Chapter 501 The signal is suddenly interrupted
Just as Xu You said, at this time the measurement system of our Academy of Aerospace also discovered this abnormal situation.
"The acceleration of their rocket in the first stage is about 0.1 meters per second squared lower than expected. If the subsequent power compensation cannot be completed, it may not be possible for the aircraft to reach the minimum speed requirement."
In order to compensate for power, the engine needs to be overloaded.
This is very dangerous for aircraft.
At this moment, Xu You's eyes changed again.
Xu You's keen sense of the movement status of objects allowed him to notice the changes in the rocket's state.
Even in the absence of obvious reference objects, Xu You could be sure that the acceleration of the rocket suddenly increased .
This means that its engine is starting to run at overload.
"If this continues, there is a high possibility that the second-stage rocket will be unable to detach." Xu Youxin said.
In the past few days, Xu You has reviewed all the rocket launch processes available and made a detailed analysis of almost all the rocket launches in human history.
With such rich experience, Xu You can completely rely on his own eyes and brain to accurately judge the various data during the rocket launch process and analyze the causes of failures.
At this time, another emergency occurred.
The live broadcast signal of the SAM rocket launch was suddenly interrupted.
"Is there something wrong with our signal?"
What they didn't know was that at the same time, the live broadcast signals of the rocket were all interrupted around the world.
This caused people all over the world to complain about this incident in live broadcast rooms and on social platforms.
"What's going on? It's such an exciting moment, why is the live broadcast signal suddenly interrupted?"
"Is there any bad weather? It seems that not only our live broadcast was interrupted, but also the live broadcasts of many places were interrupted."
"In any case, hopefully the rocket will launch smoothly , even though it's just a test rocket."
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SAM Space Agency.
The staff in the control room looked dejected. At this moment, they still didn't believe that the rocket launch had failed.
"How could this happen... Impossible, impossible!"
Williams put his head in his hands, the disappointment on his face evident.
Even because of the above requirements, their plans were brought forward by several months.
According to expectations, such an accident should not have occurred.
Just as the rocket was launched, an abnormality occurred in the engine, causing the rocket's acceleration to be lower than originally planned.
In order to make up for the insufficient acceleration, the commander had to order the engine power to be increased and run in overload state.
It was this overloaded state that eventually caused the engine to shut down prematurely and the second-stage rocket failed to successfully detach.
“Director Williams, please don’t be so discouraged. Fortunately, our live broadcast has a certain delay. When the accident occurred, we immediately interrupted the live broadcast signal and did not let that scene appear in the live broadcast.”
Williams sighed and said, "Alas, this is just a blessing in disguise. If people around the world saw this, I wonder how they would laugh at us."
Half a century ago, they successfully achieved manned lunar landings many times and left their footprints on the moon.
If the whole world knew that half a century later, they couldn't even successfully launch a test rocket, they would become a laughing stock around the world.
Especially, the rabbit that they regarded as their imaginary enemy.
"Make an excuse and say that due to force majeure, there was a and the launch needs to be postponed. Also, hurry up to find the cause of the accident and ensure that there will be no failure next time."
"Yes, Chief Williams."
After all, no one saw this scene with their own eyes. As long as they don’t say anything, we can only doubt and cannot confirm the specific situation.
This result is much better than letting people all over the world see the rocket falling from the sky with their own eyes.
At the same time, in our Institute of Aerospace, Xu You and others finally got the specific news.
"According to information from our satellite, Sam's second-stage rocket did not separate successfully, resulting in the failure of this launch. The direct cause of this accident is most likely that the engine suddenly shut down."
After hearing the news, Xu You nodded slightly.
This is almost completely consistent with Xu You's guess when he was watching the live broadcast.
The sudden interruption of the live broadcast signal was not due to objective factors such as weather conditions, but rather the fact that SAM Space Agency took the initiative to interrupt the live broadcast signal after noticing these conditions.
However, what made Xu You a little curious was why there were such special circumstances in Sam's rocket launch this time.
"Please show me all the information we have obtained ."
"Okay, Professor Xu."
Although Xu You's observation ability is extraordinary, if he wants to understand the information of this incident in more detail, he still needs to rely on some advanced equipment.
After browsing all the relevant information, Xu You closed his eyes and began to think deeply in his brain.
At this moment, all the fragments of the whole incident were floating in Xu You's mind.
Xu You tried to find the connection between them to infer more hidden information.
After a few minutes, Xu You shook his head gently.
"No... There is still too little known information, and my calculation speed is still not fast enough."
At this time, Xu You thought of a skill he had recently acquired, wireless brain-computer.
In order to deal with complex problems that might arise at any time, Xu You carried his own specially made small quantum computer.
This is exactly the time when it can come in handy.
After Xu You returned to his room, he connected to the quantum computer and started more intensive calculations.
After a series of complex deductions, Xu You finally came up with a hypothesis with a high probability.
"There may have been a partial leak of their rocket fuel," Xu You said to himself.
Because there is no conclusive evidence at present, Xu You cannot be sure whether this inference is correct.
During the entire live broadcast, there was no sign of any fuel leakage.
Xu You felt that the leakage existed inside the rocket, and the fuel was just leaking out of the fuel chamber and had not spread to the outside of the rocket.
This is the reason why the engine is underpowered, causing the rocket's acceleration to be lower than expected.
Forcibly increasing the engine power further accelerates fuel consumption and increases the rate of fuel leakage.
The fuel was consumed prematurely, eventually causing the engine to stall and the second-stage rocket to fail to separate successfully.
