SpaceX ta harba rokar Falcon 9 daga cibiyar sararin samaniyar Kennedy a farkon ranar Juma'a tare da tauraron dan adam 53 na intanet na Starlink, wanda ya kammala aikin dare na tsawon sa'o'i biyar bayan da ta dawo da 'yan sama jannati hudu a wani fantsama a gabar yammacin gabar tekun Florida.
Da yake haskaka sararin samaniya a gabar tekun Faloda, wani roka mai lamba Falcon 9 ya harba manyan injinan Merlin guda tara sannan ya tashi daga pad 39A a Kennedy da karfe 5:42 na safe EDT (0942 GMT) Juma'a. SpaceX ta mayar da kafsul din Dragon zuwa Duniya da misalin karfe 12:43 na safe agogon GMT (0443 GMT), ta kawo ma'aikatanta hudu daga tashar sararin samaniya ta kasa da kasa.
Kaddamar da ranar Juma'a ita ce manufa ta bakwai ta Falcon 9 tun daga ranar 1 ga Afrilu, wani taki kusa da shirin harbawa guda daya a kowane kwanaki biyar kwanan nan wanda wanda ya kafa SpaceX Elon Musk ya sanar. SpaceX yana shirin harba makaman roka guda 60 na Falcon a wannan shekara daga na'urorin harba kayan aiki guda uku na kamfanin.
Biyu daga cikin hare-haren na Afrilu sun ɗauki ma'aikata zuwa tashar sararin samaniya.
"Lokaci ne na musamman a gare mu," in ji Bill Gerstenmaier, mataimakin shugaban kamfanin SpaceX na gini da amincin jirgin, a cikin wani taron manema labarai da safiyar Juma'a tsakanin ma'aikatan jirgin da kuma kaddamar da Starlink.
Gerstenmaier ya ce "Ina tsammanin abin da ke da kyau a nan SpaceX shi ne muna da ƙungiyoyin ɗaiɗaikun da ke bin duk waɗannan ayyukan, kuma suna mai da hankali kan yanki ɗaya, kuma kowannensu yana aiki a yankinsa," in ji Gerstenmaier. "Har yanzu muna musayar bayanai tare da juna, kuma hakan yana taimaka mana tabbatar da cewa kumbon na cikin hadari.
"Don haka lokacin da muka tashi waɗannan ƙarin abubuwan ƙaddamar da Starlink, a zahiri muna koyon abubuwan da za mu iya ɗauka sannan mu sanar da ma'aikatan jirgin, kuma mu tabbatar cewa Falcon 9s da ke da alaƙa da jiragen sun fi yadda za su kasance idan ba za mu samu ba. ya yi jigilar wadannan jiragen na Starlink," in ji shi.
Gerstenmaier, tsohon injiniyan NASA kuma manajan shirye-shirye ya ce "Ina ganin wannan babban lokaci ne don kasancewa cikin jirgin sama, don tunanin mun shirya sosai a matsayinmu na kamfani don tallafawa waɗannan ayyuka da yawa." “Kawukanmu ba sa yawo. Muna mai da hankali sosai kan kowane aiki na ɗaiɗaikun, kuma za mu iya cim ma su ɗaya bayan ɗaya.”
NASA tana da kwangilar biliyoyin daloli tare da SpaceX don ba da sabis na jigilar ma'aikatan jirgin zuwa tashar sararin samaniya. Tare da harba kasuwancin SpaceX, injiniyoyin NASA suna da alhakin sa ido don tabbatar da ƙaddamar da ayyukan 'yan sama jannati na hukumar da kuma sauka lafiya.
"SpaceX yana da adadi mai yawa na aiki da kai a wurin dangane da bitar bayanai," in ji Steve Stich, manajan shirin ma'aikatan kasuwanci na NASA. "Suna iya yin abubuwa da sauri. Suna samar da rahotanni masu ban mamaki game da ƙaddamarwa ko aikin docking, sannan za mu iya ɗaukar wannan bayanan kuma mu narke shi da sauri.
Kamfanin kuma yana da "hankalin daki-daki" kuma yana tabbatar da "muna yin kowane aiki da ke buƙatar aiki da daidaito, a hankali da kuma daidai," in ji Stich. "Na ga SpaceX ya tsaya tsayin daka a wasu lokutan da watakila suna jin kamar ƙungiyar tana buƙatar hutu, kuma tana buƙatar ɗan hutu.
“Sannan na ga mun yanke shawara mai kyau tare, inda muke bukatar shiga kuma a wasu lokuta kuna buƙatar yin ƙarin aiki kan motar don tabbatar da ita. Don haka lokaci ne mai ban sha'awa. Muna koyo daga kowane jirgin sama.”
Kaddamar da safiyar Juma'a ta yi nuni da jirgin na SpaceX na roka na Falcon 152 na 9, kuma karo na 18 da kamfanin ya kaddamar a wannan shekara. Shi ne aikin SpaceX na 44 da aka sadaukar da farko don harba tauraron dan adam don cibiyar sadarwa ta tauraron dan adam mai zaman kanta ta Starlink.
