Chapter 924 Emergency Evasion, Situation Escalates

Rocket launches are nothing new for Venusstar Technology.

Whether it is the Starlink satellite project or the launch mission of the Chang'e space station itself, they are all familiar with it.

So the twelfth launch mission of the space station project was naturally launched successfully without exception.

The next step is the most critical issue of construction and docking with the space station.

Although it is already very proficient, it will definitely take some time.

In Qian Junfeng's view, the Chang'e space station of Venusstar Technology has been completed.

However, just when everyone was leisurely waiting for the last component of the space station to be completed, the situation suddenly changed.

A red exclamation mark suddenly appeared on a screen in the flight control hall.

At the same time, the "beep beep" alarm sounded.

The people present immediately changed their faces and quickly confirmed it.

"Mr. Cao, there is an unidentified flying object approaching our space station at a high speed. The system predicts that there is a certain probability of collision."

"So the collision warning signal sounded."

Zhao Siyu quickly confirmed the preliminary situation.

Venusstar Technology has many satellites in space.

The Chang'e space station itself also has certain reconnaissance and early warning capabilities.

When walking in space, dangers such as collisions with meteorites or space debris from outer space need to be considered in advance.

I just didn't expect that such an unexpected situation would occur before the space station was fully built.

This made Zhao Siyu quite depressed.

Isn't this luck too bad?

"It's too coincidental that there are UFOs approaching our space station at this time?"

"Have you confirmed what this UFO is?"

Cao Yang frowned and felt that the situation was a bit strange.

In space, it is not impossible for UFOs to collide with satellites and other equipment.

But similar cases in recent years are actually relatively rare.

The Chang'e space station carried out its last launch mission this year, and then it was completed.

It is hard to believe that an accident happened at this special time.

"Mr. Cao, it has been confirmed that a Starlink satellite launched by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation a few days ago is heading towards our space station."

"The flight orbit of this satellite overlaps with the orbit of our space station to a certain extent."

Before Zhao Siyu and Cao Yang exchanged a few words, a technician confirmed the further situation.

After all, with such a big warning signal, people from all walks of life are naturally moving quickly.

After a little investigation, it is natural to know what is heading towards the space station.

"Starlink satellite of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation?"

Cao Yang's face changed, smelling a hint of conspiracy.

Is the other party testing something, or does he really want to cause a collision accident?

Although no matter what the final situation of this matter is, the other party will definitely say it was an accident.

But who believes it?

"Mr. Cao, we are the largest competitor of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation in the world."

"They are not here with good intentions this time."

Zhao Siyu obviously didn't think this was a coincidence.

Even if it was really a coincidence, Venusstar Technology would not really regard it as a coincidence.

This feud is officially settled.

"How long will it take for the other party's satellite to reach the space station area?"

Although Cao Yang was very angry, he was not panicked.

The other party's behavior could only disgust him, but it would definitely not hit the space station.

Unless the satellite designed by the other party is not a satellite at all, but an active guided weapon.

The nature of that situation is completely different.

Cao Yang thinks that this situation should not happen.

At least in 2014, the situation between the two sides had not reached the point of direct use of weapons.

If that were the case, the world would have changed completely.

So if it was just to deliberately approach and disgust Venustech, then as long as the orbit was adjusted urgently, the collision accident could be avoided.

It would only affect the final assembly work.

"It is expected to arrive near our space station in three hours."

"Mr. Cao, should we contact Space Exploration Technologies urgently and ask them to adjust the orbit quickly?"

Zhao Siyu knew that both Space Exploration Technologies' Starlink satellite and his own company's satellite actually had a certain ability to change orbits.

This ability was also achieved through Hall thrusters.

However, the Hall thrusters used on Starlink satellites have very low thrust, which is completely different from those on the Chang'e space station.

However, for satellites used in space, a little bit of thrust is basically enough.

So as long as we contact the other party now and let Space Exploration Technology adjust the orbit of the satellite, the collision warning may be lifted.

However, Cao Yang did not agree with this plan.

"I think similar things will definitely happen again in the future. Let's just treat it as a drill today."

"It just so happens that I have long disliked Space Exploration Technology, so there is no need to find more excuses for revenge."

Cao Yang will definitely not sit idly by when the other party disgusts him at this time.

In space, it is not only you, America, that have satellites.

...

The Chang'e space station will carry out the final assembly work today, and many people know about this.

In addition to the fact that Venus Technology and Aerospace Technology will have a large number of satellites to observe this assembly, other countries are actually not idle.

Everyone wants to personally observe the progress of this rare assembly work.

After all, many problems can be seen from this action.

Even to a certain extent, some technical strengths of China in related fields can be inferred.

"Dmitri, this situation is getting more and more interesting."

"I didn't expect America to do something to Venustech at this time."

"Although it is highly unlikely that there will be any actual losses to the Chang'e space station, it will definitely disrupt their final component assembly work."

Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Corporation must keep an eye on such an important matter in the aerospace field.

So after Venustech confirmed the collision warning information, Polar Bear also quickly calculated similar intelligence.

Everyone has satellites in the air, and some satellites are even tasked with monitoring meteorites colliding with the earth.

