Several things that appeared to be fragments of the rocket body were scattered on the ground like rain, giving the impression that they had been peeled off the rocket body. Alex realized that the fragments he was looking at were actually the insulation layer of the rocket, which was made of foamed plastics.
In order to prevent the low temperature of the ground from affecting the material structure of the rocket body while the rocket was still on the surface, engineers attached these items to both the outer shell of the rocket body and the interior of the rocket body while the rocket was still on the surface. When the rocket takes off, intense friction with the surrounding atmosphere will cause the plastic foam to peel away, resulting in the debris that can be seen right now.
Although there were constant reports sounding in the control hall, Alex's slightly nervous mood began to calm down as he listened carefully to the "normal" and "normal" one by one.
The direction of the rocket's ascent changed slightly after it had taken off more than 20 seconds after it had taken off. After a while, it stopped pointing vertically up to the sky and started drifting slightly eastward. Because the earth's rotation is from west to east, shifting to the east can take advantage of the earth's rotation to increase its speed. Changing to the east can also increase the speed of the earth's rotation.
Approximately one minute later, all four boosters attached to the Hercules rocket body separated from the rocket at the same time. They have completed their tasks, and it is now time to depart. Because the rocket's speed has not yet reached the first cosmic speed of the earth, the boosters that have fallen from the rocket will fall to the earth at a very high rate and will be destroyed by the violent friction with the surrounding atmosphere. Moreover, if the combustion is insufficient, it is possible that some debris will fall to the ground.
Having completed the separation of the booster, it was time to complete the separation of the first stage engine. The Hercules rocket has a three-stage structure, which helps to ensure that it has a powerful thrust when launched. The first-level engine is in charge of the most important and most difficult task of all three levels of the structure hierarchy. As a result, it is also the most significant. Approximately 30 meters is the length of the first stage engine on the Hercules rocket, which has a total overall length of 70 meters.
The Hercules rocket was still flying at high speed, but the flames at the end of its tail had vanished at that precise moment. The following second, the thirty-meter-long first-stage engine blasted away from the rocket with a resounding bang. Also like a previously separated booster, it plummeted to the surface of the planet before disappearing in the ensuing violent friction with the atmosphere.
The first-stage engine has been deactivated, and the second-stage engine has been ignited, and it will now take on the enormous responsibility of continuing to propel the rocket into orbit and beyond.
The second-stage engine's ignition took less than a minute to get going, and then it followed in the footsteps of the first-stage engine, which was already running. It also fell off the rocket and into the atmosphere, and the third-stage engine began to fire as a result of the accident.
This moment, the Hercules rocket is more than 300 kilometers above the surface of the planet and has reached the maximum altitude of the low-Earth orbit. However, this is not the end of the story; the tower will continue to rise.
In this environment, where the air is already extremely thin, the fairing at the end of the rocket has no effect, and it is thrown away by the rocket and falls into the surrounding environment.
There was no protection between the material storage warehouse and the surrounding environment. However, because the material storage warehouse is equipped with a full life support system, this will have no effect on the astronauts who are stationed there.
The three-stage engine, which had been working for more than half a minute, also completed the task successfully. It will not, on the other hand, be thrown away from the rocket. At this point, the material storage warehouse is the one that must be removed from the rocket.
The separation of the ship and the arrow is accomplished in this step. Following the acceleration provided by the three-stage rocket engine, the material storage warehouse has reached a sufficient speed to be able to enter the orbit around the planet. It will be able to travel independently in the future.
At this point, the launch appears to have been a resounding success. In the control room, the personnel were also able to calm their nerves. The display screen is still showing real-time images of the astronauts in their space suits. Alex noticed that the astronauts had been relieved of the burden of massive gravity. He smiled. They were in a weightless environment at the time of this writing. In the cabin, Alex noticed that they were floating on their own, as if they were in water.
"At long last, nothing happened." Alex took a deep breath and expelled the ominous premonition that had been looming over him for some time.
The material storage warehouse is also equipped with a propulsion engine, which will be used to adjust the cabin's trajectory and speed in addition to other functions. The material storage warehouse will revolve around the earth for two weeks at a speed of eighty-seven minutes per circle, adjusting its attitude, angle, and speed along the way, and finally communicate with the Crimson Heart at the end of that time period. Docking of a rocket.
Alex has been waiting for me here for a long time. A total of two sunrises and sunsets were witnessed in the material storage warehouse, including one sunrise and one sunset. It took a long time, but the Crimson Heart solar exploration spacecraft finally appeared in the field of view.
At this time, the speed of the material storage warehouse and the Crimson Heart spacecraft is 9.3 kilometers per second, according to the latest data. While traveling at an incredible rate, they appear to be standing still to one another because they are both traveling at the same speed. The two are gradually approaching each other in this almost static situation. The docking interface was successfully docked with minimal assistance from the ground crew, and the steel claws that were used to secure the docking between the two also extended smoothly, firmly connecting the two together.
The docking port connected the material storage warehouse and the control room of the Crimson Heart spacecraft, which the five astronauts used to get to their destinations.