Ayiloxesha lokuqala ukuba kuthethwe ngesixa esikhulu senkunkuma esijikeleza uMhlaba. Eli lixabiso elihlala lisenziwa rhoqo, nokuba lisuka kwi-NASA okanye kwezinye iiarhente zesithuba ukuya nakwiinkampani zabucala, baqala uhlobo oluthile lweprojekthi apho bafuna khona ngokuchanekileyo, ukuqokelela isixa esikhulu inkunkuma ejikeleza umhlaba.
Enye yeeprojekthi zokugqibela ezibone ukukhanya zifumana igama le SusaDEBRIS kwaye ngokusisiseko inoluhlobo lwesathelayithi esandula ukuthunyelwa kwiSitishi saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe ngenjongo yokufaka yonke le nkunkuma kwaye siyithumele eMhlabeni. Kwangoko, yazisa ngaphambi kokuba uqhubeke ukuba le projekthi luvavanyo nje, oko kukuthi, inyathelo elifuna ukujonga ukuba loluphi uhlobo lweesathelayithi lusebenza kakuhle xa kufikwa ekubambeni nasekutshabalaliseni inkunkuma yendawo.
Emva kwexesha elide lokulinda, iisathelayithi ezakha phezulu SusaDEBRIS zibekwe kumjikelezo weSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe
Kwinqanaba lobuchwephesha, njengoko kutyhilwe, sithetha ngesathelayithi enikwe yona, ukuyibiza ngandlela thile, a iyunithi yolawulo enkulu kunye neCubeSats ezininzi. Uluvo olusekwe kuyo yonke le projekthi kukuthimba isathelayithi enkulu, efanayo ngobukhulu kumaqhekeza esithuba afumaneka kumjikelezo woMhlaba, kwaye uyinyanzele ngandlela thile ukuba yehle iye kwi-orbit ebalulekileyo apho iyakuhlakazeka khona. ukungena emoyeni. Phantsi kweemeko eziqhelekileyo le nkqubo ingathatha amashumi eminyaka.
Ukuze ucothise isathelayithi ngandlela thile, iCubeSats 1, 2, kunye ne3 bezikho ixhotywe ngeharhu kunye nomnatha onokuhanjiswa eya kuthi icwangciselwe injongo yokupheliswa. Nje ukuba ithagethi ibanjiwe ngothungelwano, iisathelayithi ziya kuthi zisebenzise i-braking seil eya kuthi ekugqibeleni ibe noxanduva lokunciphisa isantya sesatellite kwaye ngaloo ndlela ibangele ukuba yehle ukuze ichithakale ngenxa yomlo okhoyo xa ungena kumoya woMhlaba.
Umsebenzi unamacandelo amane ahlukeneyo
Injongo iya kwenzeka kwizigaba ezine ezahlukeneyo:
Uvavanyo lwenethiwekhi
Ekuqaleni, inkqubo ye-meidante iya kuvavanywa apho kuya kusetyenziswa khona ibhaluni eya kuthi ilinganise isiqwenga senkunkuma yendawo. Ukusuka kumgama omalunga neemitha ezi-5, enye yeCubeSat, exhotyiswe ngohlobo lomnatha, iya kuzama ukuyibamba kwaye emva koko iyenze iwele emoyeni.
Umbono osekwe kumbono
Isigaba sesibini seprojekthi sisekwe kuvavanyo lombono omtsha kunye nenkqubo yokuhambisa. Injongo yeli qonga kukuvavanya ukukwazi ukufumana imifanekiso kunye nedatha zombini ngokukhanya okubonakalayo nangoncedo lwenzwa ye-LIDAR kwaye ke kufundwe ubuchule obunokubakho bokuhamba kunye nokusondela kwindawo yenkunkuma yendawo.
Uvavanyo lweHarpoon
Ekuhambeni kwexesha kuvavanyo lweharpoon edityaniswe ngumtya luya kuqala. Oku kuyakudutyulwa kwiyunithi yepleyiti ukuya kwipali esukela kwisathelayithi enye. Ukuba iyakwazi ukubetha ithagethi yayo kwaye iyitsibe, iya kuthi kamva isondele.
Ikhandlela elekhtraki
Kwinqanaba lokugqibela leprojekthi, iseyile enkulu iya kuvavanywa, eya kuthi ekugqibeleni ibe noxanduva lokumisa yonke inkunkuma yendawo enokufakwa ngandlela thile.
Isigaba sokugqibela seprojekthi asizukuqala, ubuncinci, kude kube ngoFebruwari 2019
Ngokubhekisele kwimo yangoku yeprojekthi, xelela ukuba ngokwento ebekiweyo ngokusemthethweni, kuyabonakala ukuba, Iisathelayithi zafika kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe sasemajukujukwini kwi-capsule yedragoni eyi-14 eyaziswa yi-SpaceX ngo-Epreli odlulileyo. Kufuneka silinde de kube yile veki ukuze iprojekthi iqhubeke kwaye ekugqibeleni iisathelayithi zisendleleni. Ngelishwa, kwaye ngeli xesha, ndikuxelele ukuba kuya kufuneka silinde iinyanga ezimbalwa ukuze i-mission iqale.
Ukufumana umbono wexesha lokulinda, uvavanyo ngomnatha luya kwenziwa ngo-Okthobha walo nyaka ngelixa, ukuze kuthunyelwe ihabhu kwaye iqale ukusetyenziswa, kuya kufuneka silinde de kube sekupheleni kukaDisemba. Kwimeko yephiko le-braking, iimvavanyo azizukuqala kude kube nguFebruwari wonyaka olandelayo. Ukuba uphumelele, ukuthunywa Susa i-DEBRIS inokuba sisiqalo seprojekthi enkulu kakhulu ukuqala ukucoca ukujikeleza komhlaba okuxineneyo.