Bungwe la US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) lalengeza kuti Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) yamaliza kuwuluka kwawo kwa zaka 60 kuchokera ku Red Planet.
Kumbukirani kuti kafukufuku wa MRO adakhazikitsidwa pa Ogasiti 12, 2005 kuchokera ku Cape Canaveral Space Center. Chipangizocho chinalowa m'njira ya Mars mu March 2006.
Kafukufukuyu adapangidwa kuti aziphunzira nyengo ya Martian, nyengo, mlengalenga ndi geology. Zida zosiyanasiyana za sayansi zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa izi - makamera, ma spectrometer ndi ma radar.
Ndikofunika kuzindikira kuti ntchito yaikulu ya siteshoniyi inamalizidwa kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2008 - kuyambira pamenepo pulogalamu yofufuzayo yawonjezeredwa kangapo. MRO ikugwira ntchito bwino mpaka lero, kuphatikiza kuchita ngati kutumizirana mauthenga kuchokera kwa obwera ku Martian.
Akuti pautumiki wake kafukufukuyu adatumiza zithunzi zopitilira 378 padziko lapansi. Voliyumu ya zomwe zidapangidwa kale zapitilira 360 Tbit. Kuphatikiza apo, chipangizocho chinatumiza zambiri kuposa 1 Tbit yazidziwitso kuchokera kwa landers, makamaka kuchokera ku Curiosity rover.
Zikuyembekezeka kuti zomwe zapezedwa pazaka zambiri za ntchito ya MRO zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito, mwa zina, pokonzekera mishoni zokonzedwa ndi anthu ku Red Planet.
Source: 3dnews.ru