Homo sapiens

August 7th.

Luzon Branch.

Medan, Luzon Space Base.

An improved version of the Ape-eating Eagle launch vehicle is being erected in the launch tower.

After 12 consecutive test launches, the Ape-eating Eagle launch vehicle technology has finally reached a mature stage and can be used in space missions.

The improved version of the Ape-eating Eagle launch vehicle can have a payload of 150 tons in low-Earth orbit.

"10..."

"3..."

"0..."

boom! The engine nozzle of the Ape-eating Eagle launch vehicle spits out light blue flames, pushing the huge weight to sprint into the sky.

The Ape-eating Eagle launch vehicle, which has been improved and launched many times, made the engineers at the space base very calm, and no one was too nervous.

"Adjust the flying posture..."

"Breaking through the Karman line..."

"Core level one separation..."

After the spacecraft code-named New Luzon separated from the Ape-eating Eagle launch vehicle, it flew towards a higher orbit.

The autopilot system on the spacecraft flew upward at an angle with the help of the space positioning satellite system of the Space Division.

At this time, the speed of the New Luzon spacecraft is the first cosmic speed - 7.9 kilometers per second.

About 2533 seconds passed.

"Arrived at the predetermined altitude and began to adjust the flight posture."

"Start to slow down..."

At this time, the New Luzon spacecraft is in a mid-level orbit above low-Earth orbit, at an altitude of about 1,621 kilometers from the ground.

There is a special term for this altitude - the inner layer of the Van Allen Radiation Belts.

Very few spacecraft operate in this region for the simple reason that the radiation intensity here is very high and filled with large amounts of charged protons.

Without specially designed spacecraft, operating in the Van Allen radiation belts can easily be disturbed and damaged, resulting in reduced service life or even direct scrapping.

The New Luzon spacecraft adjusted its flight direction and began to orbit the earth, and its speed also dropped a lot.

…

The Luzon Space City recovered the first stage of Core 13 of the Monkey-eating Eagle that returned to the ground.

At the same time, another Ape-eating Eagle launch vehicle was already in place on the No. 2 launch tower of the space city.

Then it quickly launches into the air.

The Ape-eating Eagle No. 14 carries five astronauts on board.

The first manned space flight of Homo sapiens was to transport 5 astronauts into space at one time. Since it was a manned spacecraft, the spacecraft carried by the Ape-eating Eagle launch vehicle, the New Visayas, weighed 142 tons.

As the first batch of new humans in space, the astronauts were very excited.

After the launch vehicle and spacecraft separated, captain Meng Haiyang quickly ordered: "Everyone is in your place."

"receive."

Vice captain Maang Chuangxin, psychological counselor Zhang Gongyu, correspondent David Fernando, and maintenance technician Sha Yuegong each performed their duties and entered into working mode.

Mao Chuangxin stared at the dashboard: "It is estimated that there are still 3:21 seconds until we reach the predetermined position."

David, a communications soldier who also works on the radar, also had a very serious expression: "There are many Starlink satellites in the surrounding orbits and they are being tracked continuously."

"Stay alert." Meng Haiyang replied while looking at the manual driving instrument panel, ready for manual intervention at any time.

The next second.

A shrill alarm sounded in the cockpit.

David frowned: "The orbit of the target Starlink satellite 832 has changed abnormally. The supercomputer is simulating its trajectory... The simulation is completed. It is expected to be 2.7 kilometers away from us in 43 seconds. It is not ruled out that it will get closer."

Meng Haiyang made a prompt decision, quickly manually intervened in the driving, and cut into the No. 7 alternate flight route.

The spacecraft's auxiliary engine spit out flames and changed its flight path to avoid the Starlink satellite.

Soon the New Visayas flew over the orbital area of ​​the Starlink satellites.

In fact, Starlink satellites often "go out of control", especially when Homo sapiens launches spacecraft, frictions often occur between the two parties.

Last month, a Homo sapiens spy satellite knocked out three Starlink satellites in one go.

Since Homo sapiens satellites are made of very good materials and have special anti-collision designs and protective armor, they are naturally not afraid of collisions with Starlink satellites.

If the gamma ray cannon had not yet matured, Meng Haiyang would not have chosen to change orbit, but would have directly fired the cannon to destroy the Starlink satellite.

Homo sapiens are very aware of the purpose of the Starlink system. After all, the intelligence within the US military is transparent to sapiens.

The U.S. military supports Musk in developing the Starlink system, naturally not for satellite communications, but for anti-missile, positioning, monitoring and attacking spacecraft of other forces, and also to occupy precious low-Earth orbit.

There are currently more than 2,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, and 40,000 are planned to be deployed in the future. Their orbits are at an altitude of 540 to 560 kilometers.

Such a large satellite will quickly fill the entire earth's low-Earth orbit.

By then, the US military will definitely "satellite out of control" every now and then.

Even if it is not out of control, other forces will not be able to operate satellites in low-Earth orbit, and it will even be difficult to safely launch spacecraft through low-Earth orbit.

Homo sapiens' space division has also made corresponding response plans.

On the one hand, it is also launching satellites frantically to seize orbital resources in low-Earth orbit.

On the other hand, it is necessary to do a good job in the protective design of the spacecraft and set up an emergency system for rapid maneuvering orbit changes to rely on hard power to fight against the threat of the Starlink system.

The spacecraft launched this time has protective armor and an emergency orbit change system.

After avoiding the Starlink satellite, about 4 minutes and 17 seconds later, the spacecraft finally entered the predetermined orbit.

Meng Haiyang breathed a sigh of relief: "Nothing dangerous."

He turned his head and ordered: "David, report our situation to the ground command center."

"Received." David quickly sent a situation report email to the ground command center according to the procedures of space work regulations.

Meng Haiyang, Mao Chuangxin, Zhang Gongyu, and Sha Yuegong began to adjust their flying posture and speed in preparation for rendezvous with the previous New Luzon spacecraft.

the other side.

Luzon Space City continues to launch launch vehicles, launching half of the 16 launch vehicles in stock at a frequency of once every half hour.

In other words, Luzon Space City will launch 10 launch vehicles today, and the remaining 8 will be used as emergency backup.

The 10 spacecraft will converge in the Van Allen radiation belts at an altitude of 1,600 kilometers and then form the Homo sapiens space station.

The entire Homo sapiens space station will have a mass of about 1,100 tons, including 240 tons of spare fuel, and a recently developed space thorium-based molten salt nuclear reactor.

The reactor uses the newly developed lead-tungsten gold alloy, directly uses thermoelectric power generation as the power generation method, plus storage batteries, power transformation and distribution devices, and emergency systems, all integrated on a spacecraft, with a power generation of 5 megawatts. watt.

Therefore, the Homo sapiens space station does not need to be equipped with solar panels, and its combined appearance is obviously different from the International Space Station.

In addition, in order to combat the high-energy particles and cosmic radiation in the Van Allen radiation belt, the Homo sapiens space station adopts an artificial magnetic field protection system, which uses the surging electric energy of the nuclear reactor to resist high-energy particles and cosmic radiation.

The entire space station currently contains a nuclear power module, two power modules, a node module, two living modules, and four experimental modules.

The total mass is 1,100 tons and the internal volume is 2,432 cubic meters, which can accommodate 10 astronauts stationed for a long time at the same time.

Of course, this is not the complete version of the space station.

It only took the Homo Sapiens Space Division one day to build a large space station in Earth's middle orbit.

This speed has stunned the forces that are paying attention to the Homo sapiens space industry.

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