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Umkhumbi-mkhathi waseRussia i-Kosmos-2542 wenza amasu amangalisayo, angakaze abonwe ngaphambili ku-orbit. Mhlawumbe bekungeke kube khona into evusa amadlingozi kulokhu ukube bekungengenxa yokuthi lezi zigilamkhuba ngendlela exakile “zivimbela” isathelayithi yokuhlola yase-US 245 ekwenzeni imisebenzi yayo.
UMichael Thompson wasePurdue University waphawula futhi wabhala kuTwitter ukuthi iCosmos 2542 yaqhumisa izinjini zayo ngoJanuwari 20, 21 no-22 walo nyaka ukuze igcine izibeke ngaphansi nje kwamakhilomitha angu-300 ukusuka e-US 245. Ngokusemthethweni, iRussia ithi isathelayithi yayo itholakala ku-orbit ukuze ihlolwe. ubuchwepheshe bokuqapha ngesathelayithi obubandakanya ukudluliswa nokubekwa ebhodini lezinto ezincane. Nokho, ukuqondisa okwenziwa umkhumbi-mkhathi, okusikhumbuza ukulandela isiphuphutheki saseMelika, kwenza umuntu acabange. Kungani uchitha uphethiloli obalulekile ngokulandela umgudu wenye isathelayithi, kubuza ochwepheshe.
Futhi ngokushesha bazama ukuphendula, isibonelo, ukuthi isathelayithi yaseRussia ilandela i-US 245 ukuze iqoqe idatha ngomsebenzi wayo. Ngokubuka isathelayithi, i-Cosmos 2542 inganquma amandla amakhamera nezinzwa zomkhumbi-mkhathi wase-US. Uphenyo lwe-RF lungalalela ngisho namasiginali aphelelwe amandla avela e-US 245, engatshela abantu baseRussia ukuthi isathelayithi yase-US yayithatha nini izithombe nokuthi iyiphi idatha eyayiyicubungula.
I-orbit ye-satellite ye-Cosmos 2542 ehlobene nomkhumbi waseMelika ifana nokuthi isathelayithi yaseRussia ibheka uhlangothi lwayo ngesikhathi sokuphuma kwelanga, kanti enye ngesikhathi ukushona kwelanga kwe-orbital. Mhlawumbe, lokhu kuvumela ukubukeka kahle kwemininingwane yomklamo. Ochwepheshe abafaki ngaphandle ukuthi ibanga elincane lingase libe amakhilomitha ambalwa kuphela. Leli banga lanele ukubhekwa okuningiliziwe ngisho nesistimu encane yokubona.
Ukuvumelanisa kwe-orbit ye-Cosmos 2542 ne-US 245 akusona isibonelo sokuqala somsebenzi ongalindelekile we-orbital waseRussia. Ngo-August 2014, isathelayithi yaseRussia i-Kosmos-2499 yenza uchungechunge lwezindlela eziqondisayo. Eminyakeni emine kamuva, imizamo engaqondakali yesathelayithi ye-Cosmos 2519 kanye nama-sub-satellites ayo amabili (i-Cosmos 2521 ne-Cosmos 2523) yaziwa. Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo okungaqondakali kwamasathelayithi aseRussia akugcini nje ku-orbit ephansi ezungeze Umhlaba - ku-geostationary orbit, umkhumbi ohlotshaniswa ngokusemthethweni neqembu lezokuxhumana le-Luch, kodwa empeleni, mhlawumbe isathelayithi yokuhlola impi ebizwa ngokuthi i-Olymp-K, isondela kwamanye amasathelayithi. ngo-2018 (kufaka phakathi isiNtaliyane nesiFulentshi - hhayi ezempi kuphela).
Isathelayithi yase-USA 245 yethulwa ekupheleni kuka-Agasti 2013. Ukwethulwa kwenzeka eVandenberg, eCalifornia. Lena isathelayithi enkulu yaseMelika esebenza kububanzi be-infrared kanye nokukhanya okubonakalayo (uchungechunge lwe-KN-11). Umsebenzisi we-NROL-65 yi-US National Bureau of Intelligence () engu-opharetha wamasathelayithi amaningi okuhlola. Isathelayithi isebenza ku-eccentric orbit ene-perigee altitude engaba ngu-275 km kanye nokuphakama kwe-apogee okungaba ngu-1000 km. Ngokulandelayo, isathelayithi yaseRussia i-Kosmos 2542 yethulwa ku-orbit ekupheleni kukaNovemba 2019. I-Russia imemezele lokhu kwethulwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokwethulwa. Irokhethi yaletha amasathelayithi amabili, ayeqokwe iCosmos 2542 kanye neCosmos 2543. Ulwazi mayelana nalawa masathelayithi beluyindlala kakhulu.
Awukho umthethonqubo osemthethweni walolu hlobo lokuhlangana emkhathini. Ngakho, i-US namanye amazwe abanayo indlela yokubhikisha ngokusemthethweni. Ayikho futhi indlela elula yokuqeda ukuxhumana okungafuneki kwe-cosmic. Amazwe amaningana ahlola izikhali ezikwazi ukucekela phansi amasathelayithi, okuhlanganisa neRussia, eyahlola isikhali esisha se-missile ku-Earth orbit entwasahlobo ka-2020. Nokho, lolu hlobo lokuhlasela lubeka engcupheni yokudala ifu lemfucumfucu yasemkhathini elingase kulimaze ezinye imikhumbi-mkhathi. Ukuqopha amasathelayithi akubonakali kuyisixazululo esinengqondo.
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