APRILI 27, 2020: I-60 yeenkampani zonxibelelwano ze-Starlink ze-Intanethi zenkampani yabucala yesiphekepheke i-Elon Musk ebonwa esibhakabhakeni ebusuku.Yuri SmityukTASS ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaFetty ISpaceX iyazisa Iisathelayithi zeStarlink ngesantya esikhawulezileyo ukufezekisa isithembiso sayo sokubonelela ngexabiso eliphantsi, ngesantya esiphezulu kwi-intanethi nakwiindawo ezikude kakhulu eMhlabeni. Inkampani yerokethi ekhokelwa ngu-Elon Musk yathumela i-batch yakutshanje yeesetellites ezingama-60 ze-Starlink ngo-Okthobha u-6 kwaye icwangcise eminye imisebenzi emibini kule nyanga. Ekugqibeleni, i-SpaceX ifuna ukuthumela amashumi amawaka eesathelayithi kwindawo ejikeleze umhlaba esele igcwele. Kodwa ngaphandle kwesicwangciso esicacileyo sokubasusa emva kokuphela kobomi babo, yintoni ebathintelayo ukuba bangqubana nezinye izinto okanye omnye komnye?
I-SpaceX ithe iisatellite zayo zixhotyiswe ziinjini ze-ion ezinokuzihambisa zijikeleze esithubeni ukunqanda ukungqubana. Kwaye xa ezo njini zisifa, iisathelayithi ziya kuthi ngokwendalo zisuse-orbit kwaye zitshise kumhlaba ojikeleze umhlaba. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphambi kokuba yenzeke loo nto, iisathelayithi ezingasasebenziyo zinokuhlala kwi-orbit ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka emihlanu, zidala umngcipheko omkhulu wezinye iziphekepheke kunye nemishini emitsha yerokethi.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, i-SpaceX isungule isetellayithi ezingama-775 zizonke. Ngokwedatha ehambisa isathelayithi eqokelelwe sisazi ngeenkwenkwezi uJonathan McDowell, weHarvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, malunga neepesenti ezi-3 zeenjini ze-ion sele zisilele, zishiya iisathelayithi ezingama-23 zizibuza ngomjikelezo woMhlaba. (Inani alibandakanyi iiprototypes ezingama-47 ze-SpaceXUkucinywa ngabom.)
Eli nqanaba lokungasebenzi kakuhle alikho mibi kakhulu kumgangatho we-aerospace, utshilo uMcDowell. Ingxaki, nangona kunjalo, kukuba banokongeza ngokukhawuleza njengoko i-SpaceX isungula amakhulu amasathelayithi inyanga nenyanga kule minyaka imbalwa izayo.
I-SpaceX inemvume yeKhomishini yoNxibelelwano ye-Federal yokuqalisa i-12,000 i-Starlink satellite. Kwaye ukuphucula inkonzo ye-intanethi, inkampani iceba ukumilisela ngaphezulu kwama-30,000 kwaye ifake isicelo samalungelo okubekwa phambili kwezi satellites zongezelelweyo kunye neCCC.
Ukuba i-SpaceX iphelela ukuhambisa zonke iisathelayithi ezingama-42,000, ireyithi yokusilela yeepesenti ezi-3 iya kuthetha ngaphezulu kwesathelayithi ezi-1,200 ezifileyo ezijikeleza kwindawo ephantsi kangangeminyaka. Oko kukodwa kulingana nesithathu senani lilonke leesathelayithi ezidla umhlala-phantsi kumjikelezo woMhlaba ngoku, ngokuka I-Arhente YaseYurophu Yendawo (LEYO).
Inkunkuma yasemajukujukwini eyenziwe kukuqaliswa kwerokethi edlulileyo, iisathelayithi ezingasekhoyo kunye nezinye izinto ezithunyelwa emajukujukwini yinkxalabo evuthayo kwizazinzulu nakwiinkampani zeenqwelo moya emhlabeni jikelele. Kule veki, isathelayithi engasasebenziyo yaseSoviet iphantse yatyhutyha umzimba werokethi waseTshayina emajukujukwini.
NgoSeptemba ophelileyo, i-ESA kwafuneka ndihambise isathelayithi ngomzuzu wokugqibela ukunqanda ukungqubana kwamathuba ayi-1 000 ne-satellite ye-Starlink. I-ESA ithe kufuneka iqhube i-spacecraft kuba i-SpaceX yayingenacebo lokuthatha inyathelo. I-SpaceX kamva yathi ilahlekile unxibelelwano lwe-ESA ngenxa ye-tech glitch kwinkqubo yekhompyuter yenkampani.
