"What method?!" Yan Zhensheng and Su Xuan shouted almost simultaneously.

Mingzhao's finger quickly swept across the complex orbital parameter diagram, finally stopping at an intersection: "Utilize the characteristics of its own orbital motion, and... the periodic perturbation peaks of the solar wind particle stream!"

She pulled up a top-secret set of solar wind activity monitoring data.

"It will enter an orbital region with exceptionally high-energy particle activity in 17 minutes."

We need to precisely calculate the timing and angle at which the particle flow impacts the weak points of its attitude control system, inducing it to undergo a controlled, non-lethal attitude instability deflection!

Once the deflection angle reaches a critical value, its massive solar panels will temporarily block the directional antenna from shining on the Earth, interrupting the broadcast signal! This is the only window of opportunity!

What?!

Using solar wind particle streams as a scalpel? To collide with a runaway Soviet military satellite?!

This idea is so crazy that it exceeds everyone's cognitive boundaries!

"Impossible! This is utterly a fantasy!"

An experienced expert exclaimed in disbelief, "The computational workload is enormous! We only have 17 minutes! Orbital parameters, particle flow intensity, satellite attitude model... any tiny error could directly destroy it or cause it to go completely out of control! That would trigger an even greater disaster!"

"And that was a Soviet military satellite!"

Another voice, choked with sobs, cried out, "We attacked it without permission? If we're discovered, it's a declaration of war! Academician Yan!"

The control center was once again plunged into huge divisions and panic.

Gambling could trigger a world war; not gambling means the Soviet Union's nuclear secrets are being broadcast live to the world!

Yan Zhensheng's forehead veins bulged, and his back was soaked with sweat.

He looked at Mingzhao; her eyes remained calm and sharp, unwavering, radiating an absolute confidence in the calculation results.

He then looked at the encrypted data stream scrolling on the screen like a demon's whisper...

"Mingzhao!" Yan Zhensheng's voice seemed to come from hell, carrying a desperate resolve, "What permissions do you need?! I'll take the blame!"

"Supreme orbital control authority! All ground tracking and control station resources! Immediately provide me with all the latest orbital elements and real-time solar wind particle flow monitoring data!"

Without saying a word, Mingzhao pushed aside the bewildered operator next to him and sat down in front of the main control computer.

Slender fingers flew across the heavy keyboard, and lines of complex orbital mechanics differential equations and particle physics model codes poured onto the screen like a waterfall!

The control center was deathly silent, save for the clatter of Mingzhao's keyboard and the hum of the instruments.

Everyone held their breath, their hearts pounding in their throats. Su Xuan clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh.

Valery's face was ashen, and he looked at the young woman who had unleashed terrifying energy in the face of adversity with a complicated expression.

Time ticked by, second by second. The red dot on the screen, representing the out-of-control satellite, was rapidly approaching the fatal "surgical area" along its orbit.

"Torbit parameter injection!"

"Particle flow intensity peak confirmation countdown: 3 minutes!"

"Ground station, prepare high-power guidance signal! Target: sensitive area of ​​satellite Z-axis attitude gyroscope! Frequency XXXX, power limit!"

"Calculate the final collision vector... Inject!"

Mingzhao's voice, like a cold command, echoed in the deathly silent control center. Every order felt like dancing on a knife's edge.

Countdown to zero!

The powerful ground-based guidance signal, like an invisible giant hammer, precisely struck the most vulnerable nerve nodes of the out-of-control satellite!

Almost simultaneously, a violent stream of high-energy solar wind particles, like a giant wave in the universe, crashed violently against the satellite's attitude control system!

On the huge main screen in the control center, the green 3D model representing the satellite's attitude suddenly trembled!

Then, it began to tilt slowly but irresistibly in the predetermined direction of deflection! Angle…5 degrees…10 degrees…15 degrees…

Everyone's hearts were in their throats! The shadow of the satellite's massive solar panels was slowly, inching, moving toward that directional antenna that pointed at Earth like a devil's horn!

"Signal strength! The signal strength is decreasing!" a monitor suddenly shouted.

On the screen, the surging red signal waterfall, so real it seemed, began to weaken at a visible rate! As if an invisible hand had choked it!

20 degrees!

Signal strength plummeted by 50%!

25 degrees!

The signal is now reduced to a faint noise!

29.8 degrees! The critical point!

On the screen, the red signal waterfall that represented the death broadcast disappeared completely!

Only the faint green line of instrument background noise remained, quietly dancing on the screen.

It worked?!

After a brief silence, the control center erupted in a roar of relief, tinged with the sound of tears!

Su Xuan and a group of young technicians hugged each other excitedly, laughing and crying! Even the veteran experts were moved to tears!

Yan Zhensheng slumped back in his chair, completely exhausted, panting heavily, his body soaked in sweat.

He looked at the green line on the screen that represented silence, then at the young woman in front of the control panel who was still sitting upright, intently staring at the data being reviewed. His expression was extremely complicated.

It was she who turned the tide in the face of despair, preventing a catastrophe! But... she was also the one who caused it all! And that forbidden "Stardust"...

Just then, a piercing telephone ring shattered the brief moment of joy.

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