Inkampani ye-Aerospace i-United Launch Alliance (ULA) inekhasimende layo lokuqala eliqinisekisiwe ukusebenzisa imoto yesizukulwane esilandelayo i-Vulcan Centaur elift heavy-lift ukuletha umthwalo okhokhelwayo ku-orbit.
Inkampani Sierra Nevada Corp. inikeze i-ULA inkontilaki okungenani yokwethulwa kwe-Vulcan Centaur ukuze ithumele umkhumbi-mkhathi i-Dream Chaser emzileni, ozothwala impahla yabasebenzi be-International Space Station.
Imishini yokuqala kweyisithupha ye-Dream Chaser yokulethwa kwempahla ku-ISS ihlelelwe ukuthi yenze ekupheleni kuka-2021 isuka e-Cape Canaveral endizeni yesibili yerokhethi i-Vulcan Centaur, kanti ukwethulwa kwayo kokuqala kuhlelelwe ekuqaleni kwalowo nyaka.
I-Sierra Nevada yayikade inenkontileka ne-ULA yokwethulwa kabili kwe-Dream Chaser kumarokhethi e-Atlas 5. Lokhu kubhuka okubili kwaguqulelwa kumishini ye-Vulcan, kwalandelwa ukubhuka okwengeziwe kokuqaliswa kwe-Vulcan Centaur ohambweni lwe-Dream Chaser.
Isici esibalulekile ekukhetheni i-Vulcan Centaur ukuze yethulwe okwengeziwe kwaba ukusebenzisana kwayo isikhathi eside ne-ULA, kusho izikhulu zaseSierra Nevada.
βNgicabanga ukuthi i-ULA ibe nethuba elibalulekile ngoba besinabo kusukela ngosuku lokuqala,β kusho u-Eren Ozmen, umnikazi nomongameli waseSierra Nevada, wengeza ngokuthi inkampani inikeza inani elincintisana ngempela.
Source: 3dnews.ru