Amasathelayithi okuqala e-OneWeb ahloselwe ukwethulwa esuka e-Baikonur kufanele afike kule cosmodrome engxenyeni yesithathu, njengoba kubikwe incwadi eshicilelwe ku-inthanethi i-RIA Novosti.
Iphrojekthi ye-OneWeb, siyakhumbula, ihlinzeka ngokwakhiwa kwengqalasizinda yesathelayithi yomhlaba wonke ukuze inikeze ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi ye-broadband emhlabeni jikelele. Amakhulu emikhumbi-mkhathi emincane azoba nesibopho sokudluliswa kwedatha.
Amasathelayithi okuqala ayisithupha e-OneWeb ethulwe ngempumelelo ku-orbit ngoFebhuwari 28 kulo nyaka. Ukwethulwa kwaba kusukela e-Kourou cosmodrome e-French Guiana kusetshenziswa imoto yokuqalisa i-Soyuz-ST-B.
Ukwethulwa okulandelayo kuzokwenziwa kusukela e-Baikonur naseVostochny cosmodromes. Ngakho-ke, ukwethulwa kokuqala okuvela e-Baikonur ngaphakathi kohlaka lwephrojekthi ye-OneWeb kuhlelwe ukuthi kwenziwe engxenyeni yesine yalo nyaka, kanye nokwethulwa kokuqala okuvela eVostochny - engxenyeni yesibili ka-2020.
"Ukulethwa kwamasathelayithi e-OneWeb kuzoqala e-Baikonur Cosmodrome ngasekupheleni kwehlobo - ekuqaleni kwekwindla ka-2019, naseVostochny Cosmodrome ekuqaleni kuka-2020," kusho abantu abanolwazi. Ngakho-ke, amadivayisi we-OneWeb azofika e-Baikonur ngo-Agasti–Septhemba.
Isethelayithi ngayinye ye-OneWeb inesisindo esingaba ngu-150 kg. Amadivayisi afakwe amaphaneli elanga, i-plasma propulsion system kanye ne-on-board GPS satellite navigation sensor.
Source: 3dnews.ru