The old man's voice rang in Jin's ears while he was relaxing in Stearina's house.

Without saying good-bye to Stearina, Jin rushed to the command room in the basement of the institute. Reiko followed him silently.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

What?

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The satellite was supposed to have been put into a geostationary orbit by turning off its gravity spell, but after a few minutes it became difficult to maintain its orbit and finally began to fall.

"What went wrong?"

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"What?"

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"Hmmm... ......"

Jin pondered. A geostationary satellite is a satellite that is stationary relative to the earth's surface. Preliminary experiments have confirmed that when inertia is restored, the original intrinsic velocity is also restored.

If the time from launch to orbit is two hours, the direction of velocity will be shifted by about 30 degrees, but the satellite should be equipped with a magic gravity engine that can compensate for that much.

But...

"Oh, I see!"

Jin realizes that he was mistaken. The speed of the satellite when it was on the earth's surface would never be enough to become a satellite.

It would need to reach a speed of about 8 kilometers per second to maintain the satellite's orbit.

He quickly tells Laojun

"Mr. Man, use the magic gravity engine to accelerate the satellite!　If we accelerate at 1G for 15 minutes, the speed will be about 8 kilometers per second.

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"What is it?"

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"What?"

The satellite started spinning at a speed that was too fast for attitude control.

"Oh ...... did it need a gyro or something ......?"

As for Jin, he is not an expert on the workings of satellites. No wonder he failed.

"...... is frustrating."

Jin's face turns into a frown and he grumbles in frustration. Reiko sees this and says to the old man

"Mr. Lao, can't you capture it with a Falcon or something?

The answer was not from the old man but from Jin.

"Oh, Reiko, that's impossible. There is no air in space, so the magical jet propulsion system (magijet engine) can't work.

"I see. ......"

Seeing the disappointed look on Jin's face, Reiko becomes disheartened as well.

It was the old man who gave them a helping hand.

"What?"

The old man explains briefly because time is short.

"But the speed of the fall is quite high.　Can we catch it?"

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Jin wondered. <<> Jin thought. But what would happen if it entered the atmosphere, Jin did not know.

It would be good if the Satellite-001 could be successfully captured, but if not, the aircraft would be lost in the worst case. And the golem he was piloting.

"Father, I'm going on Pegasus 1."

What?

"I know it's not fair of me to say this but my reaction time is the fastest. I think I should be the one to do it if we're going to do it the way we have the best chance of success.

"But ......"

"Okay."

Jin made up his mind.

"Reiko, you don't have to go. I'm not going to put you in that kind of danger."

"I'm not going to put you in that kind of danger."

"This failure is my fault. I was too greedy all at once. I should have built a vehicle equipped with a magic gravity engine first, accumulated a lot of data, then launched a regular satellite, gathered more data, and then started work on a geostationary satellite. It's my fault for being so arrogant."

"Father, ......."

Jin smiled sadly and stared at the ceiling. He stared at the ceiling with a sad smile, as if he was staring at the falling Satellite 001 through the walls of the institute.

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Disheartened, Jin left the institute. He seems to have gone to the Stearina residence.

The old man, seeing Jin's depressed condition, considers whether there is any other way to retrieve the Satellite-001.

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Although he is not as good as Jin, he is far superior to Jin in terms of his thinking speed and his ability to process things at the same time.

He spent about 3 minutes and came to a conclusion. There is no other way. There is no other way. The previous proposal has been modified only slightly.

The current altitude of Satellite 001 is less than 20,000 kilometers and the speed is It is now at an altitude of less than 20,000 kilometers and a speed of nearly 18 kilometers per second, and it is increasing its speed from time to time. It is already impossible to catch it properly.

It may be possible to retrieve it if a huge warp gate is set up along its descent course, but this is not something that can be prepared in a hurry.

Unless we slow down first, there is nothing we can do.

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Once the inertia is reduced to zero, Satellite 001 will stop instantly. Then we identify the coordinates and send the Falcon to a short distance. Then use the transporter to transfer Satellite 001. The Falcon enters the atmosphere while deploying a barrier.

This is the conclusion that the "Mere Old Man" reached. Satellite 001 was originally planned to serve as a marker for the transporter, so it is easy to identify its position.

And although we do not know the principle of the transporter or the warp gate, whatever the intrinsic speed at the time of sending out, it will be zero (in terms of relative velocity) at the time of receiving. This is what we are trying to exploit.

Fortunately, Falcon 1 with a transporter, which was used for the transfer of the Stearina house, is now waiting.

The old man consulted Reiko via manacam. He still needed Reiko's reaction speed.

"Let's do it, Mr. Okun. For your father's sake.

Reiko immediately agreed and quietly went out of Stearina's house so that Jin would not notice her. Reiko then boarded the Falcon 1 parked outside the laboratory.

Jin is unaware of this because he was at the Stellarena residence to report the failure.

Reiko puts the Falcon 1 transporter on standby, and the old man prepares the transporter outside the laboratory.

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Then the "Mere Old Man" shifts the inertia of Satellite 001 to almost zero.

With a slight resistance, Satellite 001 instantly stops and the "Mere Old Man" immediately transfers Falcon 1.

With a loss of 1.4 seconds, Falcon 1 was beamed into space. Reiko immediately points the transporter to Satellite 001. The time required is only 0.7 seconds. Reiko then switches on the transporter, and 0.8 seconds elapses before the transfer begins.

In total, Satellite 001 was transferred in 2.9 seconds.

A moment later, Satellite 001 appears in front of the institute. The inertia is restored at the same time as the transfer, and there is no danger.

Falcon 1 begins its descent from an altitude of about 13,000 kilometers.

The magical jet propulsion system (magijet engine) onboard the Falcon 1 is still not working.

Reiko deployed a barrier on Falcon 1.

It will enter the atmosphere at approximately 100 kilometers. Twenty-seven minutes to go.

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The hint of the transfer magic given by Alchel, the <>, has not been fully analyzed yet.

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At that moment, Jin rushed into the control room.

"Old man!　Where is Reiko?

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Reiko's voice echoed from the manacam.

"Reiko!　I told you to stop!

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"Reiko ......"

The old man explains to Jin who looks worried.

"...... doesn't mean you don't have to worry. Reiko, come back safely. I'll scold you when you get back."

Yes, Father.

And at 25, 26, 27 minutes ...... Falcon 1 finally entered the atmosphere. 1 entered the atmosphere.