Akukona okokuqala ukuthi kukhulunywa ngenqwaba kadoti ozungeza uMhlaba. Injalo imali okuthi njalo, kungaba yi-NASA noma ezinye izinhlaka zesikhala kuya ezinkampanini ezizimele, baqala uhlobo oluthile lwephrojekthi lapho bafuna khona ngqo lokhu, ukuqoqa inani elikhulu kakhulu udoti ozungeza umhlaba.
Enye yamaphrojekthi wokugcina abone ukukhanya ithola igama le- Susa i-DEBRIS futhi ngokuyisisekelo inohlobo lwesathelayithi esanda kutshalwa isuka e-International Space Station uqobo ngenhloso yokuthatha yonke le doti bese iyibuyisela eMhlabeni. Ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ukukwazisa ngaphambi kokuqhubeka ukuthi le phrojekthi isivivinyo nje, okungukuthi, isinyathelo esifuna ukubheka ukuthi lolu hlobo lwamasathelayithi lusebenza kahle kangakanani uma kukhulunywa ngokuthwebula nokucekela phansi imfucumfucu yasemkhathini.
Ngemuva kwesikhathi eside sokulinda, iziphuphutheki ezakha I-DeleDEBRIS ifakiwe ku-orbit kusuka ku-International Space Station
Ezingeni lobuchwepheshe, njengoba sekuveziwe, sikhuluma ngesathelayithi efakwe, ukuyibiza ngandlela thile, iyunithi enkulu yokulawula nama-CubeSats amaningana. Umqondo lapho le phrojekthi isuselwe kukho konke ukufaka isathelayithi elikhudlwana, elilingana ngosayizi wezingcezu zemfucumfucu yasemkhathini etholakala ekuzungezeni komhlaba, bese liyiphoqa ngandlela thile ukuthi lehlele emzileni obucayi. Lapho lizohlakazeka khona ukungena emkhathini. Ngaphansi kwezimo ezijwayelekile le nqubo ingathatha amashumi eminyaka.
Ukuze unciphise isathelayithi ngandlela thile, kube yiCubeSats 1, 2, ne-3 ifakwe isigaxa nenetha elisebenzisekayo lokho kuzobekwa enhlosweni yokuqedwa. Lapho ilitshe selibanjiwe yinethiwekhi, iziphuphutheki zizosebenzisa useyili wamabhuleki ozogcina ubhekele ukwehlisa ijubane lale satellite futhi ngaleyo ndlela idale ukuthi yehle ngenxa yokushayisana okukhona lapho kungena umkhathi woMhlaba.
Umsebenzi uqukethe izingxenye ezine ezihlukene
Ukuthunywa kuzokwenzeka ngezigaba ezine ezihlukene:
Ukuhlolwa kwenethiwekhi
Ekuqaleni kuzovivinywa uhlelo lwe-meidante oluzokwambula ibhaluni elizolingisa ukuthi luyisiqephu sesikhala semfucuza. Kusuka ebangeni elicishe libe ngamamitha ama-5, enye yeCubeSat, ifakwe uhlobo lwenetha, izozama ukuyibamba bese iyenza iwele emkhathini.
Ukuzulazula okususelwa kumbono
Isigaba sesibili sephrojekthi sisuselwa ekuhlolweni kombono omusha kanye nohlelo lokuhambisa. Inhloso yale pulatifomu ukuvivinya ikhono lokuthola izithombe nedatha ngokukhanya okubonakalayo nangosizo lwenzwa ye-LIDAR futhi ngaleyo ndlela ufunde izindlela ezingasetshenziswa zokuzulazula nokusondela kudoti wesikhala.
Ukuhlolwa kwe-Harpoon
Kamuva nje kuzoqala ukuhlolwa kwesipunu esixhunywe ngentambo. Lokhu kuzodutshulwa kuyunithi lepuleti kuya esigxotsheni esisuka kusathelayithi efanayo. Uma ikwazi ukushaya ilitshe futhi ilixhume, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi izolidonsela eduze.
Ikhandlela le-Braking
Esigabeni sokugcina sephrojekthi, kuzovivinywa useyili omkhulu, ekugcineni ozophatha ukumisa yonke imfucumfucu yasemkhathini engabanjwa ngandlela thile.
Isigaba sokugcina sephrojekthi ngeke siqale, okungenani, kuze kube nguFebhuwari 2019
Mayelana nesimo samanje sephrojekthi, akutshele ukuthi ngokwalokho okuphawulwe ngokusemthethweni, ngokusobala, iziphuphutheki zafika e-International Space Station ku-Dragon 14 capsule eyethulwa yi-SpaceX ngo-Ephreli odlule. Kudingeke ukuthi silinde kuze kube yileli sonto ukuze le phrojekthi iqhubeke futhi ekugcineni ama-satellite asesendleleni. Ngeshwa, futhi kuleli qophelo, ngikutshele ukuthi kusazodingeka silinde izinyanga ezimbalwa ukuze kuqalwe ukuthunywa.
Ukuthola umbono wesikhathi sokulinda, ukuhlolwa ngenetha kuzokwenziwa ngo-Okthoba walo nyaka ngenkathi, ukuze i-harpoon isetshenziswe futhi iqale ukusetshenziswa, kuzofanela silinde kuze kube sekupheleni kukaDisemba. Endabeni yophiko lwamabhuleki, izivivinyo ngeke ziqale kuze kube nguFebhuwari wonyaka ozayo. Uma kuphumelele, ukuthunywa I-DeleDEBRIS ingaba ukuqala kwenye iphrojekthi enkulu kakhulu ukuqala ukuhlanza umjikelezo womhlaba ominyene.