I-Global satellite operator i-Iridium Communications iqede ukulahlwa kwesathelayithi yayo yokugcina yama-28 engasasebenzi ngomhlaka-65 Disemba. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kuseneziphuphutheki zayo ezingasebenzi ezingama-30 ku-orbit, eziphenduke imfucumfucu evamile yasemkhathini, okufanele futhi kuxazululwe ngayo okuthile.
Inkampani yaseMcLean, eVirginia yaqala ukuqaqa umlaza wayo wokuqala wamasathelayithi akhiwe ngabakwaMotorola no-Lockheed Martin ngo-2017, esikhundleni sawo ngomkhumbi-mkhathi wesizukulwane sesibili osuka eThales Alenia Space.
Ngokuka-Jonathan McDowell, isazi sezinkanyezi e-Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, kumasathelayithi angu-95 aqalwa opharetha phakathi kuka-1997 no-2002, angu-30 ehlulekile futhi “abambekile” emzileni ophansi woMhlaba.
Ngokungangabazeki, lezi ziphuphutheki zingadala izinkinga kwezinye imikhumbi-mkhathi esikhathini esizayo. Isikhulu se-Iridium, uMat Desch, sizwakalise ukuzimisela kwakhe ukukhokhela inkampani engabasusa emzileni. Uqambe inani elingenangqondo - cishe amaRandi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-10 ngesathelayithi eyodwa, ngokusobala njengembewu yokuqala ingxoxo eseyedlulelwe yisikhathi. Sekuvele kusobala ukuthi inkinga yemfucumfucu yasemkhathini ikhona, futhi ngolunye usuku kuyodingeka ixazululwe.
Source: 3dnews.ru