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During this time, the outside world has maintained a very high degree of attention to the relevant launch missions of the Infinite Gravity Group, especially those astronomy enthusiasts and technology fans have followed the festival, and they have launched enthusiastically on the Internet and in reality. discussion.

It is important to know that the large man-made object in Earth orbit that they could see with their telescopes was an International Space Station, and of course, the Tiangong Space Station, which only completed its phased mission last year.

But this year is different. Infinite Gravity Group has three large-scale observable bodies in Earth's orbit, one is the'Nantianmen' space station that has already begun to take shape, and the remaining two are relay satellite combinations. There is also an asteroid belt probe assembly!

In particular, the combination of these two detectors has received even more attention than the'Nantianmen' space station. After all, the space station is no longer a rare thing for everyone. Now the sky adds up to 3 As for a space station, you can see this thing if you want to see it.

However, the launch of the two detector assemblies is different. You should know that although Infinite Gravity Group has already announced the launch plan before, how can the dry data and PPT pictures be the same as now? Compare with the behemoth seen from the telescope!

You should know that even if the relay satellite detector assembly is relatively small in size, its overall length has reached the size of 160 meters. The largest width is the combination of the rocket propeller and the ion engine at the rear. The diameter here It has reached the size of 25 meters!

The asteroid belt probe assembly is more than double the size of the relay satellite, so the entire assembly is about one-third larger than it!

Such a large size is even much larger than the International Space Station in terms of scale. Of course, such a large size is more attractive.

The reason why they have attracted so much attention is mainly due to the huge folding solar sail with a diameter of 100 meters on the assembly.

After the combination is completed, the folding solar sails on the two assemblies are respectively tested for opening and closing, to test whether the performance of the solar sail can meet the design requirements, and also to do a comprehensive inspection to ensure future tasks It can successfully complete its mission.

It was these two test missions that attracted the attention of the whole world. Because of the detailed test, the folded solar sail flew 8 times around the earth after fully opening, which lasted for about 10 hours.

The reason why they can attract people's attention is that this golden-coated solar sail really shines after reflecting the sunlight!

During the 10 hours of their testing, people all over the world can see their shining light with the naked eye, and their brightness is lit up in the sky with two stars that are more than 20 times the brightness of a first-class star. In the same way, even the sun's rays cannot block its shining, how can such an artificial miracle not be amazing!

Even if the solar sails are collected after the test is completed, the telescopes that can be bought with a few hundred dollars can see the figures of the two assemblies in the earth's orbit, and many people can take pictures of them. Photos or videos come out to show off, because this is really a cool thing.

Because such photos or videos can get a lot of likes every time, of course, for those who are in the limelight, of course, they must not let go!

With the official announcement of Infinite Gravity Group, after all the satellites and components of the relay satellite assembly have been launched, everyone's attention has even increased to a peak!

Because the meaning of this is very clear, that is, the first large-scale satellite launch mission of the first innovative model of mankind is officially started!

You should know that so far, humans have not launched more than 100 satellites at one time. Such launches have been carried out several times now, but these multi-satellite satellites are basically small in mass. satellite.

For example, in 2017, the space research organization of the three countries used a "polar orbit satellite carrier rocket" to record a record of 104 satellites, 101 of which were aliens.

However, the total mass of the payload launched this time is only a pitiful figure of 1380 kg. This weight is not even enough for the 3 relay satellites that Infinite Gravity Group is about to launch, so you can know why this launch is compared. Called by the media as an unprecedented and historical launch mission!

It should be known that the infinite satellite group is about to launch the relay satellite assembly. The weight of the 120 relay satellites has reached 60,000 kilograms, which is 60 tons.

Coupled with the bracket of the combination, the rocket booster and the fuel carried, the ion engine, the solar sail and the deep space probe at the top, etc., the launch scale of the whole combination is really amazing!

Not to mention the significance of launching is different. The significance of launching Earth orbit satellites and the relay satellites that Infinite Gravity Group is about to launch from Earth orbit into the solar system is completely incomparable.

Lei Tiantang is also paying attention to this launch, although it is said that whether it is a relay satellite assembly to be launched soon, or an asteroid belt detector assembly to be launched next month, it is a new type of deep space laboratory. The experimental launch mission of the detector launch project, but this does not mean that their significance to the company is low.

It is necessary to know that the manufacturing and launch costs of these detectors have reached the figure of 1.2 billion US dollars. If Lei Tiantang does not pay much attention to the investment of money, he is very concerned about the time.

Although these two launching missions are technical verification projects, they are capable of performing many tasks whether they are relay satellites or asteroid belt probes. If the launch fails, it will really delay the company. If the launch mission is serious, it will even delay the company's subsequent space program.

So even if he knew that the entire launch process could be seen in real time at the company headquarters, Lei Tiantang personally flew to the'Gaia' rocket launch base to cheer them up.

And because it is a launch mission in Earth orbit, there is nothing to be seen on the ground base, so this time there is no invitation to come here to visit the base, so this combined launch will be directly in the company If you want to watch it on the official website, you can see it more clearly on the official website.