Chapter 1094: Uninterrupted Live Broadcast in the Cabin!

After confirming that the spacecraft successfully entered orbit, Dongfeng Space City's external public communications were restored.

Nearly a hundred media outlets, which were already ready to go, broadcast the rebroadcast content in text or images in the shortest possible time.

At 12 noon, Station C's News 30 took the lead in broadcasting the news about "Shenzhou 5 was successfully launched and my country embarked on its first manned space journey."

However, this was just a routine midday news item.

As a result, the whole thing is quite restrained, lasting only about three minutes.

The only scenes involved are rocket ignition, booster separation and the commander-in-chief announcing the successful launch...

It was reported, but not fully reported.

Especially for many people who have been waiting for it for a long time, it is even more exciting.

Like some unscrupulous author.

I have already told you what plot will be written later, and I have used various means to build up the anticipation.

As a result, the update is very slow, which is very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, C is quite conscientious in this regard.

Although the noon report was not long, it also made it clear that after the news broadcast, there would be a special report on manned spaceflight that lasted about an hour.

It can be regarded as satisfying the requirements of domestic and foreign enthusiasts, as well as some people in the industry...

Of course, it is also a test for the work of Chang Haonan and others...

According to the plan, everything went on without any surprises.

11:46 p.m.

Chang Haonan, who had already completed preparations, picked up the intercom and ordered the Qingluan satellite group to formally access and forward the S-band communication signal sent by Shenzhou-5.

In just a few minutes, the image content after two relays was simultaneously transmitted back to the Tanzhou ground station in Beijing and the airship working in the stratosphere at an altitude of 35km.

The latter then sent the signal through the third relay to Haojing Ground Station and Dongfeng Space City.

The actual latency of the entire process is about 270 milliseconds.

Soon, the situation inside the spacecraft was once again displayed on the large screen in the launch command and control center.

The picture quality is clear and consistent.

According to the schedule, this will happen to be the astronauts' meal time.

In a state of weightlessness, inconspicuous food residue can cause serious trouble.

Therefore, it is impossible to place food on a plate or similar open container as on the ground.

Only refer to the design of toddler food to ensure maximum safety.

Or just make it all into chunks so you can eat it in one bite.

Therefore, the first picture displayed on the screen was that of the astronaut comrade squeezing a packaging bag that looked like sucking jelly.

However, it should be filled with pre-made fish-flavored shredded pork or Kung Pao chicken.

For him, this has been the content of countless trainings.

But this was the first time for many of the comrades on the ground to meet.

Therefore, this "macho man sucking jelly" action caused a burst of laughter, but unexpectedly made the atmosphere in the measurement and control hall relaxed a lot...

At this time, Shen Junrong turned his head and glanced at Chang Haonan next to him.

The latter was standing with his hands behind his back, looking at the screen with interest.

In the original timeline, because this period was still in a communication blind spot, the widely circulated scene of the astronauts eating only had a brief clip of swallowing lumpy food.

Obviously it is not as effective as the hardcore mukbang in front of you.

"Comrade Haonan, Comrade Haonan!"

After calling twice in a row, Chang Haonan turned his head.

"Mr. Shen?"

Shen Junrong pointed to the time displayed next to him:

"Why did you connect in advance?"

You know, there are still about 20 minutes before the spacecraft enters its third cycle around the earth.

The duration of each Shenzhou 5 lap is about 90 minutes.

In fact, the range that ground measurement and control stations/measurement and control ships can cover is quite limited.

Take the Kashgar Station and the Karachi Station with similar longitudes as examples. Although it is already the westernmost point of China's territory, it is not actually too long earlier than the Dongfeng Measurement and Control Station.

The spacecraft target was not captured until 10:31 on the first lap, 9 minutes before the end.

As a result, the second lap was almost 20 minutes ahead of schedule.

This is equivalent to extending the effective communication time to twice that of the past.

This does not include the part that will continue to be effective after leaving the island city measurement and control station.

Obviously there are some differences from the previous plan.

"The plan must be written more conservatively, leaving ourselves some room for maneuver..."

Chang Haonan’s answer highlighted a straightforward one:

"It may be because there are too few service objects connected to the network, so the effective acceptance angle of each antenna is larger than originally estimated, so it is equivalent to increasing the estimated coverage area."

"If calculated according to the current situation, by the 8th and 9th Earth orbiting cycle, the effective connection time will be about 50 minutes..."

Faced with this answer, Shen Junrong could only respond with a helpless smile...

In the next few consecutive cycles, there are no special tasks, and the data transmission process is also quite smooth.

Only at 3:54 p.m., when Shenzhou 5, which had entered its fifth lap, made its first maneuverable orbit change to simulate avoiding space debris or docking a spacecraft, the signal fluctuated for a moment.

However, it did not reach the level of interruption, but the delay instantly increased to more than 500ms.

Just like that, time soon came to 7:30 in the evening.

That is the time when the special program was broadcast.

Considering that the spacecraft has not been recovered after all, it is impossible to open champagne in advance.

It is still in the form of reporting and interviews.

However, compared with the briefing at noon, it provides more comprehensive content.

There are also two guests to answer some questions raised by the host.

However, at this moment, the video materials that can be provided are actually quite limited.

There are only some scenes in the command and control hall and the work pictures of the astronauts in the first few laps of flight.

In order to fill the entire question and answer session, the screen behind the host must repeat these contents many times.

For those who are interested, the focus of this meeting is on the content of the interview, and those pictures will not be boring even if they are watched several times.

...

In a private house in Lianhai City.

An old man in his sixties, wearing a lieutenant colonel uniform, is sitting like an old monk, staring straight at the screen in front of him.

Until the voice of the little grandson next to him reached his ears:

"Grandpa, why are those paragraphs always playing back later?"

"Because..."

Until this time, he realized that his vision had been blurred by tears...

The old man's name is Meng Linsen. On the surface, he is just an ordinary old cadre who transferred from an air force pilot to the Lianhai Material Bureau and then retired.

But in fact, he was one of the 19 astronauts selected for the 714 Project 30 years ago.

It can be said that they are the earliest batch of "reserve astronauts" in China.

However, at that time, the conditions for manned space flight were indeed insufficient.

Therefore, in 1975, the project was completely discontinued.

Meng Linsen and more than a dozen of his colleagues were also ordered to return to their original troops, and they were destined to have no chance to go to the universe in this life.

But today, nearly 30 years after the dream was crushed, I have the opportunity to see Chinese astronauts successfully enter space...

Meng Linsen took a deep breath and adjusted his mood:

"Because the spacecraft is rotating outside the earth, it can only communicate with the ground when it passes over us..."

He gestured with his hands and explained the basic principles of the spacecraft to his grandson who looked confused.

However, before he finished speaking, he heard the voice of the host on TV:

"Next, we will witness with you the work and life of astronauts in space..."