I-SpaceX, umkhiqizi we-aerospace, ngempumelelo ibanjiwe isivivinyo somlilo esingaguquki serokhethi ye-Falcon 9. Inhloso yalokhu kuhlola ukwethula isathelayithi yokubuka umhlaba ye-Italian CSG-2. Ukuhlolwa kube yimpumelelo futhi inkampani ihlela ukwethula ngo-18:11 pm ET ngoLwesine, Januwari 27. Ukwethulwa kuzokwenzeka ngqo esiteshini sasemkhathini saseMelika eCape Canaveral.
Lesi ngesinye sezimo ezimbalwa emlandweni lapho izwe laseYurophu lisebenzisa imicibisholo engeyona eyaseYurophu.
Ukwethulwa kuyisinyathelo esingakaze sibonwe emlandweni wakamuva. Phela akujwayelekile ukubona izwe eliyilungu le-European Space Agency (ESA) lethula umkhumbi-mkhathi ngerokhethi okungeyona eyaseYurophu. Kodwa-ke, i-SpaceX ingenye yezinkampani ezishisa kakhulu ezikhathini zamuva nje. Eqinisweni, amarokhethi e-Ariane ne-Vega i-ESA eyasiza ngezezimali kanye namazwe ase-Europe asizile ukwakha awasakwazi ukuncintisana ngokuqhubekayo ne-SpaceX's Falcon. Inkampani ka-Elon Musk isekude kakhulu ngokwentengo.
I-Arianespace ne-ESA ziya ngokuya zifuna igunya lezepolitiki leminyaka eminingi eliphoqa amazwe angamalungu ukuthi avume ukwethula konke okungase kukhokhelwe amarokhethi e-Ariane, Vega noma e-Soyuz. Kodwa-ke, i-Italy ibe nokwethulwa kweVega okuningana okungaphumelelanga. Ngenxa yalokho, washintshela ezingeni elisha le-Vega C. Nokho, lokhu kuholele ekubambezelekeni okuningi. Esikhundleni sokuhlehlisa umsebenzi mhlawumbe ngomunye unyaka. Inkampani ibheka i-SpaceX njengenye indlela eyinhloko ye-CSG-2.
Isathelayithi entsha ye-Italian CSG-2 yakhelwe ukubuka ubuso boMhlaba ngama-engeli ahlukene kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe olwaziwa ngokuthi i-scanning aperture radar (SAR). Isathelayithi inesisindo esingaba ngu-2200 kg futhi ihamba endaweni eyindilinga ye-polar, esendaweni ephakeme ngamakhilomitha angama-620 ngaphezu kobuso beplanethi. Le phrojekthi ekuqaleni yayiklanyelwe ukwethulwa ngerokhethi eyenziwe e-Italian Vega C. Ukwakhiwa kwerokhethi kuhlinzekela ukwethulwa kwe-2300 kg emzileni ophansi woMhlaba. Kodwa-ke, manje izokwethulwa ku-SpaceX's Falcon 9, enkulu kakhulu futhi enamandla kakhulu.
Isivumelwano se-SpaceX cishe saba nenzuzo enkulu e-Italy kunokusebenzisa amarokhethi e-Vega
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ukwethula i-Falcon 9 nge-booster ehlolwe indiza kubiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-50 zamathani okungenani angu-12 ukuya ku-LEO (umzila ophansi womhlaba). IVega C yakhelwe ukwethula amathani angu-2,3 ku-LEO ngemali elinganiselwa ku-$40 million, ngokusho komkhiqizi u-Avio. I-SpaceX isanda kukhokhisa i-NASA u-$50 ukuze yethule i-IXPE X-ray Observatory. Inqubo yenziwa kusetshenziswa indawo yezandla ehlala ingasebenzi ku-booster yemishini ye-Falcon 9. Ngakho-ke, kungenzeka ukuthi i-Italy ikhokhela inkampani ngaphansi kwezigidi ezingu-50 zamaRandi ukuze yethule i-CSG-2. Ukwethulwa kulula ngokwanele, futhi kuphinde kungene ku-orbit elula eyanele evumela i-Falcon 9 booster ukuthi ibuyele emhlabeni ukuze ilulame. Ngakho-ke i-SpaceX ingagcina yonga imali esikhundleni sokulahlekelwa irokhethi phakathi nenqubo.
Isikhulu se-SpaceX u-Elon Musk uthi ukuhlalisa umkhumbi-mkhathi ongenamuntu kuyinselele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukubuyisela i-booster olwandle kukhulisa kakhulu izindleko zanoma yikuphi ukwethulwa kwe-Falcon okudingayo. Inqubo elula ebandakanya i-Italian CSG-2 cishe iyenza ibe ukukhetha okusebenzisekayo kune-Vega C.
I-CSG-2 kufanele yethulwe nje emizuzwini eyi-15 ngemva kokushona kwelanga. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kuzoba nesibhakabhaka esimnyama esimnyama lapho i-Falcon 9 isuka futhi ingena ekukhanyeni kwelanga. Yebo, kuya ngesimo samafu. Hlala ubukele izindaba mayelana nokwethulwa ngoJanuwari 27.
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