Umjaho omusha wasemkhathini usuqala ukwakheka ngezindlela ezishaqisayo. Sibhekisela ezinkulungwaneni zamasathelayithi okuxhumana izinkampani eziningi ezizimele ezihlela ukuwafaka ku-Earth orbit eminyakeni ezayo. Okunye ukukhishwa okungahle kuzwakale kungasho lutho ekuqaleni, kodwa lokho, uma kubhekwa, kuyethusa kakhulu kunalokho ongase ukucabange.
Xhuma umhlaba nganoma yiziphi izindleko
Umqondo wezinkampani eziningi ezifana SpaceX, Amazon y OneWeb wukwethula inqwaba yamasathelayithi emkhathini okuvumela ukwakhiwa kwenethiwekhi yemeshi ezungeza uMhlaba ukuze ujabulele ukuxhumana okunesivinini esikhulu. Izinhlelo ziwukuthi la manethiwekhi aqale ukusebenza cishe eminyakeni eyi-10, ngakho ngeke kudingeke silinde isikhathi eside ukuze sibone lesi sakhiwo esisha sokuxhumana emhlabeni wonke.
Njengoba sazi ukuthi lokhu kuzovumela ukuxhumana kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba ngaphandle kwemingcele, yini engalungile ngokuthumela inethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke evumela ukuxhumana okusheshayo nanoma iyiphi ingxenye yomhlaba? Iphutha likunombolo: 57.000.
Lokho kuzoba inani lamasathelayithi ahlelelwe ukuthi abe ku-orbit ngonyaka ka-2029 olandelayo. Uma kubhekwa ukuthi siphakathi konyaka ka-2020, ukuthi u-2029 akufanele uzwakale ukude kakhulu noma unekusasa kuwe njengamanje (yebo, kusenjalo. kubonakala kunjalo), ngakho-ke ukuthunyelwa sekuseduze. Ukukunikeza umbono, amasathelayithi angu-57.000 ayiphinda izikhathi ezingu-25 inani lemikhumbi-mkhathi ezungeza Umhlaba njengamanje, kodwa uma ufuna okuthile okwenza ubone izinto ngokucacile, kungcono ubheke ukumelwa okulandelayo kuvidiyo.
igceke lendawo
Ividiyo yethulwe nguDan Oltrogge engqungqutheleni yama-23 ye-Federal Aviation Administration's Annual Commercial Space Transportation, ngombono wokuqwashisa ngenkinga engase ibe phezu kwethu. Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambi kokwethulwa, amasathelayithi amabili acishe ashayisana emkhathini ngenxa yephutha, into ebingadala izinkulungwane zemfucumfucu yasemkhathini.
Ngokuka-Kevin O`Connell, umqondisi we-Office of Space Commerce, lezi zinhlobo zokwehluleka nezehlakalo ezingalindelekile zenzeka ngezikhathi ezithile, ngakho ividiyo ka-Oltrogge ayenzi lutho ngaphandle kokusixwayisa ngalokho esingaba nakho eminyakeni embalwa.
Baningi, kodwa isimo siyalawuleka
Ukukunikeza umbono, i-SpaceX ihlela ukwethula amasathelayithi ayi-12.000 ngohlelo lwayo lwe-StarLink, lapho izinkulungwane ezengeziwe ezivela ku-OneWeb, Iridum kanye ne-Amazon's Kuiper project kufanele zengezwe. Lokhu kuzokwandisa inani lamasathelayithi kakhulu, kodwa kubonakala sengathi konke akulahlekanga.
U-Oltrogge ngokwakhe uqinisekisa ukuthi ku-orbit yomhlaba kukhona indawo yama-satellites amaningi, futhi into ejabulisa kakhulu ukuthi amamodeli athuthukiswa avumela ukuhlakazeka kwawo lapho eyeka ukukhonza, ukuze inani lehle futhi lingaqoqi ngendlela indawo kadoti.
Akungabazeki ukuthi inselelo yokuphatha indawo ikhona, ngakho-ke iminyaka embalwa ezayo izobaluleka ekunqumeni