So there are special people watching the movement trajectories of various aircraft.

Once there is an accident, these large institutions can get the news relatively quickly.

At this time, the Chang'e space station encountered the risk of collision with the Starlink satellite of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation. Grogin would never believe that this was an accident.

In this world, many so-called accidents are because it is inconvenient to announce the truth, so the publicity becomes an accident.

As a polar bear that once stood on equal footing with America, he has his own judgment on many things in space.

"Although the satellite belongs to SpaceX, I think this matter should not be just a decision made by SpaceX itself."

Dmitri also quickly gave his own judgment.

In his opinion, SpaceX is just an executor, and it is definitely not them who make the decision.

"I think so too. The rapid development of SpaceX itself is the result of NASA's strong support behind the scenes."

"So this matter must be related to NASA, and even to the relevant departments of the United States."

Grotin has access to a lot of information.

Even a lot of intelligence that the relevant departments of the Polar Bear have inquired about will be shared with them.

So he is also very clear about many things on the American side.

"I think Venus Technology should also know what we can guess."

"I'm just not sure how the other party will deal with this matter."

Dmitri naturally agreed with Grogin's statement.

But now he is very eager to know what countermeasures China will take.

As for the collision accident, he thinks it should not actually happen.

In addition to the Hall thrusters, the Chang'e space station also has rocket engines.

This is to adjust the orbit and attitude in an emergency.

"I think the most likely thing is to condemn it, and at most ask the other party to apologize."

Combined with his past understanding of China, Grogin felt that it was just a satellite that might collide with the Chang'e space station, and there was no evidence that it was intentional, so even if China wanted to make a big noise, it would probably be difficult.

This point is more consistent with Dmitri's view.

Of course, the current space situation has changed a lot from a few years ago, and they also want to see if the actual situation is the same as they predicted.

The European Space Agency has similar ideas to them.

In the past two years, the European Space Agency and Venus Technology have been increasing their cooperation projects.

Recently, they are discussing cooperation on the Chang'e space station.

So compared with other institutions, the European Space Agency is actually more concerned about the construction and subsequent operation of the Chang'e space station.

The American satellite may collide with the Venusstar Technology space station, and they naturally detected this information at the first time.

"Werner, Chang'e has not yet started formal operations, and it has encountered a satellite collision crisis."

'I think this situation is likely to escalate in the future. '

Joseph stood in front of a huge screen with Werner, a little worried.

The European Space Agency naturally has its own flight control center.

Today they are all here to watch the establishment of the Chang'e Space Station.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened at this time.

"This situation is indeed surprising. I didn't expect the reaction from the United States to be so strong."

"If this is the case, the safety of the Chang'e Space Station needs to be re-evaluated."

"If our astronauts stay in their space station in the future and a collision occurs, it will be very troublesome."

Werner is a little entangled now.

He is the one who led the cooperation with Venus Technology to send ESA's own astronauts into space and work in the space station.

The premise must be that there is no problem with the safety performance of the Chang'e Space Station in all aspects.

Venus Technology's own astronauts have also been conducting experiments on it for a certain period of time.

But now nothing has started, and this risk has already appeared.

In this case, he must reconsider the feasibility of this cooperation.

The United States suddenly came up with such a thing, and it must have wanted to achieve such a goal.

They just can't stand the good of Venusstar Technology.

"Normally, if it's just a satellite flying near the space station, even if there is a risk of collision, it can be foreseen and controlled."

"I'm afraid that the means of the United States will be more intense, and some weapons and equipment will be used on the space station at that time, which will be troublesome."

Joseph knew that the American people had no bottom line in doing things.

Although the possibility of direct military action is very low, no one can completely rule out this possibility.

After all, China's development in space exploration is a bit too fast.

The United States must hope to drag its feet.

"This worry should be unnecessary. The United States cannot directly use such extreme means."

"Then it's not an accident, it's a declaration of war."

Although Werner is more worried about the current situation, he doesn't think it will develop to such a bad degree.

After all, as the boss, he certainly doesn't want to go down and fight with the second in command himself. The risk of that is too great.

After all, the third and fourth brothers are eager for you to fight hard so that they can take advantage later.

So there will always be conflicts, but they will never be so intense.

"Even so, I think the operation of Chang'e Space Station will be affected to a certain extent."

"I think it is necessary to re-evaluate the cooperation between the two sides."

"At least we should not be so anxious to sign a formal cooperation agreement with Venustech."

"Let's see how they respond first."

Werner did not object to Joseph's proposal.

Anyway, even if a formal cooperation agreement is signed, personnel will not be arranged to take off so quickly.

There is obviously no problem in communicating the specific terms and extending the negotiation time.

...

While the Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Corporation and the European Space Agency were watching the excitement, everyone in Space Exploration Technologies Corporation gradually became nervous.

According to the trajectory of the Starlink satellite they adjusted, it will really rub against the location of the Chang'e Space Station.

Although the closest place is still hundreds of meters away, with the control technology of the United States, the error is not so large that it will directly hit it.

However, if Chang'e does not make any emergency orbit adjustment, there is still a certain risk.

