Mission time 00:00:00:36.22

The rocket's first-stage booster engine rose to a position flush with the top of the launch pad. In the images transmitted from the optical instrument installed on the booster, a giant bubble could be seen gradually being stretched by the rocket. The sea water near the bubble showed parallel curved lines, like a film of water flowing on the windshield of a car speeding in a downpour.

Mission time 00:00:00:49.54

The calm sea surface suddenly began to ripple, followed by a continuous rise of bubbles, which mixed with the seawater and dyed the surface black and white. As the bubbles grew, the sea surface began to bulge upward. When the tension of the seawater could no longer maintain its shape, the water film, becoming transparent due to the excessive tension, revealed its interior.

By the time the unmanned floating monitoring station transmitted the images, most of "Buzhou Mountain" had already emerged from the sea. Its appearance was exactly the same as the legendary fairy mountain, and the seawater blown by its air currents even reached the top of the troposphere, thousands of meters high.

Mission time 00:00:01:20.02

The rocket finally broke through the clouds. The thick water vapor and the scattered light particles that were spread over the urban area before the launch combined to form the most effective protective layer against high-energy lasers. They blocked almost all bands of light, making it difficult for optical telescopes on the sea to see it clearly. The recorded broadcast footage was also replaced by the simulation footage on the large screen in the command room from tracking the rocket.

This rocket has no escape tower, so people might feel that the launch process is different from what they are used to.

Mission time 00:00:03:02.00

The first stage of the rocket separated, the second stage ignited and flew across the Karman line at an extremely fast speed. Its current speed is about 8.8 kilometers per second, and the instantaneous acceleration has reached an exaggerated 11G, which is no less than being punched and massaged by 300-pound strong men every minute and every second.

According to Jiang Ling's training, the killer satellite should have been attacking the rocket at this time, but it could not be seen at all in the recorded footage.

Mission time 00:00:04:11.36

The signal device on the rocket transmitted the report of the dozens of emergency trajectory changes it had just made to the East China Sea Station Operations Command Room via overseas monitoring submarines. This made many people at the scene look heavy-hearted, and Jiang Ling, who was sitting in front of the screen and didn't know whether the launch was successful or not, also had his heart in his throat.

Mission time 00:00:07:03.01

The second stage of the rocket separated autonomously, and the third stage ignited and began to turn, quickly entering the Earth-Moon transfer orbit. This should have been an alternative plan in the original plan. It seems that avoiding the satellite debris consumed a lot of DV, and they had to use the moon as a gravity slingshot.

The spacecraft's signal was intermittent during this period. Although the people in the command room had anticipated this situation, they still became nervous, fearing that they would receive a report of mission failure in the next second.

After another two anxious minutes, the footage from Kuafu-1 finally returned to normal. The seven astronauts remained calm and composed in their original positions, their life monitors indicating they were completely calm. This excited everyone to their feet and applaud, and even the government officials smiled with relief.

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The recording lasted until the tenth minute of the launch mission. When Jiang Ling came to her senses, she found herself out of bed. She was now wearing a hospital gown; her original gown had probably been reduced to ash in the recycling station's incinerator.

She walked barefoot on the ground, from the bed to the door, and then from the door to the corridor. Her steps became more and more steady. Ahead was a road that people had walked countless times. The ruggedness and ravines had long been flattened by brave ancestors. This time, she would face everything confidently and calmly.

Hope is ahead and the future has arrived!