Ua hoʻopau ʻo Iridium Communications i ka hoʻopau ʻana o kāna mau satelite kahiko he 28 i ka lā 65 Dekemaba. I ka manawa like, aia nō he 30 o kāna mau satellite hana ʻole i ka orbit, i lilo i ʻōpala ākea maʻamau, kahi mea e pono ai e hoʻoholo.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hui ʻo McLean, Virginia e hoʻopau i kāna hui mua o nā satelite i kūkulu ʻia e Motorola a me Lockheed Martin i ka makahiki 2017, e hoʻololi ana iā lākou me nā mokulele lua o ka hanauna mai Thales Alenia Space.
Wahi a Jonathan McDowell, he kilo hōkū ma Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, o nā satelite 95 i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka mea hoʻohana ma waena o 1997 a me 2002, 30 i hāʻule a "paʻa" i ka orbit honua haʻahaʻa.
ʻO ka mea kānalua, hiki i kēia mau satelite ke hana i nā pilikia no nā mokulele mokulele i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ua hōʻike ʻo CEO ʻo Iridium ʻo Matt Desch i kona makemake e uku i kahi hui e hiki ke wehe iā lākou mai ka orbit. Ua kapa ʻo ia i kahi helu hoʻohenehene - ma kahi o $ 10 tausani no hoʻokahi satellite, ʻike ʻia he hua e hoʻomaka ai i kahi kamaʻilio ʻana. Ua ʻike mua ʻia ka pilikia me ka ʻōpala o ka lewa, a i kekahi lā e hoʻoponopono ʻia.
Source: 3dnews.ru