Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 62 Hohmann Transfer
call……

With the 16th launch mission successfully passing through its most dangerous phase, not only Gu Changshan, Jiang Yang, and others in the launch building breathed a sigh of relief, but also officials from various countries in the international online conference room.

That was a kind of thought that was hard to describe.

What should have been a good thing for our side was the failure of that Eastern country's launch, but in the end, the continuous launches turned into an ordeal and torture for our side.

Silently, people were even hoping that there would be no more launches, no more launches.

How can we get that country to stop this near-mad display of power and halt its rocket launches?

Clearly, they won't give up until they achieve their goal.

Then, let's just succeed once, launch successfully quickly, and then stop these crazy actions...

In this way, we will no longer have to endure the torment.

Now, that moment has finally arrived.

They finally launched successfully!
Although he didn't show it on his face, a thought flashed through his mind at the same time.

"It's finally over..."

But the scene shown on the live stream the next moment plunged them into despair once again.

Another giant rocket of the same model appeared in front of the launch pad.

This is the 17th one!
One official finally lost his temper: "These damned yellow-skinned monkeys, what exactly do they want to do, what do they want to do!"

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Those at the launch site did not hear the cries of those in distant lands. Even if they had, the giant's steps would never cease because of the clamor of ants.

As the 17th rocket was being prepared, the voice of the on-site commander came again: "Reporting to all leaders, it has been confirmed that the lunar probe satellite aboard the No. 16 rocket has deviated by about 0.6% in its orbital insertion. We are currently adjusting the orbit, which will be completed in about 5 hours. At that time, we will start the acceleration maneuver again to enter the Earth-Moon Hohmann transfer orbit."

Jiang Yang knew that under normal circumstances, a 0.6% deviation in orbit would essentially mean the complete failure of the launch mission.

But for people at this moment, this is nothing. Because these rockets and satellites were designed from the outset with the idea of ​​maximizing safety redundancy, their fault tolerance is greater than that of previous normal launches.

These deviations can be completely corrected and will not affect subsequent progress.

One team shifted its focus to tracking and adjusting the only successfully launched satellite in real time, while the rest of the team continued with their previous tasks.

"emission!"

At five different launch sites, rocket launches continue uninterrupted, seemingly without end.

Finally, on the 36th launch, another lunar satellite successfully entered Earth orbit and began attitude and orbit adjustments in preparation for entering the Hohmann transfer orbit, followed by the third and the fourth.

At this moment, all four high-precision probe satellites that need to go to the moon are ready.

Originally, only three satellites were needed; the fourth satellite was just an emergency backup.

For people at this stage, the most difficult and most likely to fail approach to launching a satellite to the moon is the phase of launching it into Earth orbit using a giant rocket.

Once this stage is over, the subsequent journey to the moon via the Hohmann transfer orbit, although difficult and technologically demanding, will be of little consequence to people.

The success rate of maneuvering these satellites into lunar orbit is at least 90%. With the backup satellite in place, success can essentially be declared.

Just then, the voice of the on-site commander came again: "Reporting to all leaders, the orbit of Satellite No. 1 has been adjusted and it has officially entered the Earth-Moon Hohmann transfer orbit."

Jiang Yang looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through the azure sky, extending to a tiny satellite thousands of kilometers above the Earth's surface. Resembling a small car, it was a satellite launched into space with the combined resources of an entire nation. Its thrusters activated again, propelling its small body forward once more.

Obviously, the faster it goes, the flatter its orbit around the Earth will become, and the farther away its apogee will be.

Just like a comet that only enters the inner solar system once every few decades or even hundreds of years.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how flat the orbit or how far the apogee, it still cannot escape Earth's gravitational field unless it reaches the second cosmic velocity.

But what if... its apogee happens to fall into the Moon's gravitational field?

In this way, at the end of its orbit, it was blocked by the moon's gravitational field and captured by the moon, changing its orbit from orbiting the earth to orbiting the moon.

This is the Earth-Moon Hohmann transfer orbit, which is also the most fuel-efficient orbit for launching man-made objects from Earth to the Moon.

At this moment, Satellite No. 1 embarked on its long journey to the moon.

The launch mission continues at the launch site.

Satellites have a higher priority. Now that the satellites have been launched, it's the lunar rover's turn.

The launch of the four satellites consumed a total of 73 rockets. More than 200 rockets remain available.

As darkness fell, the five launch sites continued to roar, and lightning flashed across the clear, star-studded sky.

Across the vast land, giant special-purpose trucks continue to speed relentlessly. From the major primary and secondary assembly plants down to the very end, manufacturers of special bolts, fasteners, and cables, the work continues without pause.

International online conference room.

The attendees' expressions were already numb.

In the live broadcast, whether the launch was successful or failed, it seemed to have nothing to do with them anymore, and could no longer cause them any emotional fluctuations.

Mr. Locke had already fallen silent.

When the 180th rocket launch failed, and then the 181st rocket appeared, he fell into a long silence and never uttered another word.

At this moment, the 226th rocket began preparations for launch.

He glanced at the officials, who looked like deflated balloons, and muttered, "I suggest this meeting end here."

The next moment, he very rudely got up and left the venue.

There's really no need to continue this meeting.

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The darkness recedes, and the morning sun rises.

When Jiang Yang arrived at the launch building again, he received the latest situation report from the on-site command.

"15 lunar rovers have been successfully launched. Including the previous satellites, a total of 266 rockets have been used. We still have 26 rockets available."

The successful completion of the launch mission should have been a good thing. But Jiang Yang felt no excitement at this moment, only heaviness.

He knew that he had to face the things he had been unwilling to face before.

Manned launch.

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