This year, the Long March series of rockets will carry out 20+ space launch missions represented by six missions, such as launching space station Q-sky capsules, dream modules, cargo supplies, and manned flights.
Face more intensive tasks
More difficult missions, greater responsibilities
Astronauts have long since taken us to each type of rocket
Eat, wear, live and go
All taken care of properly
Take a look at it
eat
It is said that only when you are full can you have strength. Space is so big, our rocket naturally has to "eat enough" to fly into space!
Our food is special and is a variety of fuels. Liquid rocket brothers "eat" nitrogen tetroxide, metamethylhydrazine, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, kerosene, etc., solid rocket brothers "eat" is naturally solid fuel.
Every time we fly into space, we "eat" 90% or more of our body weight.
Taking the little seven brothers as an example, its total weight is more than 500 tons, and the weight of the arrow shell, cable, instrument, etc. is only more than 50 tons, and the rest is the weight of the liquid oxygen kerosene propellant.
These foods helped us fly smoothly, and by the color of the smoke at the time of ignition, we could also tell what kind of fuel the rocket brothers were "eating".
Reddish-brown smoke:
It is nitrogen tetroxide and metformin
White smoke:
It is liquid oxygen, kerosene, liquid hydrogen
Orange-brown smoke:
It is a solid fuel
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wear
We rockets also love to be pretty, and we all have to wear uniform white uniforms when we go out.
Each rocket has different sizes according to the height and body size, here is a special mention of the fat five brothers, it uniform size is the largest, but it is not fat, is really strong, a flight can send the weight of 16 cars into space.
Of course, our uniforms are not simple, but also anti-moisture, mildew, salt spray, heat, cold and other functions, so that we can calmly cope with a variety of complex environments during storage, transfer, fuel refueling and flight.
Some white uniforms also have many "decorations" on them, that is, the grid and ring belt on the arrow body.
These "small decorations" are not only for good looks, they can be of great effect. Through them, rocket developers can make optical measurements and lock on to the tracks of our rockets at all times.
live
Everyone knows that rockets are made up of tens of thousands of parts. Before leaving the factory, we lived in the factory building, and the rocket developers assembled the parts together, examined our bodies, and finally went to the launch area.
In order for us to be able to "live" comfortably, the rocket developers allowed us to "lie" in the factory building or "stand".
Vertical transitions
Horizontal transitions
In the transit stage, we are equally free, we can "lie" or "stand".
The horizontal transition is "lying down". After we completed the assembly of the core stage and fairing of the rocket, we "lay down" and transferred them to the launch area, and then completed the hoisting, docking and testing of the rocket on the launch tower.
The vertical transition is "standing". After we completed the rocket hoisting, docking and testing in the final assembly test plant, we then "stood" up and transported it to the launch tower as a whole. The rocket brothers such as The Divine Arrow, Fat Five, Little Seven, and Little Eight are all "standing".
Yes
Others may wonder if it is inconvenient for a "behemoth" like us to travel.
Don't be afraid, rocket developers go to different destinations for different us, there are special and intimate arrangements!
Railroad
A must-have way for brothers to get to the inland launch site. With this means of transport, you can enjoy the scenery along the way and drive slowly to your destination, but the Rocket Brothers, who are only 3.35 meters thick at waist, can choose to ride.
Maritime transport
Brothers who are bigger and are going to the Wenchang Cosmodrome in Hainan can take a boat. This mode of travel can make the waist circumference of the rocket no longer limited by factors such as tunnels and culverts, and it is also very comfortable to take a boat.
Public roads
We have our own transporters, much larger than regular transporters, but very dexterous and able to transport us to our destinations steadily. When choosing a mode of sea transportation, we have to take a ride before taking a boat.
In fact, there is one last link - launch, this "airlift" link, we rockets themselves.
What do you think
Our food, clothing, and housing are not bad
Under the care of the rocket developers
It's going to get better and better
them
I also wish our rocket launches this year
A complete success