SpaceX ti kede pe yoo ṣe idaduro ifilọlẹ iṣowo akọkọ ti Falcon Heavy, rọketi ti o lagbara julọ ti ile-iṣẹ, ti n ṣe idawọle pataki lati iṣeto ẹrọ 27-engine rẹ. Alakoso SpaceX Elon Musk sọ tẹlẹ pe o gba akoko pupọ, ipa ati owo lati ṣe idagbasoke Falcon Heavy ti o ga julọ.
Ifilọlẹ Falcon Heavy ni akọkọ ti ṣeto fun ọjọ Tuesday, 3:36 pm PT (Wednesday, 01:36 akoko Moscow), ṣugbọn o ni lati sun siwaju nitori awọn ipo oju ojo ti ko ni itẹlọrun.
“A n gbero ni bayi lati ṣe ifilọlẹ Falcon Heavy lati Arabsat-6A ni Oṣu Kẹrin Ọjọ 10th - iṣeeṣe ti awọn ipo oju ojo oju ojo pọ si 80%,” ile-iṣẹ tweeted. Gẹgẹbi iṣeto naa, ifilọlẹ yoo waye ni 3:35 pm PT (Ọjọbọ, 01:35 akoko Moscow) lati pad 39A ni Ile-iṣẹ Space Kennedy.
Lati aaye kanna, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ti ṣe ifilọlẹ ni Oṣu Kẹta, jiṣẹ sinu orbit fun idanwo aiṣedeede ti ọkọ oju-ofurufu Crew Dragon ti eniyan, eyiti o dokọ pẹlu ISS.
Jẹ ki a ranti pe ni Kínní 6, 2018, Falcon Heavy fi ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ ina mọnamọna Tesla Roadster sinu aaye. Ni akoko yii, rọkẹti yoo gbe satẹlaiti ibaraẹnisọrọ Arabsat-6A ti Saudi Arabia, ti o ṣe iwọn 6000 kg, sinu orbit, eyiti yoo pese aaye si awọn nẹtiwọọki ibaraẹnisọrọ ni Aarin Ila-oorun, Yuroopu ati Afirika. Ti o ba ṣaṣeyọri, ifilọlẹ Falcon Heavy miiran yoo waye ni ọdun yii.
orisun: 3dnews.ru