Rumble! Although they were about a kilometer apart, Wu Hao and the others could still hear the roar that erupted after the rocket ignited.

At the same time, through the large screen, everyone in the control center can see the flames and dust blowing from the bottom of the rocket. Under the spray of these orange flames, the rocket also slowly began to lift into the air.

"The rocket was successfully ignited, the engines were working properly, and the systems were functioning normally."

"Enter the program turn."

"Program Turn Complete!"

Bang Bang Bang ...... Everyone present burst into warm applause. Wu Hao also stepped forward to congratulate Yu Chengwu, Zhou Xiangming and several other team members.

In the endless desert Gobi, a white rocket soared from the ground and shot directly into the deep blue sky.

This kind of scene also attracted the attention of the scene, and even the passengers in the form of vehicles on the surrounding roads, and everyone took out their mobile phones to record this shocking moment.

In the control center, Wu Hao and the others are also closely watching the flight attitude of the rocket through the optical tracking equipment.

"In 113, 114, 115 seconds, the first and second stages of the rocket were separated, and the second stage was successfully ignited!"

Bang Bang Bang ...... After the announcer announced the good news, warm applause broke out again in the control center.

"Notify the ground recovery team to pay close attention to the crash site of the rocket wreckage and pay attention to safety." A smile appeared on the corner of Wu Hao's mouth, but he still couldn't help but admonish.

"Yes!" Yu Chengwu on the side also responded with excitement on his face.

Zhang Jun licked his lips and asked him excitedly: "Did you succeed?" ”

"The separation of the first and second stages is more than half of the success, and now it depends on whether the final flight altitude of the rocket meets our expected requirements." Wu Hao replied with a smile.

"Hehe, theoretically, we can't declare this rocket experiment a complete success until the entire recovery process is over. However, as long as there are no major accidents in the next link, it is already considered a success. Zhou Xiangming explained with a smile at Zhang Jun.

"That's a success." Zhang Jun's face was happy, what he saw was only the successful launch of the rocket, but a steady stream of orders and money in the future.

"The second stage of the rocket ran out of fuel, the engine stopped, and the height began to fall." A monitor immediately shouted.

Yu Chengwu stared at the big screen and hurriedly asked, "What is the maximum height?" ”

"One hundred and thirty-eight .1 kilometers, meeting the design expectations."

Bang Bang Bang ...... The audience erupted in applause again.

"Okay, congratulations, this altitude has reached the adjacent space or air-space transition zone. Even now this experimental model can be used for some suborbital commercial space launch missions. Wu Hao praised with a smile on his face.

He didn't expect that this test launch actually got off to a good start, and the rocket completed the entire experimental task very well, and it can be said that there was no wave in the middle.

The near space or air-space transition zone he mentioned here is also suborbital, which generally refers to the airspace 20~100km above the ground. It is between the highest flight altitude of existing aircraft and the lowest orbital altitude of satellites, so it is also called near space or air-space transition zone.

It broadly includes the stratospheric region, the mesosphere region and part of the ionospheric region. This area is neither in the realm of aviation nor in the realm of aerospace. However, there are great prospects for the development of intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance, communications support, and air-to-ground operations.

For example, some countries and companies, in fact, are the returnable spacecraft developed by a few major aviation powers, such as the X37B, and their flight altitude is also at this orbital altitude.

With the emergence of this kind of space vehicle, major aerospace powers and some aerospace giants are also stepping up research in this field, and this suborbital region, which was not much valued, has also become hot again.

Hearing his words, Zhou Xiangming shook his head and said: "Not yet, now this rocket is only an experimental product, and it is far from being able to be put into production and launch." And this launch can only be said to be a fluke, we also have to recover the rocket wreckage for analysis, summarize relevant experience and continue testing. ”

"Hehe, I'm going to say that." Being scolded like this, Wu Hao was a little embarrassed.

Seeing Wu Hao's somewhat embarrassed expression, Yu Chengwu hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege and said: "It's not impossible, we can go to scientific research institutions to find some related sounding scientific research cooperation projects."

In this way, we can not only get some research funds from it, but also accumulate experience in cooperation with these research institutions.

And these scientific research units can also use less money to carry out some sounding scientific research projects, which is also a good thing for them.

Such cooperation can be described as killing two birds with one stone, mutual benefit and win-win results. ”

"But we can't guarantee that the next rocket will be launched, so what if it fails?" Zhou Xiangming questioned.

"Hey, no matter how successful a rocket launch is, there are risks, they all know this." Yu Chengwu retorted.

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Wu Hao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Okay, okay, what you said makes sense." However, this problem is not unsolvable, such as finding insurance companies to insure, which is now the case for many commercial rocket launch projects. In this way, even if it fails, it will not lose much.

Besides, we are not lying to each other, and the risks will be explained to them clearly. How can a normal sounding launch mission be cheap, they all know this in their hearts. ”

"That's what Mr. Wu said." Yu Chengwu nodded in agreement.

Although Zhou Xiangming did not nod in approval when he saw this, he did not refute it again.

"The helicopter of the ground recovery team reported that the wreckage of the first stage of the rocket had been found, and there were no casualties at the crash site, and there was no damage to property on the ground. At present, the ground recovery team is already on the way to the crash site, and it is expected to complete the removal and recovery of this level of wreckage today. ”

Wu Hao nodded when he heard this, and then asked, "What about the second-level part?" ”

"According to the design requirements and relevant standards, most of the second stage of the rocket will burn up on the way to the high-speed fall, and only a small part will fall to the ground. However, the high-altitude environment is complex, and the landing point is difficult to determine, so further search is required. According to the trajectory of the rocket's flight, the second stage will basically fall into this desert. The desert is sparsely populated, so there are no surprises.

To be on the safe side, a ground recovery team could send a helicopter to search for it to make sure nothing went wrong. Yu Chengwu explained to him.

"It's okay."

Wu Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the excited crowd and shouted: "I know that the rocket was successfully launched, and everyone is very excited at the moment, and I am the same."

But I would like to ask you to calm down with this excitement and calm down. Our work is not over yet, there is still a rocket waiting for us to launch.

Let's continue to work hard and strive for another complete success! ”

"Come on!"