Just when the International Space Station of the Earth Federation was arguing with the Earth Federation Association.

In orbit above the space station, 16 small communications satellites owned by SpaceX were damaged in this solar storm that is difficult to repair.

The orbital control systems of these satellites have failed, and the communication systems are also useless, which can be regarded as completely scrapped.

One of the scrapped Starlink satellites, after losing control, collided with another Lucia spy satellite nearby.

Due to the outbreak of the solar storm at this time, the communication that has affected the earth has been affected, and some communication satellites have been scrapped, so that the members of the Earth Federation Association have no way to monitor all spacecraft in low earth orbit.

In particular, the side that is swept by the solar storm is in low-Earth orbit.

The collision between the scrapped Starlink satellite and the Lucia spy satellite caused serious damage to both satellites and deviated from their respective orbits.

Debris and debris from the impact of the satellite are sputtered in all directions, especially towards lower orbital regions.

The orbital altitude of these two satellites is about 670~680 kilometers in low earth orbit.

The new International Space Station of the Association is in the area of 450~460 kilometers in low earth orbit.

Hundreds of satellite debris and wreckage drifted all the way to the lower orbits.

Soon, 3 more Starlink satellites and 2 satellites of other forces were involved, and these collision satellites and debris collided with each other, and more debris and debris were knocked out, and the scope of debris sputtering was further expanded.

About an hour and a half later.

Dozens of pieces of satellite debris floated near the new ISS.

Nearly a quarter of the equipment on the International Space Station was paralyzed due to solar storms, and a large part of the equipment failed, and these small debris approaching the space station were not detected at all.

A piece of debris detached from Lucia's spy satellite tumbled and smashed onto the station's experiment module 3.

This satellite shell, with a radius of almost 0.4 meters, smashed through the bulkhead of the No. 3 experimental module in an instant with the blessing of rapid speed.

[Alert!] Alert! There was an air leak in the No. 3 experimental module...... ］

Zhang Ming, who felt that the air pressure around him was beginning to drop rapidly, his face changed greatly: "It's not good! Close the air pressure gate of cabin 3 quickly......"

Robert, who was in charge of controlling the management of the internal air pressure system, quickly pressed the panic button.

Suddenly, the hatches on both sides of the No. 3 experimental module closed automatically, and some of the air pressure in the space station stopped dropping.

However, there was no time for them to breathe a sigh of relief.

Another piece of satellite debris the size of a screw silently penetrated a fuel tank on the space station, leaking a large amount of methane stored in the fuel tank.

[Alert!] Alert! Leaking ...... from the F5 fuel tank ］

"This ......" Zhang Ming was shocked.

There are four pairs of fuel tanks for the entire new ISS, corresponding to the 16 posture control engines on the space station.

Power system administrator Jin Shangwen swallowed his throat: "Captain, we only have 9 posture control engines left. ”

Zhang Ming thought for a moment and immediately decided: "Start the No. 7 emergency pre-eucalyptus immediately." ”

"Roger."

The other seven astronauts also had no opinion, and this emergency pre-eucalyptus was also prepared for this situation.

They quickly put on the out-of-cabin type spacesuits, and at the same time went to the emergency escape spacecraft of the space station, obviously Zhang Ming had already sensed the problem of the space station, and did not dare to be careless at all.

Come to the emergency escape ship.

Correspondent Owen received an order from the headquarters of the Ground Union.

"Captain, the headquarters requires us to stay for half a month first, and after half a month, the headquarters will launch two spacecraft and send us a batch of components for maintenance."

Zhang Ming frowned: "Have you reported our current situation?" ”

Owen's face was also very ugly: "I reported." ”

"Fakyu! Don't they know that now the space station is in danger of getting out of control and disintegrating? Robert scolded.

Although Zhang Ming was very angry and disappointed, he still forced himself to calm down: "Owen, in the name of all our members, you have once again sent an application to return to Earth and explain the crisis of the space station at this time. ”

"Yes."

Then Zhang Ming said to the others: "Everyone, we have to make two preparations, on the one hand, we must find a way to eliminate the danger of the space station first, and on the other hand, make an emergency evacuation plan. ”

Everyone also knows that this is one of the few things they can do at the moment.

However, Zhang Ming and other astronauts didn't know that the satellite debris that was sputtered everywhere had gone crazy at this time.

Due to the large number of Starlink satellites of Space Exploration Company, there are currently 3,572 in low earth orbit, plus some satellites launched by the Earth Federation Association in recent years.

Moreover, these satellites are still crowded into this orbit at an altitude of 400~750 kilometers.

When a large amount of debris flew everywhere, it happened that because of the solar storm that interfered with communications, many satellites responsible for monitoring low-earth orbit space junk appeared in a wide range of monitoring blind spots.

Soon the number of satellites that collided with each other increased to 37.

These satellites collided with each other, further increasing the size of the debris.

As if triggering a chain reaction, a large number of debris fragments were scattered all over the low-Earth orbit.

The headquarters of Homo sapiens' Space Division.

It is very clear what is happening in low-earth orbit at this time, and even the trajectory of various debris is monitored.

Faced with this mess of low-Earth orbit, Homo sapiens also felt very troubled and could only prioritize the protection of the company's satellites.

This is one of the reasons why Homo sapiens placed the space station in a mid-orbit orbit.

is because of the large number of Starlink satellites launched by Musk, once they get out of control, it is easy to trigger a chain reaction.

And now the large-scale Homo sapiens space station, if it is arranged in an orbit of 400~500 kilometers, in the face of such a dense and chaotic satellite debris, it will also have a numb scalp.

Homo sapiens sweeps the snow in front of its own door.

On the other side, the Association of Ground Unions finally sensed the problem at this time, but it was too late.

In particular, those Starlink satellites with limited fuel have no way to maneuver and change orbits in a large range, which leads to a rapid increase in the number of Starlink satellites hit by debris.

And this situation further increases the scale of satellite debris.

A vicious circle begins.

Three hours later, the helpless Ground Union Association had to declare the evasion plan a failure.

During this period, the new ISS was hit by seven pieces of debris of various sizes.

Zhang Ming looked at the bulkhead of the emergency escape spaceship that had been smashed out of a small hole by the debris, and his face was already extremely dark.

"No! Although the air leak was blocked, one of the attitude control engines of the escape ship was destroyed, and the escape ship was not able to use it. Kim Sang-moon floated out of the escape spaceship.

The other astronauts were worried.

Robert even scolded: "Fakyou! Those bastards killed us! If it weren't for them preventing us from returning to Earth, we would have returned safely to Earth. ”

Zhang Ming asked, "Owen, hasn't the headquarters of the Earth Federation replied yet?" ”

Owen shook his head in disappointment: "No, they made us keep waiting. ”

"Wait a fart!" An astronaut exploded directly.

In fact, at this time, the Association was also very anxious, not indifferent, but it was useless to be anxious.

After receiving the space station's distress call, the management of the Earth Federation Association immediately held a meeting to discuss how to solve the problem.