Emva kwemizamo eliqela engaphumelelanga ukumiliselwa ngenxa yemozulu embi kunye nezinye iingxaki, I-SpaceX ekugqibeleni isungule i-Starlink mission yayo yeshumi elinesibini ukusuka kwiZiko leKennedy Space eFlorida.
I-SpaceX isungule ngempumelelo enye ibhetshi yeesathelayithi ezingama-60 ngoLwesibini, ukuzisa inani elipheleleyo leesathelayithi ze-Starlink kwi-orbit ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-700. UMusk, umphathi omkhulu we-SpaceX, wathi oko kwanele ukuba "enkulu ngokwaneleyo" i-beta yoluntu.
Eyona njongo iphambili yeStarlink kukubeka iisathelayithi ezingama-42.000, kubandakanya i-12.000 esele inelayisensi yi-FCC, kwi-orbit ngaphezulu koMhlaba, ekwazi ukuhambisa isantya esiphezulu kwi-Intanethi kwiindawo ezikude apho kunzima ukufumana.
I-Starlink ithi kwiwebhusayithi yayo Ifuna ukugubungela eMelika naseKhanada ukuphela kuka-2020 kwaye "kufutshane nokugubungela umhlaba" ngo-2021.
Olu hlobo lwe-beta yoluntu luya kubandakanya indawo yedolophu yaseDetroit kunye no-Ann Arbor, MichiganUMusk uphendule, ephendula umbuzo kwi-Twitter. Kodwa uMusk akazange athi ngqo xa kulindeleke ukuba iisathelayithi ezincinci zeStarlink zifikelele "kwindawo ekujoliswe kuyo."
UMusk uthe ngo-Epreli ukuba isigaba se-beta esidlangalaleni sale nkonzo siza kusebenza ekwindla ka-2020. Uye wathi ngoMeyi 2019 ukuba uhlobo lokuqala "lwentengiso" lwenkonzo ye-Starlink e-United States iyakwenzeka ngeesathelayithi ezingama-400, ngexa i-800 izokwanela ukufikelela "okunentsingiselo" kwilizwe liphela, ngokwe-Business Insider.
Ngexesha UMusk akazange awuchaze umhla wokufika kwemishini yokugqibela ye-orbit, Isazi ngeenkwenkwezi uJonathan McDowell weHarvard-Smithsonian Centre yeAstrophysics uthe kwingxelo yokuba isathelayithi yangasemva isenokungafumaneki kude kube nguFebruwari 2021. UMcDowell ulandelela iindlela zeesathelayithi ze-Starlink kwaye unikezela ngohlaziyo kwiwebhusayithi yayo.
Ngokubanzi, ngokwe-astrophysicist, i-SpaceX yahlula ibhetshi nganye yama-satellite angama-60 kumaqela amathathu angama-20.
“Iqela lokuqala liya kufikelela kubude ekujoliswe kubo malunga neentsuku ezingama-45; ngolwesibini nolwesithathu emva kweentsuku ezingama-90 ne-135, utshilo Ke, kunokwenzeka, ngokwezibikezelo isuka kuMcDowell, yeyiphi Inguqulelo ka-beta kawonkewonke ikhaba kunye neesathelayithi ezingama-60 zokugqibela ezifakwe kwiinyanga ezizayo.
I-Starlink ibisebenza nge-beta yabucala ukusukela ngoJulayi kwiindawo ezithile emantla e-United States kwaye, nangona igubungela emazantsi eCanada, iinkonzo zilindele ukuvunywa ngokusemthethweni.
Nangona kunjalo, I-beta yabucala yetekhnoloji yayixhomekeke ikakhulu kubasebenzi beSpaceX, iinkonzo zomkhosi nezongxamiseko kwilizwe laseWashington.
Ngokwengxelo ekhutshwe yi-CNBC ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba, Icandelo loLawulo lweMeko kaXakeka laseWashington State lalisebenzisa iiterminal ezisixhenxe I-Starlink yomsebenzisi wokugqibela yokunxibelelana ukusukela ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti kwiindawo ezonakaliswe ngumlilo kurhulumente.
Kuhlaziyo oluthunyelwe emva kokuphehlelelwa kwangoLwesibini, uSpaceX uthe indlela abaphenduli bokuqala baseWashington abasasaza ngayo iStarlink eMalden, emazantsi eSpokane eWashington, "imele indlela iStarlink esebenza kakuhle ngayo: kwiindawo ezikude okanye ezisemaphandleni apho unxibelelwano lwe-Intanethi lungafumaneki".
Uhlobo "lwe-beta yoluntu olukhulu" wathembisa nguMusk Ayizukugubungela i-United States iphela, kodwa iya kugubungela ngakumbi indawo esemantla yelizwe. Eli nqanaba lithetha ukuba abathengi abangaphezulu kweStarlink, abangonelisekiyo kukunxibelelana kwe-broadband yeenkonzo ngeesathelayithi zemveli kunye nabambeleyo webroadband yeselfowuni, baya kuba nethuba lokuzama inkonzo yeStarX Starlink.
I-SpaceX kutsha nje yazisa ngovavanyo lwe-FCC lwe-Starlink ye-Intanethi, ebonisa ukuba iyakwazi ukukhuphela isantya se-102-103 Mbps, isantya sokulayisha se-40,5 Mbps ukuya kwi-42 Mbps, kunye nokuhamba kade kwe-18 ukuya kwi-19 millisecond.
Nangona ezinye iimvavanyo zomntu wesithathu ezizimeleyo zibonise ukungasebenzi kakuhle.
Nangona kunjalo, I-SpaceX isenayo eminye imiceli mngeni, kubandakanya ukwanda kwesantya semveliso yeetheminali zomsebenzisi wokugqibela.
Omnye umceli mngeni yingxaki yongcoliseko lokukhanya, olonyuke ngokukhawuleza ngezinga elingazange libonwe lokuthunyelwa kweesathelayithi ezincinci zeStarlink.
Umthombo: https://www.spacex.com