Chapter 1293: The Far-Reaching Impact of the Space Fishing Ship Program

While Chang Haonan was busy promoting new technologies to more industries.

Qiong Province.

The Kuaizhou-1 Yao-2 rocket, which was originally used as a backup for the space fishing boat mission, has entered the launch site and is carrying out final preparations before ignition at the same location.

As the only administrative region in China that is entirely located in the tropics, there is actually no obvious boundary between the four seasons here.

Therefore, although it is already the end of November, the overall environment has not changed much compared to three months ago.

At least there was no chance of snow.

You don't even need to wear autumn clothes in the conventional sense.

Therefore, the arrangements for various preparations are almost the same as the previous launch.

However, the Second Artillery Corps, which was responsible for executing the specific launch process at the time, also had to undertake combat readiness tasks, and it was definitely impossible for it to come over every few days to help launch rockets.

So this time, all instructions and operations can only be completed by the technical team sent by CASIC and some command personnel transferred from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

To be on the safe side, Zhao Fuyuan came here again and personally took charge of the technical support for the launch mission.

In fact, in addition to being the chief designer of the rocket, he is now also the deputy director of the launch vehicle business department of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, which is considered to be part of his job.

This department was originally temporarily established within the Ninth Academy to safeguard the space fishing boat project. It was planned to be directly abolished after the mission was completed, and the subsequent launch vehicle projects will still be carried out by each academy.

However, the advertising effect of that global live broadcast was so good that it was not only not cancelled, but instead became a separate business unit directly under the group level.

It is expected to be formally established at the beginning of next year.

In addition, the measurement and control mission for this launch can only be kept simple. A Yuanwang survey ship that has not yet returned will confirm the separation process of the second and third stages in the Western Pacific, and the rented Alcantara Space Center in Brazil will finally confirm the satellite's orbital entry.

Although the space fishing boat mission itself has ended with the fall of space debris No. 40396 into the atmosphere and the impact threat to the International Space Station has been completely eliminated, it is one of the two most influential events in the international aerospace industry in the 21st century (the other is the loss of Columbia), and its impact is still lasting and far-reaching.

China's aerospace industry, which was originally in a semi-isolated state, seized this brief but effective window very efficiently. Before the heat of the incident ended, it had signed a series of deeply binding cooperation agreements with multiple countries and organizations.

One of the most efficient is to cooperate with Brazil and use the infrastructure of the Alcantara Space Center to supplement China's global space tracking and control network.

The launch mission was completed on September 9, and the two sides signed a memorandum of cooperation on the 3th of that month, which was officially announced to the public a week later.

Even the National Day holiday was not missed.

In addition to the traditional space cooperation relationship between Brazil and China, which already has well-established communication channels, another important reason is the high maintenance costs of a space launch site. Brazil, including the entire South America, does not have many space launch missions and is in urgent need of international business.

The terms involved in this cooperation also include the future launch of the Chinese carrier rocket in Alcantara.

Of course, this is a condition that Brazil took the initiative to propose...

"Director Zhao!"

An engineer wearing work clothes from China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation came running behind Zhao Fuyuan in the temporary command post with a document in his hand:

"All subsystems of the rocket have been checked and confirmed to be in good working order, ready for launch at any time."

CASIC does not have the command system of the Second Artillery Missile Brigade. In addition, the infrastructure in this area is relatively lacking, so many procedural links can only be completed through the most traditional methods.

The latter took the document, read it carefully twice from beginning to end, signed his name on the last page, and handed it back to the other party:

"Have the inspection technicians evacuate first and wait for the launch window...Also, do not erect the rocket yet. Maintain the current state and wait for my next command."

"Yes!"

The engineer who came to report did not hesitate, but quickly picked up the radio communicator and began to convey instructions.

But Hu Maoyang, another subsystem manager from the production department, looked puzzled. He came over with a paper list of precautions in his hand and asked:

"Director Zhao, referring to the traditional liquid rocket launch mission, shouldn't we wait for the launch window in the erected state?"

The launch vehicle business of CASIC was just getting started, and the comrades at the Xichang Launch Center had rarely seen this kind of thing that needed to be erected before launch, so there was no particularly complete standard for each process, and they could only refer to the mature experience of sister units.

"Well... this time is a little different."

Zhao Fuyuan said as he picked up a telescope from the side and looked towards the entrance of the launch site, as if he was waiting for something:

"Some customers have asked to watch the entire launch, so we'll have to wait until they're in place."

"Watching the launch?"

Hu Maoyang looked with some disbelief at the launch vehicle in the distance that looked almost the same as the Dongfeng 31, except that it was slightly longer.

In order to dilute the militaristic nature of the Kuaizhou-1 rocket as much as possible, the payload of this launch was a dozen tiny satellites developed by various universities, including many from foreign customers.

But customers are customers, and not just anyone can come and watch this kind of launch mission.

"The space agency only informed me of this last week. This must have been a sudden development."

Zhao Fuyuan replied:

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"When we took the model to Singapore for an exhibition, some Gulf countries expressed interest. Now that the first launch has been successful and has caused such a big international response, I guess they can't sit still any longer."

This answer did not reduce the confusion on Hu Maoyang's face.

Among the dozen or so satellites in the fairing, there is indeed one from Riyadh University, but for both Saudi Arabia and China, it is obviously not worth it to make a special trip just for such a small thing.

Therefore, this visit to the launch is probably just a pretext, and there may be more in-depth content later.

But that's not what he should know.

But it would be inappropriate to leave the conversation like this, so I had to change the subject:

"So all our future launch missions will be carried out here?"

"Yes."

Zhao Fuyuan retracted his gaze and nodded:

"The superiors considered that this location had been exposed after being used once, and the launch position located in the northeast of Qiongdao itself did not have much practical value, so they simply designated this place as a launch site."

Hu Maoyang's eyes lit up:

"Specially for our solid rockets?"

"How is that possible... We can only fire a few rounds a year..."

Zhao Fuyuan showed an expression that he couldn't hold back:

"The launch site in Qiong Province is a big plan. We will expand it here later to accommodate various new generation launch vehicles, including us..."

"..."

While the two were talking, a convoy of luxurious minibuses drove over from a distance.

"The rightful owner is here!"

Zhao Fuyuan put down the telescope in his hand:

"Attention all units, enter the launch preparation phase!"