Chapter 869 Space Capsule Docking

The speed of the carrier rocket without air resistance increased again, and it quickly approached the orbit at a height of 420 kilometers.

After reaching 400 kilometers from the ground, the head fairings of the two launch vehicles were separated from the launch vehicle at the same time, revealing the two circular space capsules inside, and these two space capsules were placed vertically on the head of the launch vehicle and in the body.

At the moment when the fairing was detached and the space capsule was successfully exposed, the engines of the two launch vehicles were turned off at the same time, and the speed of the launch vehicle dropped instantly, allowing the two space capsules to separate from the launch vehicle very naturally.

Two six-meter-long, nearly three-meter-diameter space capsules flew forward at an unabated speed after detaching from the launch vehicle.

At this time, the two launch vehicles have already started the return and landing procedure, and the two space capsules are getting farther and farther away.

In outer space, the two launch vehicles continued to fly forward, but because they did not activate any power, they all relied on inertial force to move forward.

At this time, the speed of the two space capsules remained the same, and at the same time, several small tail nozzles on the space capsule also began to slightly adjust the direction and route of the space capsule.

In the end, under the control of the ground personnel, the two space capsules just stopped in space 420 kilometers above the ground, and began to move in orbit along with the gravity of the earth.

Since the two capsules are launched at the same time, ground personnel are required to control the connection of the capsules.

However, the connection work did not start immediately, but first started to check the data and situation of the two space capsules at the moment, to make sure that the two space capsules were exactly at the same height, before approaching the connection, this angle and high speed must be done first. confirm.

And when the work is here, it is the final link. At this time, even Cai Ruichen couldn't keep calm completely.

It can be said that 99% of the entire launch work has been completed, only the last one percent is missing, but this one percent. If it fails. Ninety-nine percent of previous successes were also failures.

However, the staff who are controlling the two space capsules are very calm, because they have simulated this kind of control work no less than tens of thousands of times, and they have grasped every detail. They have also reached the level of nuance.

not to mention. Next to them, there is an excellent team providing them with sufficient data and guidance.

After determining the positions and velocities of the two space capsules, the engines on the space capsules also started to run officially.

The long cylindrical space capsule, with two circular sections facing each other, approached at an extremely slow speed under the impetus of its own power.

In the ground control center. After the two space capsules got closer to less than half a meter, almost everyone held their breath. Looking at the space capsule in the projection, it fits together little by little.

When the two space capsules were completely fitted together, everyone in the entire control center cheered.

In fact, after manually adjusting the angle to a certain distance, the built-in control chips of the two space capsules have already started to operate, using the laser calibration function to firmly keep the two connection points at the same position.

When the laser calibration starts to work, there is no need for ground personnel to operate at all, and the two space capsules can complete the connection by themselves.

The whole process was also very smooth, the two space capsules were stuck together until the interface was closed, the connector started to work, and the two space capsules were successfully locked together without any mistakes.

The first node of the future space station has succeeded in this way, but this is only the first step in the long march.

In the future, more space capsules will continue to be launched, and eventually a huge space station will be formed in space 420 kilometers above the ground.

This space station is definitely not what everyone imagined, it is just a space station for experiments, but it is Cai Ruichen's first step in his ambition to go out of the earth.

The future future space station will definitely be a veritable space port. Yes, the so-called space station is only used to confuse everyone.

Cai Ruichen's real goal is to build a space port in the earth's space that can meet the needs of future space development.

The two docked space capsules in front of them are just lice on the elephant's body for the future plan of the entire space station, which is extremely insignificant.

Otherwise, there is absolutely no need for Cai Ruichen to waste money on building a space station. The big boss has always hoped to cooperate with the Future Technology Group in the development of the Tiangong space station.

If it is really just a small space station, Cai Ruichen can cooperate with his hometown. With the excellent performance of the future launch vehicle and the technology of space development, his hometown will be very welcome.

After all, the plan to build the Tiangong space station in my hometown is also a lot of consumption, and the speed of progress of the plan is not very fast.

And my hometown has no choice but to do it myself. After all, countries with money and technology have participated in the International Space Station project, and these countries have no extra funds to build another space station with my hometown.

Coincidentally, the Future Technology Group has money and technology, and the big boss naturally thought of Cai Ruichen immediately.

However, it is a pity that Cai Ruichen did not agree to the cooperation of his hometown, but he did not refuse, but said that he would discuss it in detail when he had time.

However, what the big boss didn't expect was that Cai Ruichen would make such a sudden move, and he wasn't even prepared for it. Similarly, the high-level executives of any country in the world were also unprepared.

Because no one thought that Cai Ruichen's heart would be so big, and he really did it. Building a space station by himself is simply a lunatic.

And the lunatic is already very flattering Cai Ruichen, at least he has such skills, otherwise, it would be a lack of human support.

Inside the control center, there was a sea of ​​cheers, but Cai Ruichen, as the leader, naturally thought of not cheering, but giving an explanation to the outside world.

According to the constitution of the United Nations, any country or organization has the right to use space peacefully. The development of space stations by future technology groups is a legal thing in the world, and no one will interfere.

But for those who like to bad-mouth the future technology group, Cai Ruichen still feels that it is necessary to establish an undefeated image of the future technology group in the world.

Such an image is equivalent to a benchmark that everyone wants to surpass. It just so happens that Cai Ruichen is never afraid of any challenge, but is worried that the level of the challenger is too low. (to be continued ~^~)