Magwero a media amawulula zimenezo SpaceX, motsogozedwa ndi Elon Musk, ali pachibwenzi pomanga maukonde okhala ndi mazana a ma satellite a akazitape a mgwirizano wapagulu ndi bungwe lazanzeru ku US.
Pulojekitiyi ikuchitidwa ndi SpaceX's Starshield business unit, yomwe ikugwira ntchito pansi pa mgwirizano wa $ 1.8 biliyoni womwe unalembedwa mu 2021 ndi National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), yomwe imayang'anira ma satellites.
Izi zikuwonetsa kukula kwa SpaceX muzanzeru zaku US ndi zida zankhondo, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe Pentagon idachita munjira zambiri za satana m'njira zotsika pansi, zomwe cholinga chake ndi kulimbikitsa magulu ankhondo.
Malinga ndi magwero, pulogalamuyi ili ndi kuthekera kopititsa patsogolo mphamvu za boma la US ndi asitikali kuti athe kuzindikira mwachangu zomwe angachite padziko lonse lapansi.
Mu February, The Wall Street Journal inanena za kukhalapo kwa mgwirizano wa Starshield wamtengo wapatali wa $ 1.8 biliyoni ndi bungwe losadziwika bwino, ngakhale kuti zolinga za pulogalamuyi sizinafotokozedwe.
Reuters tsopano yawulula kuti mgwirizano wa SpaceX ukukhudzana ndi makina atsopano aukazitape opangidwa ndi mazana a ma satelayiti okhala ndi luso la kulingalira kwa Earth, omwe amatha kugwira ntchito limodzi mozungulira pang'ono.
Kuphatikiza apo, zawululidwa kuti bungwe lazanzeru lomwe limagwirizana ndi kampani ya Musk ndi National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Komabe, tsatanetsatane wokhudza nthawi yotumizira ma satelayiti atsopano sakudziwika, ndipo zokhudzana ndi makampani ena omwe akukhudzidwa ndi pulogalamuyi kudzera m'makontrakitala awo sizinadziwike.
Malinga ndi magwero, ma satellite omwe akukonzedwa ali ndi kuthekera kotsata zomwe akufuna ndikutumiza zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa kwa asitikali aku US ndi asitikali. Izi zimalola kuti boma la US lizitha kupeza nthawi zonse zithunzi za zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Kuyambira 2020, pafupifupi ma prototypes khumi ndi awiri adakhazikitsidwa pamiyala ya SpaceX's Falcon 9, monga zawululidwa ndi magwero atatu. Ma prototypes awa, omwe adayikidwa limodzi ndi ma satellite ena, amatsimikiziridwa ndi magwero awiri kuti akhale gawo la network ya Starshield.
Ndikofunikira kusiyanitsa kuti netiweki ya Starshield yomwe idakonzedwa ndi yosiyana ndi Starlink, gulu la nyenyezi la SpaceX lomwe likukulitsa malonda lomwe lili ndi ma satellite pafupifupi 5,500. Pomwe Starlink ikufuna kupatsa mwayi wopezeka pa intaneti kwa ogula, mabizinesi, ndi mabungwe aboma, gulu la nyenyezi la ma satellites a spy likuyimira kuthekera kosiyidwa kwambiri ndi boma la US mumlengalenga.
Written by Alius Noreika
Chithunzi: Roketi ya SpaceX Falcon 9 inyamuka kuchokera ku NASA's Kennedy Space Center ku Florida pa Julayi 14, 2022. Credits: NASA TV
