Kwase kwaziwa ukuthi ukwethulwa kwemoto yokwethulwa kweSoyuz-ST enomkhumbi-mkhathi we-UAE Falcon Eye 2 ovela endaweni yase-Kourou cosmodrome kuhlehliswe ngosuku. Lesi sinqumo senziwe ngemva kokutholakala kokungasebenzi kahle kwezobuchwepheshe esigabeni esiphezulu seFregat. I-RIA Novosti ibika lokhu ngokubhekisela kumthombo wayo embonini ye-rocket ne-space.
“Ukwethulwa kuhlehliselwe uMashi 7. Izolo, kuqubuke izinkinga ngesiteji esiphezulu seFregat, futhi ochwepheshe bayasazixazulula njengamanje, ”kusho umthombo wesikhungo sezindaba. Akuzange kube khona ukuphawula okusemthethweni ngalolu daba okuvela kubameleli benhlangano yezwe iRoscosmos, engumkhiqizi wamarokhethi eSoyuz.
NgoJanuwari walo nyaka, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi ngoMashi 6 kuzokwethulwa imoto yokwethulwa kweSoyuz-ST-A enesathelayithi i-Falcon Eye 2. Ngokusho kwedatha etholakalayo, isathelayithi ihloselwe ukucwaninga nge-optical-electronic.
Phambilini, i-Arianespace, ehlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokwethula imikhumbi-mkhathi kusetshenziswa izimoto ze-Soyuz, Vega kanye ne-Ariane-5 zokwethulwa kwe-Kourou cosmodrome, imemezele ukuthi ukwethulwa oku-2020 kwamarokhethi e-Soyuz-ST kufanele kwenzeke ngo-4. Sekukonke, kusukela ekwindla ka-2011, izimoto zokwethulwa kwe-Soyuz-ST sethule izikhathi ezingama-23 ukusuka endaweni yase-Kourou cosmodrome. Phakathi kokunye kokwethulwa ngo-2014, izinkinga esiteji esiphezulu seFregat zaholela ekutheni ama-satellites wokuzulazula ase-European Galileo athulwe emzileni ongalungile.
Source: 3dnews.ru