Ukubaluleka kwe-UK, ngaphesheya kwezindaba ezinhle zomhlaba wonke we-Glasgow Global owayene-satellite eyisikhombisa ku-Payload (Adler - 1 I-SpacePort Cornwall inethemba lokuthi i-virgin orbit izokwethula i-payload kusuka e-UK ngendlela efanayo.
Kusho ukuthi phakathi kwalabo abamukela impumelelo yokwethulwa kwakuyi-UK Space Agency Agency yase-UK (UKSA).
"Halala nge-Virtuty Police Encenative, technology yokwethula umoya ukuze uhlangabezane nezidingo zemboni yanamuhla ye-satellite," kusho iPhini lika-CEO lika-Uksa, u-Ian Annett. "Ukuba nomshayeli we-RAF kwi-Controls kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwe-UK ekusebenzeni kahle nge-Virgin Orbit ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwabo kokuqala kusuka ku-Spaceport Cornwall ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka."
Le nhlangano yaveza ukuthi i-Glasgow-based Spire Global - yabona elinye lama-satellite athule eMojave Air nasePort Port eCalifornia - yakha ubuchwepheshe bayo e-UK.
"I-UK iyikhaya labanye babakhiqizi be-satellite abaholayo emhlabeni, okwamanje abathumela imikhiqizo yabo phesheya kokwethulwa. Siyabasekela ngokukhuthaza iMakethe entsha Yezokuvulwa Kwasekhaya, ngamaProparports kanye nama-opharetha ahlinzeka ngezinsizakalo kulo lonke utshalomali wase-UK nasekushintshiwe kusuka kuwo wonke umhlaba. "
I-Ejean Space yase-UK neCornwall Council isekela ngokwezezimali i-Allit Orbit ukuze isebenze kusuka kuNewquay, ngokuvunyelwa kwethemba lokuqala ukuqala kuleli hlobo. Bakholelwa ukuthi i-SpacePort isethwe ukudala imisebenzi engu-150 endaweni yendawo.
Indiza, intombazane eyi-cosmic, yathutha i-Flight Lieutenant Mathew Stannard, umshayeli wasebukhosini we-Air Force Pilot osemgqeni we-virgin orbit. Kuboniswa ngenhla, kanye ne-rocket ye-Launcherone.
Njengoba intombazane ye-cosmic ikwenza kube yiphupho lokudonsa, hlola iphrofayili yendiza njengoba #Launcherone ihambela e-Orbit. pic.twitter.com/wj0ttlhyo05
- I-Virgin Orbit (@Virginbitbit) Januwari 13, 2022
Ukuvulwa okuvundlile kwe-UK
I-Cornwall akuyona ukuphela kwendawo yase-UK efuna ukusekela ukwethulwa okuvundlile, njengoba kunikezwe yi-Virgin Orbit.
Sibike muva nje ngenqubekela phambili yePrestwick Spaceport ekuvutheni okuvundlile ngo-2023, kuma-satellite amancane anjengeCubeseat.
Kulokhu kwethulwa i-Payload yethulwa nguRocket Mid-Air kusuka endizeni - endaweni ephakeme ngaphezulu komzimba wamanzi - okuyinto eyashintsha nengqalasizinda yezindiza zendabuko. Ukuqalisa nakho kuncipha ebungozini ngezimo ezingezinhle.
Kulesi simo, i-lyrgin orbit ichaze ukwethulwa:
"[Intombazane eyiCosmic] yandizela esizeni sokuqalisa phezu koLwandlekazi lwePacific, cishe amamayela angama-50 eningizimu yeChannel Islands. Ngemuva kokukhishwa okubushelelezi endizeni, i-learterone rocket yakhulisa futhi yazenzela indawo yayo ekutholeni okunembile okuhlosiwe ngokulandelana okungu-500km ngaphezulu komhlaba ngo-45 degrees adango. Kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi noma ngubani afinyelele kulokhu emgodini osuka entshonalanga nolwandle. "
Kwakuyindiza yesithathu ephumelelayo yenkampani, kungakapheli unyaka owodwa ukusuka kumishini yayo yokuqala.
"Kujabulisa iqembu lethu ukuthi le mishini ifaka amakhasimende ethu okuqala aphindaphindwayo kanye namakhasimende ethu okugcina 'amathikithi okugcina' afinyelela umjikelezo owake wafinyelela ogwini olusentshonalanga ngaphambili, konke okuqinisekisa amandla weqembu ukunikeza phezulu inkonzo uqimba kwethulwa noma kuphi, nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, "kusho Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart. "Ngaphezulu kwalokho, sindiza ngesimo sezulu kanti ungqimba lwamafu olwaluzobeka noma yikuphi ukwethulwa engikusebenzele emsebenzini wami, okuthile okwenziwe kuphela ngomoya kanye neqembu lethu elihle."
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