Chapter 836: Aesthetics of Violence

Baikonur Cosmodrome.

This is the most important aerospace base of the Soviet Union. It is located in Kyzylorda Oblast in southern Kazakhstan, 200 kilometers west of the Aral Sea, 288 kilometers north of the town of Baikonur, and 24 kilometers south of Tyuratam.

This space base was built in 1955. On October 4, 1957, the world's first artificial satellite "Sputnik-1" was launched from here, opening up the world's first space exploration. On April 12, 1961, the world's first manned spacecraft "Vostok" set sail from here, sending astronaut Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit. In April 1971, the Soviet Union sent the "Salyut 1" space station into Earth orbit for the first time here.

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This place witnessed the development and progress of Soviet aerospace technology. Now, standing quietly on the launch pad is a huge rocket, and this rocket is the crystallization of the Soviet Union's latest aerospace technology!

The thickest core stage in the middle has a diameter of 7.7 meters! The boosters on both sides have a diameter of 3.9 meters, and the height of the entire rocket is 60 meters! Its powerful thrust is enough to send a 105-ton payload to low-Earth orbit, a 20-ton payload to geosynchronous orbit, and can also fly to the moon and Mars!

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(Compared with my country's Long March rockets, the Long March 2 rocket has a diameter of only 3.35 meters and a near-Earth carrying capacity of 2 tons. The Long March 5 rocket also has a diameter of only 5 meters! Its near-Earth carrying capacity is 23 tons.)

This large rocket is also the rocket with the largest thrust in the world. Its birth can be said to be the product of the Soviet Union's accumulation of strength and it was created with all its efforts.

In the history of world space exploration, the Soviet Union had many firsts, including the first artificial earth satellite, the first astronaut in space, and so on. However, in the race to land on the moon, the Soviet Union failed. The Americans launched more than a dozen Saturn Vs in one go, which was considered a long sigh of relief, while the Soviet Union's N1 rocket used for moon landing failed four times in four launches. As a result, the Soviet Union had to terminate the moon landing plan, allowing the Americans to have the last laugh.

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Of course, the Soviet Union would not accept failure. So, after the N1 rocket smashed in Baikonur and the Soviet astronauts' dream of landing on the moon failed, the Soviet Union summed up its experience and continued to develop a new large rocket.

In 1974, the Soviet Union began to demonstrate the Energia rocket. Abandoning those unrealistic ideas, they planned to design a rocket based on the Proton rocket, using the same fuel as the Proton, larger than the Proton, with stronger thrust, and with a modular design. In order to develop a new rocket, they even set up a famous Energia company. So far, eight years have passed. The Soviet space personnel who have worked hard have finally completed the design and manufacture of the Energia rocket. Today is its first flight!

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At this moment, the Energia rocket standing on the launch pad looked so powerful and majestic, it was simply an extremely spectacular sight! This was a masterpiece of violent aesthetics that made people's blood boil!

Compared with N1, this rocket is smaller, but the technology is extremely mature. Now, Soviet astronauts are excitedly waiting in the command center for the launch countdown.

The Buran rocket, as a powerful carrier rocket, is a milestone in the history of Soviet spaceflight. At the same time, this rocket also has important uses.

Unlike ordinary rockets that place the payload on the top, the payload of this rocket is placed on the side, that is, when flying, the payload is added to the side. All of this is, of course, prepared for the Buran space shuttle!

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The Soviet Union has made significant technological progress in the space station, and the Americans, after completing the moon landing plan, have developed a space shuttle. As a world leader, the Soviet Union will certainly not lag behind! The development of the Buran space shuttle is in full swing, and at the same time, the supporting Energia rocket has also entered the fast lane of research and development! Now, four years earlier than in history, the launch experiment will be carried out!

Even if it is a launch experiment, the high cost of this rocket definitely cannot allow it to just be a flight show. At this time, a completely black payload is hung on the side of the rocket.

If you compare it, this all-black payload is not very big, just about the same size as a booster next to it. However, it is a payload after all, and it needs to be launched into orbit! So it is definitely not small!

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This is indeed the case! In the public statement, this is a simulated payload weighing nearly 100 tons, called the Polar!

The personnel in charge of rocket development who were present only knew that this was a simulated payload and did not know its true identity. Only in a corner of the launch site, those personnel developing the payload with serious expressions knew what this big guy was.

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At this time, there are still five hours before the launch and all personnel are in place. This launch is of great importance!

"The fuel was filled and there was no leak."

“Second self-test in progress.”

In the hall, the sound continued to ring. When the fuel began to be filled, this launch would enter an irreversible process! You know, it was liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen! At this time, the temperature in the huge fuel tank was so low that anything could condense!

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Once the fuel is added, it is impossible to extract it. The rocket is about to ignite and take off!

Time passed little by little, and the sky outside became darker and darker. Finally, darkness completely enveloped the earth.

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Night launch! Almost all Soviet spacecraft were launched at night. In addition to the launch window, the more important thing was to avoid being detected by American reconnaissance satellites!

Time continued to pass, and the atmosphere at the launch site became more tense. Finally, it entered the countdown stage!

Ten minutes countdown, five minutes countdown, one minute countdown...

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"Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one, fire!"

Finally, the ignition command came, and as the sound came, an operator pressed his hand on the red button on the table.

On the launch pad, the huge Energy was standing tall in the dust of Central Asia. Suddenly, countless flames burst out from below it! In the darkness, the flames were so dazzling. Four RD-170 liquid booster rockets and four RD-0120 liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engines ignited at the same time, and the entire launch pad was illuminated by the flames!

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In the flames, the 2,400-ton super-giant rocket trembled and slowly rose up! It pierced the sky!

The Energia, a rocket full of violent aesthetics, drove the payload beside it and began to take off!