For various aircraft in space, the ability to adjust the orbit urgently is actually a very important technical ability.

To a certain extent, this is related to the development of American space weapons.

After all, the development of space weapons must deal with various satellites and other space equipment.

What kind of mobility your target has is naturally a very important consideration.

After all, space is too big.

No matter what weapon is used, the distance is often relatively far.

"There is still an hour before our Starlink satellite passes the location of the Chang'e space station."

Diers will report the situation of his satellite to everyone every once in a while.

At the same time, he will also explain to everyone the movements of the Chang'e space station.

"Is there any action from Venustech?"

"Is it possible that they didn't notice the danger coming?"

Granfen asked beside him.

What he was most interested in was what response plan Venusstar Technology would take.

Although this action did not expect to directly destroy the Chang'e space station of Venusstar Technology, it also hoped to give the other party a warning.

If Venustech fails to detect any UFO approaching, it will be embarrassing.

It is equivalent to trying to scare people, but failing to achieve the goal.

"I just received an urgent call from the other party, hoping that we can adjust the orbit of the satellite."

"But our people said that they need time to investigate and did not make any promises."

"This shows that they have detected the danger, but have not taken any specific actions yet."

"Their last component has been launched today."

"According to the plan, docking work is now underway."

"I guess they are now struggling with whether to continue to advance the docking work as planned, or to prepare to start emergency orbit adjustments to avoid this risk."

Diers reported the latest news he had just received.

This made the people present more looking forward to the next move of Venustech.

This is the first time that the United States has taken the initiative to provoke Venustech's aircraft in space, which will definitely have a series of impacts on many future actions.

Everyone in the flight control hall of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation must hope that the situation will develop in a direction that is beneficial to them.

"The Chang'e space station seems to have accelerated the assembly of components."

At this time, another technician noticed the changes in the Chang'e space station.

Generally speaking, various actions in space are relatively gentle.

Now that the speed has suddenly increased, it is easy to identify.

"They are very calm."

"Are they sure we dare not hit them?"

Masco was a little surprised by the reaction of Venustech.

In his opinion, the most important thing is to start orbit adjustment as soon as possible and keep the space station in a safe environment.

Space is so vast that as long as actions are taken in advance, it is not particularly difficult to avoid a collision that may be caused by a satellite.

And the earlier the action is taken, the greater the adjustment, and the lower the risk of being hit.

This truth should be known to many people.

But Venustech is not moving in the direction everyone imagined.

"If they are so sure that we dare not collide with them, then we will destroy part of their solar panels next time."

"Let's see how they react."

Granfen sneered, feeling as if he had been provoked.

After all, the feeling of being ignored is really uncomfortable.

...

While the United States was staring at the movements of the Chang'e space station, a group of people were also busy at the flight control center of Venusstar Technology.

The originally planned assembly steps have now been adjusted.

If the orbit is changed urgently, there will be no problem with the part with the core module, and the orbit change can be completed quickly.

But the twelfth component that was just launched today is different.

This component happens to have no power, so it is difficult to move.

If the core module part adjusts its orbit, it will be very troublesome to continue to connect with the twelfth component later.

After all, it has to be slowly readjusted to the original orbit.

The workload here is not a little bit.

So Cao Yang discussed with Zhao Siyu and others and decided to continue to build the space station.

Then make an emergency evasion.

"Mr. Cao, according to the current progress, the preliminary assembly work can be completed in another 30 minutes, and some remaining inspection work can be completed after the orbit change."

Zhao Siyu couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Today's situation is really tense.

This is a situation that no one had thought of before.

"Then follow the discussion just now and make an emergency orbit change in 30 minutes to avoid the Starlink satellite of Space Exploration Technology Company."

Cao Yang was very calm.

He is now considering what revenge plan is more appropriate.

A gentleman's revenge is never too late.

He does not agree with this truth.

It is not too late to say that ten years is not too late when you have no ability. If you have strength, then you will take revenge overnight.

Obviously, Venusstar Technology still has some strength in space.

Especially since some satellite interference facilities have been deployed in advance, it is completely possible to deal with the satellites on the American side at that time.

Of course, it takes careful consideration to decide how big the scale should be.

After all, Cao Yang also knows that China is in a situation now, and it is impossible to completely break off relations with the United States.

If the counterattack from the Venus Star side is a bit too much, it may have a counter-effect.

"Mr. Cao, I have just reported the situation encountered by the Venus Star Technology space station to the relevant departments."

"The relevant departments will also negotiate with the United States at that time."

"At the same time, we at Aerospace Science and Technology have been promoting a project before. I wonder if Venusstar Technology is interested in participating?"

Qian Junfeng saw the whole process of Venusstar Technology's event, and naturally had some ideas in his mind.

He was naturally very clear about the strength of Venusstar Technology.

If the other party can participate in some projects, the effect will definitely be better.

Even if they don't participate, Venusstar Technology can also develop a similar product by itself, which is also worth considering.

"What project?"

Cao Yang was a little curious about what Qian Junfeng would talk to him about at this time.

"Missiles hit satellites!"

Qian Junfeng said a few words, which made Cao Yang interested.