Satellite operator Planet adzagwiritsa ntchito roketi ya SpaceX Falcon 9 kutumiza ma satellite ake ang'onoang'ono atatu pamodzi ndi ma satelayiti a intaneti 60 Starlink m'masabata akubwerawa. Chifukwa chake, Planet ikhala yoyamba mu pulogalamu yatsopano ya SpaceX yoyambitsanso ma mini-satellites.
Ma SkySats atatu adzalumikizana ndi gulu la nyenyezi la Planet's low-Earth orbit, lomwe pakali pano lili ndi machitidwe a 15-iliyonse yofanana ndi kukula kwa makina ochapira. Masetilaitiwa amajambula zithunzi zapadziko lapansi. Planet ikukonzekera kuwonjezera ma satelayiti ena asanu ndi limodzi kuzombo zake: atatu ngati gawo la kukhazikitsidwa kwa Falcon 9, ndi ena atatu ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Falcon 9 kuchokera ku Starlink mu Julayi.
Aka sikakhala nthawi yoyamba Planet kutulutsa ma satelayiti pa rocket ya Falcon 9. Kampaniyo idatulutsa ma satelayiti asanu ndi awiri, kuphatikiza ma SkySats awiri, pa Falcon 9 mu Disembala 2018. Kukhazikitsa kumeneko, komwe kumadziwika kuti SSO-A mission, kunali chochitika chachikulu chokhazikitsanso, kutumiza ma satelayiti okwana 64 kuchokera kumakampani osiyanasiyana pa roketi imodzi. Mkhalapakati, Spaceflight, adakonza zoyambitsa, koma tsopano SpaceX ikugwira ntchito mwachindunji ndi omwe ali ndi chidwi.
Malinga ndi Planet, kugwira ntchito ndi SpaceX kwakhala kopindulitsa. "Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe zakhala zabwino kwambiri pogwira ntchito ndi SpaceX ndikuti amagwira ntchito mofanana ndi Planet," Mike Safyan, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Planet woyambitsa makina a satana, adauza The Verge. "Tonsefe timagwira ntchito mwachangu komanso timachita zinthu zambiri tokha, zomwe zimatithandiza kufulumizitsa zinthu poyerekeza ndi ntchito zamlengalenga." Malinga ndi mutuwo, miyezi 6 yokha idadutsa kuchokera pomwe mgwirizano udasainidwa ndi SpaceX mpaka kukhazikitsidwa.
Malinga ndi Bambo Safyan, Planet ikhoza kusankha kuchokera kumitundu yosiyanasiyana ya SpaceX: Kampani ya Elon Musk ili ndi chilolezo chokhazikitsa ma satelayiti pafupifupi 12 mumlengalenga kwa gulu lake la nyenyezi la Starlink, lopangidwa kuti ligwiritse ntchito intaneti ya satellite yofikira pa intaneti. Kuti akwaniritse ntchitoyi, SpaceX ikukhazikitsa ma satellite ake a Starlink m'magulu 000, ndege iliyonse mu 60 imachitika pafupifupi kamodzi pamwezi. Izi zimatsegula mwayi waukulu kwa makampani ang'onoang'ono omwe akufuna kutenga nawo gawo pakuyambitsa kalavani. Mwa njira, pulogalamu ya SpaceX yogwiritsira ntchito zolipirira ndi makampani ena amapereka ndalama zokwana $ 2020 pa 500 kg.
"Pakafika poyambitsa ma satelayiti ang'onoang'ono, nthawi zambiri mumayenera kusankha ntchito inayake ndikudikirira kuti makampani ena asungire ndalama zomwe apatsidwa," adatero Bambo Safyan. - Nthawi zina tikulankhula za kuchedwa kwa 3, 6, 9 ngakhale miyezi 12. Izi ndi zofunikadi. Nthawi yomweyo, SpaceX imayambitsa magulu atsopano a Starlink nthawi zambiri, ndipo njira yolowera ndi yabwino kwa SkySats yathu. "
Ma satellite atatuwa adzakhala pamwamba pa gulu la nyenyezi la 60 Starlink mumphuno ya Falcon 9. Ma SkySats atatuwa ndi atatu otsatirawa akadzayambitsidwa, Planet idzapatsa makasitomala luso latsopano lojambula malo enieni padziko lapansi mpaka ka 12 patsiku.
Planet ikufunanso kukulitsa mawonekedwe azithunzi zake. M'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayi, yakhala ikuchita kampeni yotsitsa ma satellite ake a SkySat kuti awayandikitse ku Earth. Izi zidathandizira kusintha kwazithunzi kuchokera pafupifupi 80 cm pa pixel kufika 50 cm pa pixel.
Source: 3dnews.ru