Ngobu busuku, isethelayithi efileyo yaseSoviet kunye nomzimba olahlekileyo waseTshayina uya kubhabha uye komnye, ufike kufutshane kangangeemitha ezili-12 (i-39 iinyawo) ukwahlukana, kwaye unethuba eliphezulu lokuwa kwindawo ethile ngasentla koLwandlekazi lweAtlantic.
Ngokwenkampani ekulandelela inkunkuma yaseLeoLabs yesathelayithi kunye nendawo, kukho ithuba leepesenti ezili-10 lokuba ezi zinto zimbini zingasekhoyo zingangqubana ngeye-8: 56 ebusuku. ET. Isenokungavakali njengomngcipheko omkhulu, kodwa ibalulekile ngokwemiba yomoya. (I-NASA izakususa iSitishi saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe ukuba ithuba layo lokungqubana nenye into likhulu kune-0.001 yepesenti.)
Esi siganeko siqhubeka nokuba semngciphekweni omkhulu kwaye sinokuhlala sikule ndlela ngexesha lokusondela, uLeoLabs wathumela umyalezo ngolwe-Lwesibini.
1 / Esi siganeko siqhubeka nokuba semngciphekweni omkhulu kwaye sinokuhlala sihleli ngale ndlela ngexesha lokusondela. Inkqubo yethu ivelisa iingxelo zokudibanisa ezintsha 6-8x ngemini kulo msitho ngedatha yokujonga entsha ngalo lonke ixesha. pic.twitter.com/d3tRbcV2P0
-LeoLabs, Inc. (@LeoLabs_Space) Nge-14 ka-Okthobha ka-2020
Amacwecwe amabini amakhulu e-junk yendawo ajikeleza umhlaba ngoku kubude beemayile ezingama-615. Ngelo xesha ukuphakama, ukungqubana akuyi kubeka ngozi kuye nakubani na emhlabeni. Kodwa ukuba kuyenzeka, ukuqhushumba kuya kuthumela amawaka amaqhekeza amancinci kuwo onke amacala, ukwandisa umngcipheko wokungqubana kwixesha elizayo emajukujukwini.
Mhlawumbi yingxaki enkulu kunokuba abantu abaninzi beqonda, i-CEO yeLeoLabs uDan Ceperley uxelele Ushishino ngaphakathi . Ukuba oku kujika kube kukungqubana, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ngamawaka ukuya kumashumi amawaka amaqhekeza amdaka aza kubangela intloko kuyo nayiphi na isathelayithi ezakuphumela kumjikelo osemazantsi woMhlaba, okanye nangaphaya.
Isiphekepheke seSoviet ekuthethwa ngaso sisatellite yokuthatha umhlala phantsi esidla umhlala-phantsi ekuthiwa Ipapashiwe (I-Kosmos- 2004) yasungulwa ngo-1989. Imalunga neemitha ezili-17 (iinyawo ezingama-56) ubude kunye neemitha ezi-2 (iinyawo ezi-6) ubukhulu kwaye inobunzima obuziikhilogram ezingama-800 (1,760 iiponti). Umzimba werokethi yaseTshayina linqanaba lesithathu le-CZ-4C elilinganisa malunga ne-7.5 yeemitha (iinyawo ezingama-25) ubude kunye ne-2.9 yeemitha (9.5 iinyawo) ububanzi.
UJonathan McDowell, isazi ngeenkwenkwezi kwiHarvard-Smithsonian Centre yeAstrophysics, uthumele imifanekiso ye-spacecraft ezimbini xa zazisebenza zombini.
Isathelayithi eyilwe yi-ISS Reshetnev eZheleznogorzk kwaye yakhiwa yi-PO Polyot e-Omsk. Imifanekiso esuka https://t.co/RKpKKcVDKv pic.twitter.com/miw9f3A3f8
-UJonathan McDowell (@ iplanethi4589) Nge-14 ka-Okthobha ka-2020
Nantsi eyam imbonakalo yokuhlangana. I-Kosmos-2004 (ebomvu) isiya emazantsi isiya epalini, i-CZ-4C-Y4 (emfusa) isinga emantla isiya eFalklands pic.twitter.com/qem7ojlhcy
-UJonathan McDowell (@ iplanethi4589) Nge-14 ka-Okthobha ka-2020
Inkunkuma yendawo yi inkxalabo ekhulayo yenzululwazi kunye nabadlali bezentengiso. Ngayo Indawo yaseYurophu s ukubala kwakutshanje, kukho izinto ezingaphezu kwama-34,000 ezikhulu kune-10 cm ubukhulu ezihamba ngesantya esiphezulu kumjikelezo woMhlaba. Oko kubandakanya amawaka eesathelayithi ezisebenzayo nezingasasebenziyo, isphekepheke, kunye neendawo ezilahliweyo ezivela kweminye imisebenzi.
Kwaye imisebenzi exakekileyo yesathelayithi, ngakumbi i-SpaceX's Starlink, yenza ukujikeleza komhlaba kugcwele ngakumbi.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, ukumiliselwa kwe-rocket yokuqalisa kwe-CEO yeRocket Labet uPeter Beck uxelele i-CNN ukuba inani elikhulu lezinto ezisemajukujukwini ngoku lenze ukuba kube nzima kwaye kuyingozi ukumilisela izithuba zesithuba. Uthe inkampani kutshanje kuye kwafuneka ichonge isiqingatha seshumi eefestile zokumiliselwa ukuze ifumane indlela ecacileyo ngaphandle kokungqubana nazo naziphi na iisathelayithi ze Starlink.