Murfin gajimare a kan harba tushe ya ɓata ra'ayi ga 'yan kallo kusa da kushin, amma lokacin ƙaddamarwa, kusan awa ɗaya kafin fitowar rana, ya haifar da sakamako mai ban sha'awa ga masu kallon sararin sama a wasu sassan Florida da kuma gabar Tekun Gabashin Amurka yayin da Falcon 9 ya hau. hasken rana. Rikicin ya nufi arewa maso gabas daga Cape Canaveral don kai hari ɗaya daga cikin jiragen sama, ko hanyoyin, a cikin ƙungiyar taurari ta Starlink.
Matakin farko na Falcon 9, lambar wutsiya B1058 a cikin kayan aikin SpaceX, ya rufe kusan mintuna biyu da rabi bayan tashinsa don fara gangarowa zuwa jirgin ruwa mara matuki na kamfanin "A Shortfall of Gravitas" ya yi fakin nisan mil ɗari a cikin Tekun Atlantika. Tekun.
Saukowar da aka yi mai karfin gaske ta faru ne kimanin mintuna takwas da rabi bayan tashin jirgin, 'yan mintuna kadan kafin injin mataki na biyu na Falcon 9 ya kammala harbinsa na farko don sanya tauraron dan adam 53 na Starlink zuwa wurin ajiye motoci. Matakin ƙarfafawa ya zama na uku a cikin jiragen ruwa na SpaceX da ya yi shawagi sau 12, rikodin yanzu na matakan Falcon 9.
An fara yin muhawara ne a watan Mayun 2020 a cikin watan Mayun 637 tare da ƙaddamar da jirgin farko na gwaji na SpaceX Dragon don ɗaukar 'yan sama jannati. Tare da harba da safiyar Juma'a, na'urar ta taimaka wajen jigilar tauraron dan adam XNUMX da mutane biyu zuwa sararin samaniya/.
Jirgin Falcon 9 ya mamaye injin Merlin-Vacuum na saman matakin kusan mintuna 45 cikin aikin, inda ya kafa matakin rabuwa da tauraron dan adam 53 na Starlink a T+ da mintuna 54 da dakika 30. SpaceX ya tabbatar da jigilar kaya mai kyau.
Sandunan riƙewa suna riƙe da tauraron dan adam cikin tsari mai faɗi akan roka da aka jettisoned, yana barin dandamalin Starlink su tashi daga mataki na biyu. Za su buɗe shirye-shiryen hasken rana kuma su yi ta matakan kunnawa ta atomatik, sannan za su yi amfani da injunan ion masu kuzarin krypton don yin motsi cikin kewayawar su.
Jirgin na Falcon 9 ya yi niyyar tura tauraron dan adam a wani zagaye na kusa da madauwari mai tsayi tsakanin mil 189 da mil 197 (kilomita 304 da 317), a wani yanayi na karkata zuwa digiri 53.2 zuwa ma'aunin. Tauraron dan adam za su yi amfani da na'urar motsa jiki a cikin jirgin don yin sauran aikin don isa wani da'ira mai nisan mil 335 (kilomita 540) a saman duniya.
Tauraron tauraron dan adam na Starlink a ranar Jumma'a zai tashi a cikin daya daga cikin "harsashi" na orbital biyar da ake amfani da su a cibiyar sadarwar yanar gizo ta SpaceX ta duniya. Bayan sun hau sararin samaniyar su, tauraron dan adam za su shiga sabis na kasuwanci kuma su fara haskaka siginar watsa labarai ga masu siye, waɗanda za su iya siyan sabis na Starlink kuma su haɗa zuwa hanyar sadarwa tare da tashar ƙasa da SpaceX ke samarwa.
Bayan harba tauraron dan adam na ranar Juma'a, mai suna Starlink 4-17, SpaceX ta yi amfani da tauraron dan adam 2,494 na Starlink a cikin sararin samaniya, ciki har da na'urorin da aka cire ko kuma suka gamu da gazawa. Fiye da 2,100 na waɗannan tauraron dan adam suna cikin kewayawa kuma suna aiki har zuwa wannan makon, bisa ga jerin da Jonathan McDowell, masanin ilimin taurari da ke bin diddigin ayyukan jirgin sama ya nuna.
Hakan ya sa rundunar ta Starlink ta zama tauraruwar tauraron dan adam mafi girma a duniya, da kusan biyar fiye da tasoshin tauraron dan adam na intanet mallakar abokin hamayyar OneWeb.
SpaceX na cikin tsakiyar harba wasu tauraron dan adam 4,400 na Starlink cikin harsashi guda biyar na hanyar sadarwa. An cika na farko daga cikin harsashi biyar a shekarar da ta gabata, kuma ana sa ran SpaceX za ta fara harba wasu harsashi a cikin wannan shekarar. Dukkanin tafsirin suna tsakanin nisan mil 335 zuwa 350 a saman Duniya, yayin da wasu ke cikin tsakiyar karkata-kamar da aka yi niyya a ranar Juma'a - wasu kuma suna cikin tafsirin polar.
An shirya harba Falcon 9 na gaba na SpaceX, wanda kuma dauke da tauraron dan adam na Intanet na Starlink, a ranar Talata 10 ga Mayu, daga Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Emel marubucin.
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