The heavy falcon is currently the strongest launch vehicle on the ground and the only SHLLV super heavy launch vehicle. In addition, its single launch cost is even lower than that of the Delta 4 rocket of NASA with a carrying capacity of only 29 tons in low Earth orbit. Space exploration technology companies have created too many innovations, such as the heavy falcon rocket that sent Tesla to the universe. It is also the strongest rocket that humans can operate at present, and the carrying capacity of LEO (near-Earth orbit) reaches 63.8 tons! Leo rockets with a carrying capacity of more than 50 tons are called super-heavy launch vehicles, that is, super-heavy launch vehicles, or SHLLV for short. Before the heavy falcon, there were only two kinds of rockets in human history that could be called SHLLV, one was Saturn V, and the other was an energy rocket made by the Soviet Union in1980s, with LEO carrying capacity of100t. Both rockets have retired from the historical stage.
The video review of the successful launch of the heavy Falcon rocket, coupled with the live video and the visual display of CG animation, not only met Musk's minimum requirements for success this time? No explosion? , but also successfully recovered 1 rocket, which is perfect in all aspects.
The LEO carrying capacity of the heavy falcon reaches 63.8 tons, which is weaker than the abnormal existence of Saturn V, but it has reached the standard of SHLLV. At present, it is also the only SHLLV that can run in all mankind. The MTO Mars transfer orbit carrying capacity of heavy falcon is 16.8 tons, which theoretically has the ability to send manned spacecraft into Mars orbit.
The heavy falcon rocket has three 1 rockets of ordinary falcon rockets, and each rocket has nine falcon engines and a ***27. This makes its carrying capacity nearly three times higher than that of Falcon 9. The following table shows the mainstream launch vehicles in the world at present. It can be seen that the carrying capacity of heavy falcon lags far behind all other competitors in the world. The maximum carrying capacity of the Delta 4 heavy rocket developed by NASA is less than half that of the heavy falcon, and the single launch cost is as high as 400 million US dollars! In contrast, the cost of a single launch of a heavy falcon is only $90 million. If the recycling technology is more mature in the future, this cost can be further reduced. This shows that the heavy falcon is a great milestone for all mankind.
List of major launch vehicles in the world Name of country/institution Rocket Maximum Low Earth Orbit Carrying Capacity Status USA/Space Exploration Technology Company Heavy Falcon/Falcon Heavy 63.8 tons in service USA/Space Exploration Technology Company Falcon 9/ Falcon 9 22.8 tons in service USA/NASA Delta 4/ Delta IV 28.8 tons in service China/NASA Long March 3 B 13 tons in service China/ NASA Long March 5 25 tons in service Europe/European Space Agency ESA Ariane 5/ Ariane 5 20 tons in service Russia/Russian Space Agency RKA proton/proton 22.8 tons in service Japan /JAXA H-IIA 15 tons in service India /ISRO PSLV 3.8 tons in service USA/NASA Saturn 5 retired Tesla Roadster 1.35 tons became Let's go back to this Tesla sports car flying to Mars. Because of all kinds of unreliable reports, many people think that Musk really took out the latest so-called on-wheel torque of 1 10,000 N? M, a brand-new Roadster electric supercar, can be delivered in 2020 within 2 seconds and has been sold as a futures. In fact, this heavy falcon launched the previous generation Roadster released in 2008, which is a cherry red pure electric sports car under Musk's own name. It seems that Musk has considered it? Blow an arrow? Perhaps, I still can't bear to use the latest products. We have introduced this classic car in detail, so we won't repeat it here.
Tesla, which was sent to Mars transfer orbit, is an old sports car, which was launched as early as 2008. Not the latest generation of sports cars previously guessed.
This is the new Tesla Roadster recently launched, with a speed of 0-96km/h of only 1.9 seconds. Although it has been sold, it is actually a futures that can only be delivered in 2020. Roadster of Space Exploration Technology Company was used as the test carrier of the first heavy Falcon test rocket, and it was indeed sent to MTO (Mars Transfer Orbit) or TMI (Transfer-Mars Injection). In other words, this sports car has broken through the speed of the second universe, escaped from the gravity of the earth, and will fly in the direction of Mars in the vast universe. But in fact, it will never reach Mars. It is just a space junk running in the orbit of the sun center. Yes, a car can't do anything in space, nor can it conduct scientific research and exploration. It's not much different from a piece of scrap metal.
In fact, it is useless to launch a spacecraft from the earth into the orbit of Mars just by entering MTO. Spacecraft entering MTO can use two kinds of transfer orbits: one is called Homan transfer orbit, which is currently used by mainstream Mars probes; The other is called double elliptical orbit. No matter which transfer orbit is adopted, it is necessary for the spacecraft to make orbit change maneuvers in order to successfully enter the orbit of Mars. Of course, a Tesla Roadster floating in space can't move, let alone change tracks.
This is a schematic diagram of the transfer orbit of Mars. Musk's Roadster is the Hohmann transfer track in the dotted line in the picture. Simply put, it is a heliocentric elliptical orbit that coincides with the orbits of the Earth and Mars. However, in order to enter the orbit of Mars or land on Mars, the spacecraft needs to have the ability to change orbit in addition to entering MTO, which Tesla can't do at all. So this Tesla is actually just a space junk in MTO orbit. So, as Musk said, his beloved (or cruel abandonment? ) Roadster will wander aimlessly in the universe for billions of years. Some people questioned why Musk did such a boring thing instead of sending some useful scientific equipment to benefit mankind. In fact, this is the first test of the heavy falcon after all. Generally, no payload will be carried in the experiment, but some low-cost loads will be used for the experiment, and expensive scientific instruments will not be considered. After all, Musk is also a businessman. Crashing an old Tesla into the sky is a relatively low-cost test load, and it also makes a cosmic super advertisement for Tesla, which is in urgent need of cash flow. Why not?
Musk, a madman, is still creating miracles that impress people all over the world. For fans, he has successfully built the most successful brand of pure electric vehicles at present, and for technology fans, the space exploration technology company, the world's first private space company, he founded is the most surprising. Today, its space exploration technology company dispelled everyone's doubts and successfully launched the world's most powerful launch vehicle. Is he close to creating the next miracle? The dream of establishing a Martian colony goes further.
I want to see here, maybe more netizens will be interested in this real Iron Man? Take your own technology? Superpowers? If you are more interested in the protagonist, you can click on the picture above to learn about Musk and his space exploration technology company, as well as all his crazy plans to manage the sea of stars. (Photo: Space Exploration Technology Company/Text: Chen Shengbo)
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