launch failures would be enough to tarnish its reputation, cause a huge uproar in the international community, and invite ridicule from the entire world.

All media outlets will report on it extensively, countless forces will take advantage of the chaos, and everyone in the country will lose face and be in a weak position in foreign relations.

If not handled properly, it could completely undermine the confidence of the country's citizens and trigger a series of unpredictable troubles.

But at this moment, none of the senior officials from various countries attending the meeting harbored a single thought of mockery.

This failure did not ease the already extremely heavy and oppressive atmosphere in the meeting room even slightly.

Regardless of whether these 12 rockets were successfully launched, just looking at the rockets themselves, what kind of industrial strength and social organization does it signify to produce 12 rockets in such a short period of time?
This is something you can't think about too deeply. Because if you think about it even a little bit, you'll immediately realize how cold and despairing the truth is.

Looking at the somber expressions of the officials, Locke sneered inwardly.

"Only 12 rockets, and you can't even handle it?"

With your country's intelligence capabilities, you should be getting the follow-up intelligence soon, right?

When you find out that there were a total of 180 rockets, and that they were all built in just five days, you... well, you'll see.

……

"emission!"

Scorching flames once again erupted from the tail of the massive rocket. Accompanied by a sudden burst of white mist, the 16th rocket launched into the air.

Jiang Yang had prepared for it to explode and disintegrate once again. But somewhat unexpectedly, this time, even after the rocket had been in the air for tens of seconds, and had even disappeared into the sky beyond the reach of the naked eye, he did not hear the cold announcement of "launch failure" from the on-site commander.

"Booster separation!"

"Third-stage rocket separation!"

"Second stage rocket separation!"

"Jet the fairing!"

"Entering the designated orbit!"

One after another, calm and firm commands, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, kept reaching Jiang Yang's ears.

At that moment, everyone looked up at the sky.

Although it was impossible to see anything with the naked eye, people still couldn't take their eyes off it for a moment.

Because everyone already knows this at this moment.

After 15 consecutive failures, the 16th giant rocket... succeeded, or at least came close to success!

(End of this chapter)