I-Satellite operator Planet izosebenzisa i-rocket ye-SpaceX Falcon 9 ukuthumela amasathelayithi ayo amancane amathathu kanye namasathelayithi e-inthanethi e-Starlink angama-60 emasontweni azayo. Ngakho, iPlanethi izoba ngeyokuqala ohlelweni olusha lwe-SpaceX lokwethulwa ngokubambisana kwamasathelayithi amancane.
Ama-SkySats amathathu azojoyina umlaza we-Planet's low-Earth orbit, okwamanje onamasistimu angu-15 β ngalinye lilingana nosayizi womshini wokuwasha. Lawa masathelayithi athatha izithombe ezinokulungiswa okuphezulu komhlaba. IPlanethi ihlela ukwengeza amanye amasathelayithi ayisithupha emikhumbini yawo: amathathu njengengxenye yokwethulwa okuzayo kwe-Falcon 9, namanye amathathu ngokwethulwa kwe-Falcon 9 kusuka ku-Starlink ngoJulayi.
Lokhu ngeke kube okokuqala iPlanethi yethula amasathelayithi ngerokhethi i-Falcon 9. Le nkampani yethule amasathelayithi ayisikhombisa, okuhlanganisa nama-SkySats amabili, ku-Falcon 9 ngoDisemba 2018. Lokho kwethulwa, okwaziwa ngokuthi i-SSO-A mission, kwakuwumcimbi omkhulu wokwethulwa ngokubambisana, okuthumela ingqikithi yamasathelayithi angama-64 ezinkampanini ezihlukene ngerokhethi eyodwa. Umlamuli, i-Spaceflight, uhlele ukwethulwa, kodwa manje i-SpaceX isebenza ngokuqondile nabathintekayo.
Ngokusho kwePlanethi, ukusebenza ne-SpaceX kube nomkhiqizo. "Enye yezinto kube kuhle kakhulu ngokusebenzisana ne-SpaceX ukuthi basebenza ngejubane elifanayo nePlanethi," uMike Safyan, iphini likamongameli wePlanet wokwethulwa kwesathelayithi, etshela iThe Verge. "Sobabili sisebenza ngokushesha futhi sizenzela izinto eziningi, okusivumela ukuthi sisheshise izinto uma siqhathaniswa namaphrojekthi ajwayelekile asemkhathini." Ngokusho kwenhloko, kwadlula izinyanga eziyisi-6 kuphela kusukela ngesikhathi inkontileka isayinwa ne-SpaceX kuze kwethulwe.
NgokukaMnu. Safyan, iPlanethi ingakhetha ezinhlobonhlobo zokwethulwa kwe-SpaceX: Inkampani ka-Elon Musk inemvume yokwethula amasathelayithi angaba ngu-12 emkhathini womlaza wayo we-Starlink, oklanyelwe ukutshala inethiwekhi yokufinyelela ku-inthanethi yesathelayithi. Ukuze ifeze le phrojekthi, i-SpaceX yethula amasathelayithi ayo e-Starlink ngamaqoqo angama-000, indiza ngayinye ngo-60 yenzeka cishe kanye ngenyanga. Lokhu kuvula amathuba abanzi ezinkampanini ezincane ezifisa ukubamba iqhaza ekwethulweni kwama-trailer. Ngendlela, uhlelo lwe-SpaceX lokusebenzisa imithwalo ekhokhelwa izinkampani zezinkampani zangaphandle luhlinzeka ngenkokhelo yama-$ 2020 kuphela nge-500 kg.
"Uma kuziwa ekuqaliseni izixuku zamasathelayithi amancane, ngokuvamile kufanele ukhethe umsebenzi othize bese ulinda ezinye izinkampani ukuthi zigcine umthwalo okhokhelwayo owabelwe," kusho uMnu. Safyan. - Kwesinye isikhathi sikhuluma ngokubambezeleka kwezinyanga ezi-3, 6, 9 kanye nezinyanga eziyi-12. Lokhu kubalulekile ngempela. Ngasikhathi sinye, i-SpaceX yethula amaqoqo amasha e-Starlink kaningi, futhi i-orbit eqondiwe ilungele i-SkySats yethu. "
Amasathelayithi amathathu azohlala ngaphezu komlaza wamasathelayithi e-Starlink angu-60 ekhaleni le-Falcon 9. Uma lezi SkySats ezintathu nezilandelayo seziqalisiwe, iPlanethi izonikeza amakhasimende ikhono elisha lokuthwebula amaphuzu athile eMhlabeni izikhathi ezingu-12 ngosuku.
IPlanethi iphinde ibheke ukukhulisa ukucaca kwezithombe zayo. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule, yenze umkhankaso wokwehlisa ukuphakama kwamasathelayithi ayo e-SkySat ukuze awasondeze eMhlabeni. Lokhu kusize ukuthuthukisa ukucaca kwesithombe ukusuka cishe ku-80 cm ngephikseli ukuya ku-50 cm ngephikseli ngayinye.
Source: 3dnews.ru