Izinsuku ezilinganiselwe zokuqalisa zesathelayithi yokuzulazula elandelayo ethi “Glonass-K” zinqunyiwe. I-RIA Novosti ibika lokhu, icaphuna imininingwane etholwe emthonjeni onolwazi embonini yamarokhethi nomkhathi.
I-Glonass-K iyisizukulwane sesithathu semikhumbi-mkhathi yasekhaya yokuhamba (isizukulwane sokuqala yi-Glonass, eyesibili i-Glonass-M). Amadivayisi amasha ahlukile kumasathelayithi e-Glonass-M ngezici zobuchwepheshe ezithuthukisiwe kanye nempilo esebenzayo eyengeziwe. Ikakhulukazi, ukunemba kokunqunywa kwendawo kuyathuthukiswa.
Isethelayithi yokuqala yomndeni wakwaGlonass-K yethulwa emuva ngo-2011, kwathi ukwethulwa kwedivayisi yesibili ochungechungeni kwenzeka ngo-2014. Manje kwenziwa amalungiselelo okwethulwa kwesathelayithi yesithathu, i-Glonass-K, ku-orbit.
Ukwethulwa kuhlelwe okwesikhashana ngoMeyi, okungukuthi, ekupheleni kwentwasahlobo. Ukwethulwa kuzokwenzeka kusukela ekuhlolweni kombuso i-cosmodrome Plesetsk esifundeni sase-Arkhangelsk. Kuzosetshenziswa irokhethi ye-Soyuz-2.1b kanye nesiteji esiphezulu seFregat.
Kuphinde kwaphawulwa ukuthi ingqikithi yamasathelayithi ayisishiyagalolunye e-Glonass-K azokwethulwa ku-orbit ngo-2022. Lokhu kuzothuthukisa kakhulu umlaza we-GLONASS waseRussia, kuthuthukise amakhono okuhamba.
Source: 3dnews.ru