novelweb #297 - Masquerade who vomits blood, the pearl of space!
#297 - Masquerade who vomits blood, the pearl of space!
As for what our Star Voyage rocket can do?
Our Star Voyage rocket can carry a payload of up to 150 tons in low Earth orbit.
Moreover, without considering recovery, its carrying capacity can reach 250 to 300 tons!
Of course, not considering recovery is impossible.
After all, rockets are too expensive. To reduce costs, we can only recycle and reuse the Starship rockets that have been launched.
Therefore, the actual payload of our Starship rocket is about 150 tons, not 250 to 300 tons.
As for what kind of concept is this 150-ton payload?
I believe everyone has heard of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
The Falcon 9 rocket only has a payload of 22.8 tons, while our Starship rocket has a payload of 150 tons.
If the Star Voyage rocket is used to launch their Starlink satellites, it means that 325 Starlink satellites can be launched at once!
"Wow!"
Hearing Gao Nian's words, the people at the scene immediately burst into an uproar.
After hearing Gao Nian's description, they truly understood the power of the Starship rocket.
Because the Falcon 9 rocket can only launch 50 Starlink satellites at a time, and theoretically can only launch a maximum of 60.
And you can launch 325 at a time, launching once is equivalent to 6.5 launches by others. The carrying capacity of this Starship rocket is simply too powerful.
Faced with such a powerful and exaggerated Starship rocket, how could they not be surprised and uproar?
"Damn it!"
Musk said with a gloomy face.
Although he didn't believe that this Star Voyage rocket would launch successfully, and thought that this Star Voyage rocket would definitely fail and become a big firework, becoming a globally known joke.
But I have to admit that the paper data of this Starship rocket is too powerful, making their Falcon rockets tremble.
And what's even worse is that with China's massive support and Geek Technology's financial strength, even if this Starship rocket launch fails.
Then there will definitely be a next time, or even the next next time. With such continuous improvement and optimization, the Starship rocket will eventually succeed one day.
Thinking of this, how could Musk not have a gloomy face?
"Huff!"
Musk took a deep breath, then looked at the distant Starship rocket with cold eyes and said:
"Even if the Starship rocket is a huge threat to my SpaceX, that's in the future.
With our strength, we will be able to develop a super rocket in the future that is not inferior to, or even leading, the Starship rocket.
Let's just watch a joke this time."
After speaking, Musk showed a look of anticipation, ready to watch Geek Technology and China make a joke.
He couldn't wait to see the Starship rocket launch fail, then disintegrate and explode in mid-air,
"Our Star Voyage rocket's effective launch range, that is, the recoverable range of the first and second stage rockets, is not only 160 kilometers to 2000 kilometers in near-Earth orbit.
It also includes geostationary orbit at an altitude of 35786 kilometers. It can be said that its use is quite extensive.
Among them, the most worth mentioning is that because we have realized the recoverable technology of the first and second stage rockets.
After recovery, the first and second stage rockets only need to add fuel and complete the inspection before they can be repeatedly launched 15 to 30 times.
Therefore, the launch cost of our Starship rocket is very low, and the cost of one launch is successfully reduced to less than 2 million US dollars.
Compared to the Falcon 9 rocket, which costs 60 million US dollars for one launch, our cost is one-thirtieth of theirs!"
"Wow!"
The people who heard Gao Nian's words were once again in an uproar, surprised by Gao Nian's words.
Because the launch cost of the Starship rocket is too cheap.
It only costs 2 million US dollars for one launch, and it's still less than 2 million US dollars. This Starship rocket is too powerful.
After all, the cheapest rocket launch originally cost 60 million US dollars, but now it has been directly reduced to less than 2 million US dollars.
This drop is too exaggerated. I am afraid that from now on, all companies in the world that want to launch satellites will only look for Geek Technology.
Of course, Geek Technology does not seem to have its own satellite launch base, so the actual undertaking of satellite launch missions is estimated to be those five major satellite bases.
However, these are just trivial matters. At this time, people are all surprised and uproar for the powerful Starship rocket.
And Musk's face became even more stinky, and his heart to see the big firework became even more urgent.
In this regard, Gao Nian said that this is just the beginning.
After all, the Starship rocket is only a prerequisite for the Star Net plan. The real feast is the Star Net satellite and the second-generation Geek electric car that follow.
So Gao Nian accelerated the introduction of the Starship rocket in the following time. After spending about five minutes introducing the Starship rocket, he then came to the next introduction link.
"Okay, the introduction of the Starship rocket is here. Next, I will introduce our Star Net satellite.
The Star Net satellite that we are going to release this time is also a culmination of Chinese satellite technology. It can be said that it is the industrial pearl of Chinese satellite technology.
Among them, the Star Net satellite weighs much more than the Starlink satellite. Compared to the Starlink satellite, which is only 260 kilograms,
Our Star Net satellite weighs 1250 kilograms, which is 1.25 tons!"
Hearing Gao Nian's words, the people at the scene became excited again.
After all, they also understand the simple principle that the heavier the thing, the better the thing.
Especially for rockets with relatively limited and expensive payloads, this Star Net satellite is so big and so heavy, its performance must be very powerful, right?
As people's minds emerged with such thoughts, they also looked at Gao Nian impatiently, wanting to know what is the difference between the Star Net satellite and the Starlink satellite?
"I believe everyone is also very curious about why our Star Net satellite is so heavy, right?
The reason why our Star Net satellite is so heavy is actually because our Star Net satellite is a multi-purpose satellite.
It supports satellite positioning, inter-satellite laser communication, ground-based Internet communication services, ground-based optical imaging observation, ground-based signal collection, and other functions.
And SpaceX, which is currently available, only has two functions: ground-based Internet communication services and inter-satellite laser communication.
The difference between the two of us is like the difference between an infant in its infancy and an elite special soldier. The two are completely incomparable."
"Damn it."
Musk said with a gloomy face.
I didn't expect that the Star Net satellite developed by Geek Technology has so many functions, completely eliminating their Starlink satellites.
And what's even more vomit-inducing is that among these functions, there are a few functions that the second-generation Starlink satellite currently being developed does not have.
This also means that if they want to add new functions, they can only make major changes to the second-generation Starlink satellite that is being developed.
This also means that the time for the birth of the second-generation Starlink satellite will be forced to postpone again for at least several months!
This is really not good news for the near-Earth orbit battle for every second.