Imaginary picture of Light Sail 2 flying around.
At 2:30 pm on June 25, Beijing time, SpaceX's "Falcon" heavy rocket made its first night launch. This is the third launch in the history of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket. This set of the most powerful launch systems today will use 27 rocket engines this time.
This group of "Falcon" heavy rockets sent to the satellite to the sky is actually an internet celebrity. This newspaper has reported it many times.
will carry 24 satellites, one of which will carry the ashes of 152 Earthlings into the sky - they will orbit the parent star Earth in space, flying for about 25 years, and finally burned out - completing a "space funeral".
152 people's space funeral
As early as February 6, 2018, American technology tycoon Musk sent his red Tesla sports car to the sky, using the same group of rockets! However, it was just a test against this group of Rockets at that time. The real launch of
was in April 2019, and this group of "Falcon" heavy rockets successfully completed the "Arabsat-6A" mission.
This time its latest mission is to complete a "space funeral" with the ashes of 152 people.
According to foreign media reports, after completing such a funeral, people can only put 1 to 7 grams of ashes into mini metal capsules and then install the capsules in a container in a satellite. It only costs US$5,000 (about RMB 34,000) to complete a space funeral. Many capsules also have some words engraved, some of which say "Extend your hand to touch the stars!", and even "Star Transport (a song from the British Deep Purple Band) will last forever!".
Currently, the list of participants in this space funeral includes former NASA astronaut William Pogue, Japanese basketball star Masaru Tomita and space flight historian Dr. Eileen Stanford.
is responsible for this funeral. The company specializes in "cosmic funerals", and its service modes also include the Earth, the Moon, and the universe roaming.
also brings something fun to it
"Falcon" heavy rocket is like a cargo ship. Anyone can put the cargo on it and ask it to send it to the space terminal. This time, the "shipper" includes the US Department of Defense, NASA, the US Ocean Administration, the Administration of Affairs, and many private companies.
In addition to the ashes, what fun things do the "Falcon" heavy rocket bring with them this time?
Planetary Association's Light Sail 2 has been waiting for this moment for 10 years. Guangfan No. 2 looks only as big as a loaf of bread, and has a piece of sunsail on it. The function of the sun sail is just like the sail of a sailboat, which relies on the photon power that collects sunlight to drive satellites forward in the universe. A week after launch, the light sail will start working and raise the orbit, with the goal of reaching orbit 450 miles (about 724 kilometers) away from the Earth. This move will make Lightsail 2 the first solar sail in history to be able to enter higher orbits by relying solely on sunlight. After that, Light Sail 2 will be alone in the universe and orbit its home planet Earth for about a year.
spaceX's heavy "Falcon" rocket will return to a specific landing site by itself after sending the satellite into a specific orbit. This is SpaceX's original rocket recycling technology .
Musk bluntly stated that recycling rocket technology is a key technology for planet colonization. Recycling and utilization have greatly reduced the cost of satellite launches, directly making the matter of cosmic roaming not only limited to national level or professional astronauts. (Reporter Zhang Mijia, Correspondent Zhang Minlu)
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