I-Global satellite operator i-Iridium Communications igqibe ukulahla i-satellite yayo yokugqibela ye-28 eguga ngoDisemba 65. Nangona kunjalo, kusekho i-30 yeesathelayithi zayo ezingasebenziyo kwi-orbit, eziye zaba yinkunkuma ye-space eqhelekileyo kwaye kufuneka kujongwane nayo.
Inkampani yaseMcLean, eseVirginia yaqala ukwenza i-deorbiting Constellation yayo yokuqala yeesathelayithi ezakhiwe yi-Motorola kunye ne-Lockheed Martin ngo-2017, endaweni yazo nge-spacecraft yesizukulwana sesibini esivela kwi-Thales Alenia Space.
Kwiisathelayithi ezingama-95 ezaphehlelelwa ngumqhubi phakathi kuka-1997 no-2002, ezingama-30 aziphumelelanga kwaye zaxinga kumjikelezo woMhlaba ophantsi, utshilo uJonathan McDowell, isazi ngeenkwenkwezi kwiZiko laseHarvard-Smithsonian leAstrophysics.
Kakade ke, ezi sathelayithi zinokubangela iingxaki kwezinye iziphekepheke kwixesha elizayo. I-CEO ye-Iridium uMat Desch uye wabonisa ukuzimisela kwakhe ukuhlawula inkampani enokubasusa kwi-orbit. Wabiza imali ehlekisayo - malunga ne-10 yeedola ngesathelayithi nganye, ngokucacileyo njengesiqalo sencoko esele isenziwa. Sele kucacile ukuba ingxaki yenkunkuma yendawo ikhona, kwaye ngexesha elithile kuya kufuneka isonjululwe.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru
