Ngolunye usuku, i-Virgin Orbit yabhengeza ukuba indawo yokuvavanya okokuqala iisathelayithi ezisuka kwinqwelomoya Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseOita eJapan (iSiqithi saseKoshu). Oku kunokuba ludano kurhulumente wase-UK, otyala imali kwiprojekthi ngethemba lokudala inkqubo yokuqaliswa kwesathelayithi esekelwe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCornwall.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya e-Oita sikhethwe yi-Virgin Orbit ngeliso lokudala i-satellite (microsatellite) iziko lokuqaliswa komoya eMzantsi-mpuma Asia. Ngokucacileyo kuya kubakho imali eninzi apho kunokuba "kwiNgilani endala elungileyo". Kwangaxeshanye, inkqubo "yokuphehlelelwa komoya" ithetha indlela eguquguqukayo kwindawo yokuphehlelelwa kwesathelayithi, kuba ipadi yokuphehlelelwa ngendlela yeBoeing 747-400 "iCosmic Girl" yenqwelomoya inokudluliselwa kuyo nayiphi na indawo emhlabeni. .
Amaqabane e-Virgin Orbit kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Oita iya kuba ziinkampani zalapha ekhaya ezinxulumene ne-ANA Holdings kunye ne-Space Port Japan Association. Kulindeleke ukuba intsebenziswano iya kukhokelela ekuveleni kolwakhiwo oludityaniswe neenkonzo zenqwelomoya yoluntu, oluya kudala iimarike ezintsha ezinxulumene nokwanda kwemfuno yeesathelayithi ezincinci. Kubonakala ngathi kungekudala zonke iinkampani ezizihloniphayo aziyi kukwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kweqabane layo.
Ngokubhekiselele kuphehlelelo lokuqala lwemoto yokuphehlelelwa kweLauncherOne ukusuka kwiBoeing 747-400, kulindeleke ngo-2022. Okwangoku, njengoko inkampani ibika, "iprojekthi ikwinqanaba eliphezulu lovavanyo, kwaye ukuqaliswa kwe-orbital yokuqala kulindeleke kwikamva elingekude."
Inqwelo-moya ye-Boeing 747-400 "Cosmic Girl" kufuneka iphakamise i-rocket ye-21 yeemitha ye-LauncherOne kunye nomthwalo ohlawulwayo kwibhodi ukuya kumphakamo ongaphezu kwe-9 km, emva koko i-rocket iya kwahlula, iqalise injini yayo kwaye iye esithubeni. Esi sikimu sithembisa ukunciphisa iindleko zokuphehlelela iisathelayithi ezincinci kwi-orbit.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru