Tsiku lina, Virgin Orbit adalengeza kuti malo oyesera koyamba satellites kuchokera ku ndege Oita Airport ku Japan (Koshu Island). Izi zitha kukhala zokhumudwitsa boma la UK, lomwe likuyika ndalama pantchitoyi ndi chiyembekezo chopanga makina oyambira satellite padziko lonse lapansi ku Cornwall Airport.
Bwalo la ndege ku Oita linasankhidwa ndi Virgin Orbit ndi diso lopanga satellite (microsatellite) air launch center ku Southeast Asia. Mwachiwonekere padzakhala ndalama zambiri kumeneko kuposa "England yabwino yakale". Nthawi yomweyo, dongosolo la "air launch" limatanthawuza njira yosinthika yofikira malo otsegulira satellite, popeza poyambira ngati ndege ya Boeing 747-400 "Cosmic Girl" yosinthidwa imatha kusamutsidwa kupita kulikonse padziko lapansi. .
Othandizira a Virgin Orbit ku Oita Airport adzakhala makampani am'deralo ogwirizana ndi ANA Holdings ndi Space Port Japan Association. Zikuyembekezeka kuti mgwirizano upangitsa kuti pakhale dongosolo lophatikizidwa ndi ntchito zoyendetsa ndege, zomwe zipangitse misika yatsopano yokhudzana ndi kufunikira kwa ma microsatellites. Zikuoneka kuti posachedwapa kampani iliyonse yodzilemekeza sidzatha kukhala popanda mnzake.
Ponena za kukhazikitsidwa koyamba kwa galimoto yotsegulira LauncherOne kuchokera ku Boeing 747-400, ikuyembekezeka mu 2022. Pakadali pano, monga momwe kampaniyo ikunenera, "ntchitoyi ili pachiwonetsero chapamwamba, ndipo kukhazikitsidwa koyamba kwa orbital kukuyembekezeka posachedwapa."
Ndege ya Boeing 747-400 "Cosmic Girl" iyenera kukweza roketi ya 21-mita LauncherOne ndi katundu wolipidwa pamtunda wa makilomita 9, pambuyo pake roketi idzalekanitsa, kuyambitsa injini yake ndikupita mumlengalenga. Dongosololi likulonjeza kuchepetsa mtengo wotsegulira ma satelayiti ang'onoang'ono mu orbit.
Source: 3dnews.ru