European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket idzawuluka kwa nthawi yoyamba pa June 15, 2024. Idzanyamula ma satellites ang'onoang'ono, kuphatikizapo awiri a NASA, akuluakulu a ESA anawonjezera.
Pambuyo pazaka zinayi zakuchedwa, Ariane 6 akupita patsogolo: chitsanzo chochepetsera cha rocket yolemetsa chinayesedwa pamalowa sabata yatha ku Kourou, French Guiana.
"Poganiza kuti chirichonse chimayenda mwadzina popanda mavuto aakulu, tikuyembekeza kuti Ariane 6 adzayamba ulendo wake woyamba pakati pa June 15 ndi July 31 chaka chamawa," adatero mkulu wa ESA Josef Aschbacher.
Komabe, adachenjeza pambuyo pake mwachidule kuti "pakhoza kukhala kuchedwa kumodzi kapena kwina komwe kungachitike."
Ariane 5 adayambitsa ma satellites aku Europe kuti azizungulira kwa kotala la zana. Mishoni zodziwika bwino ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa James Webb Space Telescope, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), ndi chombo cha m'mlengalenga cha Rosetta.
Europe yatsimikiza kuti ikufunika mwayi wodziyimira pawokha kuti ikhazikitsidwe, koma posachedwa idadalira - monga zambiri zamakampani - pa SpaceX.
Ariane 6 idapangidwa koyambirira kwa 2010 kuti ipereke zoyambira zotsika mtengo. Koma ambiri luso zopinga komanso mliri wa COVID-19 zalepheretsa ntchito yotsegulira zitseko za Ariane 6 mu 2020.
Ngakhale mliriwu usanachitike, kupambana kwa SpaceX ndiukadaulo wogwiritsanso ntchito kunapangitsa kuti roketi yatsopano yaku Europe zisagwire ntchito. Mpaka 2030, ESA sikukonzekera kukhala ndi rocket yake yomwe ingagwiritsidwenso ntchito. Pofika nthawi imeneyo, SpaceX's Starship idzakhala itamaliza kale mbiri yakale ku Mwezi.
