I-SpaceX kabhiliyoni u-Elon Musk yethule i-rocket ye-Falcon 40 esuka ku-Launch Complex SLC-9 e-Cape Canaveral Air Force Station eFlorida ngoLwesine ukuze ithwale iqoqo lokuqala lamasathelayithi angu-60 iwayise ku-Earth orbit ukuze isetshenziswe esikhathini esizayo insiza yayo ye-inthanethi ye-Starlink.
Ukwethulwa kwe-Falcon 9, okwenzeke ngabo-10:30 ebusuku ngesikhathi sasekhaya (04:30 isikhathi sase-Moscow ngoLwesihlanu), kuphawula ingqopha-mlando kuphrojekthi yenethiwekhi yedatha ye-satellite ye-Starlink yomhlaba wonke.
Amasathelayithi kwakuhlelelwe ukuthi athunyelwe ku-orbit ngesonto eledlule, kodwa ukwethulwa kuqala ngenxa yemimoya enamandla, bese ihlehliswa ngokuphelele ukuze ube nesikhathi sokuvuselela i-firmware yesathelayithi futhi wenze ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe ukuze uthole umphumela oqinisekisiwe.
Lawa masathelayithi ahloselwe ukwakha umlaza wokuqala wemikhumbi-mkhathi ekwazi ukudlulisa amasignali esuka emkhathini ukuze uthole isevisi ye-inthanethi enesivinini esikhulu kumakhasimende emhlabeni wonke.
UMusk uthe iphrojekthi ye-Starlink kufanele ibe umthombo omusha wemali engenayo, alinganisela ukuthi izoba cishe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu ngonyaka.
Ekhuluma esithangamini sangesonto eledlule, uMusk ubize ukhiye wephrojekthi ye-Starlink ukuze axhase ngezimali izinhlelo zakhe ezinkulu zokwakha umkhumbi-mkhathi omusha ozoyisa amakhasimende ezentengiselwano eNyangeni futhi ekugcineni aphishekele umkhankaso wokuhlanganisa iMars.
Source: 3dnews.ru