Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 357 Magic Satellite

The first Philosopher's Stone was successfully made a day later and placed on Murphy's desk.

It was a bright red, crystal-like stone, slightly smaller than Nicolas Flamel's. Snape explained this by saying that Murphy had obtained less of the original substance than Flamel had.

Tests have shown that this magic stone can stably provide magic at a rate of 600 "habs" per second.

The so-called "Harbour" is a unit of magical power named after Haldan Harbour.

One haber is roughly equivalent to the magical power required for a single glowing light to illuminate an ordinary classroom.

Under extreme conditions, even a mana consumption of 800 hubs per second will not reduce the total mana of the magic stone.

This is roughly equivalent to the normal magic output of four hundred ordinary wizards.

Therefore, such a magic stone could be used to power a magic radar.

This is under the condition of continuous use of the magic stone. In fact, due to the magic regeneration effect of the magic stone, the smaller the magic loss, the higher the recovery efficiency. If the magic stone is used intermittently, allowing time for magic regeneration, its maximum output can be even higher.

To put this effect simply, if a magic stone consumes 2,000 haber magic power, it may take 2 seconds to recover. However, if it only consumes 1,000 haber magic power, the recovery time will be less than 1 second.

The principle behind this effect is unknown, but based on this effect, trying to increase the frequency of magic output and cessation may increase the total amount of magic output.

Calculations show that if the magic power is output at a high frequency of 1 kilohertz with intermittent magic power output, the magic power output per second of the magic stone can reach more than 8,000 habers, and this is not far from the limit of the magic stone.

Using this magic stone, Murphy created the first stable large-scale magic source in the newly built national laboratory of the Soviet Union.

The magic oscillation frequency is 13,000 hertz, and the magic output is 46,000 hubs per second. This is enough to power more than ten magic metal production plants and dozens of magic radars.

However, having only this one source of magic is far from enough for the development of magical technology.

While the magic antennas were being deployed on the ground, Murphy launched another project: the magic detection satellite.

He plans to miniaturize the magic detection radar and install it on a satellite. After all, scanning the ground from satellite orbit will hardly encounter any obstacles, which is more convenient than scanning on the ground. As long as it is not in geostationary orbit, it will be like a super radar that scans the globe around the clock. Compared with building radar systems on the ground, it is much more cost-effective.

The technical difficulty is not high, and many modules can be directly optimized using the geological satellite solution.

Moreover, these satellites can also serve as magical communication relay stations for Murphy. Furthermore, with the continued advancement of magical metal smelting technology and magical radar technology, it is possible to transform those satellite remote sensing radars into spell amplifiers like the Murphy Raven Matrix, turning them into aerospace weapons.

Of course, there are still many technical problems to be solved before we can get to that point, but at present, there are no absolute technical bottlenecks. There are still a lot of ready-made solutions available for reference in Muggle Technology.

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In the spring of 95, thanks to the combined effects of continuously improving detection accuracy and expanding detection range, primary substances were successively discovered.

Larger primordial materials were used directly to create Philosopher's Stones, while smaller ones were used to create smaller or even micro-philosopher's stones for use on magic detection satellites, and some were used for research.

Scientists have now learned some of the secrets of the original substance.

The vast majority of the original substance is indeed biological tissue, and some of these biological tissues, after analysis, can be found in similar parts of animals. For example, they once found a half wolf tooth encased in ice in the Alps, which, apart from being two or three times larger, was almost identical in shape to the tooth of the European grey-backed wolf.

However, once these biological tissues are removed from their original protection, their magic will be lost very quickly. When their magic drops to a certain level, they will lose their activity and then rapidly degenerate or even decay. Philosopher's Stones are the best way to preserve them for a long time.

Therefore, after conducting the necessary research, Murphy would usually turn this part of the original substance into miniature Philosopher's Stones.

With the energy problem solved, Murphy's Magic Satellite project is progressing rapidly.

In March, after the first experimental satellite was launched into space by a Soviet rocket, the second and third satellites were soon launched as well.

Meanwhile, in order to improve launch efficiency, the already established Aerospace Research Institute of the National Science and Technology City of the Soviet Union has collaborated with wizards to explore the possibility of applying almost all of the wizards' spells, such as enlargement and shrinking spells, levitation spells, traceless stretching spells, waterproof and moisture-proof spells, fireproof spells, throwing spells, cleaning spells, and permanent adhesive spells, to the aerospace field.

Its prospects are also extremely optimistic. A Soviet aerospace scientist calculated that even a simple Unseen Extension Spell could easily increase the carrying capacity of any rocket by seventy or eighty times. Such a terrifying increase in carrying capacity means that a single rocket could carry the materials needed for an entire International Space Station.

The cost of human space exploration has decreased dramatically.

Since adding the Unseal Stretch Charm requires almost no additional adaptation or modification, the Unseal Stretch Charm launch vehicle was officially implemented just one month later.

Murphy's plan to deploy tens of thousands of magical satellites in low Earth orbit to create a magical star chain was thus immediately freed from any obstacles.

So, starting in April, the Soviet Union began releasing satellites into space like scattering grass seeds.

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The Soviet Union was launching a rocket almost every two days, and then a rocket carrying hundreds of satellites, which terrified the Americans to the point of losing their minds.

After analysis, a senior consultant concluded, "The Soviets believed in our Star Wars program, and what's frightening is that they actually intended to implement it!"

The so-called Star Wars program is a multi-layered space defense plan proposed by the United States, with outer space as the main base and consisting of global surveillance, early warning and identification systems, interception systems, and command, control and communication systems.

Because the concept was too advanced, the technical difficulties it faced and the astronomical military expenditures made it unfeasible. It had essentially become a scam to deceive the Soviet Union and deplete its resources.

However, now, the Soviets are actually going to actually launch the Star Wars program!

The way they're doing this isn't launching a satellite; it's clearly building a space iron curtain at the speed of a frog giving birth!

Having been betrayed by Great Britain and still not recovered, the United States is now facing this from the Soviet Union. Suddenly, the US feels that this Cold War, which had just begun to show signs of victory, has suddenly become bleak.

By May, Murphy had over three hundred satellites in low orbit. While this wasn't enough to cover the entire Earth's surface, it was sufficient for him to do some things.

"Lucas, connect to the Starlink satellite network and search for the magical characteristics of the 'Our Lady'."

"Global manhunt initiated now."

(End of this chapter)