Kuhlehliswe ngenxa yezinkinga zezigaba eziphezulu zeFregat-M, ukwethulwa kwezimoto zokwethulwa kweSoyuz-ST-A ezivela eKourou cosmodrome, okufanele kwethule amasathelayithi e-UAE Falcon Eye 2 kanye neFrench CSO-2 ku-orbit, kuhlelelwe u-Ephreli futhi Kwangathi kulo nyaka wonyaka. I-RIA Novosti ibika lokhu ngokubhekisela kumthombo wayo.
Phambilini kwaziwa ukuthi ukwethulwa kwe-Falcon Eye 2 kuhlehlisiwe kusukela ngoMashi 6 kuya ku-Ephreli ngenxa yokutholakala kwezinkinga zobuchwepheshe esiteji esiphezulu seFregat-M. Ekugcineni, kwanqunywa ukuthi esikhundleni sesiteji esiphezulu kube nesinye esifanayo esihloselwe ukwethula i-CSO-2 emkhathini, yingakho ukwethulwa kwalesi sathelayithi kuhlehlisiwe kusukela ngo-Ephreli 10 kuya kuMeyi.
Manje sekucatshangwa ukuthi isethelayithi ye-UAE's Falcon Eye 2 izokwethulwa emkhathini ngo-Ephreli 14. Ngokuqondene nedivayisi yesiFulentshi, ukwethulwa kwayo kuhlelelwe ingxenye yesibili kaMeyi. Ukwethulwa kulindeleke ukuthi kusebenzise isiteji esiphezulu seFregat-M, obekuhloswe ngaso ukwethula amasathelayithi e-OneWeb yaseBrithani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
Ngo-2019, ukwethulwa kwe-Falcon Eye 1 ku-rocket ye-Vega evela endaweni yase-Kourou spaceport kugcine ukwehluleka ngenxa yezinkinga zesigaba sesibili semoto yokwethulwa. Ngemuva kwalesi sigameko, i-UAE yanquma ukwethula isathelayithi elandelayo ku-orbit ngerokhethi ye-Soyuz-ST.
Sekukonke, kusukela ekwindla ka-2011, ukwethulwa okungu-23 kwamarokhethi e-Soyuz-ST kuye kwenziwa e-Kourou cosmodrome. Ngenxa yezinkinga ngesiteji esiphezulu seFregat, ngo-2014, amasathelayithi okuzulazula e-European Galileo afakwa emzileni ongaphandle kwedizayini.
Source: 3dnews.ru