307: The Fenglei rocket ignition live broadcast attracted global attention

Under the watchful eyes of the World,

the rocket launch pad was ready.

Ignition.

With a thunderous boom!

Under the action of the huge deep blue tail flame and retro-thrusters, the Falcon 9 slowly ascended.

Media and onlookers on the ground took out their recording devices to document the entire process.

When the Falcon 9 entered low orbit, the first stage rocket began to detach, and a series of photoelectric devices were launched into space orbit.

These were the 150 Starlink satellites carried within the fairing.

Their overall volume was not large, so from the ground, they looked like tiny specks of light the size of grains of rice.

When Elon Musk saw the images transmitted back to the ground, showing the Starlink satellites gradually entering orbit, he immediately broke into a relieved smile.

This launch was a success.

For the next period, he could show off to his heart's content!

“Friends from all over the World, you see it now, this is the strength of SpaceX.”

“Launching 150 satellites at once and being able to recover the rocket again, this is the technological strength of the World’s number one private Aerospace company!”

These past few months,

Elon Musk had faced too much doubt and criticism.

Now he could finally let out a big breath.

Regarding the Tesla cars and autonomous driving technology he used to boast about, after being surpassed by Fenglei,

he almost became depressed.

He had repeatedly boasted about car manufacturing and made grand claims in the autonomous driving field, originally an “invincible” presence, even suppressing all the World’s car manufacturing giants.

But then Fenglei suddenly appeared and repeatedly slapped him in the face, making his face almost swollen.

Frustrated in the car market, Elon Musk was holding back a fire, determined to get it back tenfold in the Aerospace field.

Just then,

his secretary walked in with an urgent expression.

“Boss, this is bad… News just came from the Chinese side, Fenglei is also globally live-streaming a rocket test flight today!”

As soon as these words came out,

Elon Musk’s expression instantly froze.

…

“What did you say? Say it again?”

“Fenglei… is going to live-stream a rocket test flight??”

Elon Musk was clearly a bit stunned.

How was this possible?

How long had it been, and they had already built a rocket??

According to his team’s predictions, Fenglei had no possibility of a test flight within two years.

It had only been less than a month since the rocket engine ignition, right?!

Completely dumbfounded!

At the same time,

countless foreign citizens and some domestic and international Aerospace companies who received the news were also dumbfounded.

They also broke down.

No way…

Fenglei, your actions are too fast, aren’t they??

You built a rocket so quickly and started test flights??

Either the rocket was secretly built long ago, or it was an off-the-shelf rocket provided by the Chinese Aerospace Bureau.

Otherwise, in just a few months, from the production line to the finished rocket, this was simply a mythical story.

Therefore, everyone unanimously believed that the Chinese Aerospace Bureau was behind it.

But even knowing there was something fishy.

This news,

still shocked them immensely.

Much more shocking than seeing the Falcon 9 carry 150 satellites into space.

They all gasped in cold air!

…

Fishing Sea Island Aerospace Launch Base.

Fenglei official live stream.

Ren Yi held his phone, aiming it at the huge rocket launch pad.

At this time, it was already 9 PM, and the lighting was not good, causing the picture to be somewhat blurry.

However, this was intentional on Ren Yi’s part.

After all, the rocket launch base belonged to a national confidential base, and overly clear images could easily leak some secrets.

Such things had not been unheard of.

For example, when a large oil field was discovered domestically, and there was no mining equipment, it was publicly tendered.

However, the next day, a company of Little devils came to their door, claiming they had the oil well equipment we needed.

Only after understanding the situation did they realize.

It turned out that when the oil field was discovered, it was widely reported nationwide, with several pictures attached.

And this equipment company of Little devils analyzed the scale of the oil field from the photos and pre-built the mining equipment we needed.

Therefore,

Ren Yi also did not dare to be careless, deliberately lowering the resolution to prevent leaks.

However,

no matter how ridiculously bad the picture quality was, the netizens were simply shocked by the live stream title:

[Fenglei Super Rocket Ignition Test Flight Live Broadcast!!]

“Damn, Lei Zi, you’re serious?!”

“F***, the rocket is really built??”

“No way, how long has it been since the engine ignition test, and now it’s going to have a test flight??”

“It can’t be a spliced video, this is too exaggerated!!”

“This speed is faster than a rocket!!”

“Haha, Elon Musk, that old guy, must be scared to death when he finds out, who just said he didn’t put Fenglei in his eyes??”

“But honestly, President Ren should change his phone, what kind of crappy pixel is this, taken with a Nokia??”

…

Countless domestic netizens flooded the live stream.

And some foreign netizens also had very shocked expressions!

At the same time,

many official media also entered.

Seeing that Ren Yi was actually live-streaming from the rocket launch pad, everyone exclaimed how outrageous it was.

From the dim picture, one could see.

The rocket, almost towering into the clouds, nearly filled the entire screen.

Ren Yi’s decision was also impromptu this time.

Learning that SpaceX was also launching a rocket today, he opened the live stream to thoroughly infuriate Elon Musk, that old guy.

Seeing the number of viewers in the live stream surge from a few thousand to several million in less than ten minutes, finally showing 9.99 million+…

Ren Yi then spoke:

“Friends from all over the World, today is a special day, I will live broadcast the launch of Fenglei’s first heavy rocket, Tianting Heavy Industries No. 1…”

“The rocket is 120 meters long and 10 meters in diameter, a commercial launch vehicle independently developed by our Fenglei.”

“This launch is also Fenglei’s first step in conquering the Star Sea, and we will start with the Tianting Starlink plan, providing real-time 5G signals for all Fenglei car owners worldwide…”

Ren Yi had already publicized these things before.

However,

at that time, the World believed that Fenglei could not possess such capabilities.

But in the blink of an eye, the finished rocket was already on the launch pad.

“What the f***, 120 meters? That’s almost twice the size of the Falcon 9, they’re going for such a big rocket right from the start??”

“tianting heavy industries no. 1 rocket, the name sounds much more powerful than Falcon 9.”

“So it wasn’t just talk… Fenglei is really going to build its own Starlink?!”

“The Falcon 9 can be recovered, I wonder if Fenglei has the technology to achieve that?”

“Don’t ask for too much, as long as the test flight is successful, it’s a big victory, the recovery can come slowly.”

“Fenglei just entered the Aerospace field, being able to build a rocket in just a few months is already incredible, asking for it to be recoverable on the first attempt is a bit too demanding…”

“SpaceX has been established for more than ten years, and it also has technical support from NNSA, only in recent years has it achieved rocket recovery.”