Azamlengalenga ndi chitetezo kampani Northrop Grumman ikugwirizana ndi SpaceX, bizinesi yamlengalenga motsogozedwa ndi mabiliyoni wabizinesi Eloni Musk, pa ntchito yachinsinsi ya satellite ya kazitape yomwe pakali pano ikujambula zithunzi zowoneka bwino kwambiri za Dziko Lapansi, malinga ndi zomwe akudziwa bwino za pulogalamuyi.
Ntchitoyi ikufuna kulimbikitsa mphamvu za boma la US kuti lizitha kuyang'anira magulu ankhondo ndi aluntha kuchokera kumayendedwe apansi a Earth, ndikupereka zithunzi zatsatanetsatane zomwe zimapezedwa ndi ma drones ndi ndege zowunikira.
Kutengapo gawo kwa Northrop Grumman, komwe sikunadziwike m'mbuyomu, kukuwonetsa zoyesayesa za boma kuti achepetse kutenga nawo gawo kwa makontrakitala m'mapulogalamu anzeru, kuchepetsa kudalira gulu limodzi lolamulidwa ndi munthu m'modzi.
Malinga ndi omwe ali mkati, Northrop Grumman ikuthandizira masensa a ma satellites ena a SpaceX, omwe adzayesedwe kumalo a Northrop Grumman asanatumizidwe. Pafupifupi ma satelayiti 50 a SpaceX akuyembekezeka kutsata njira, kuphatikiza kuyesa ndi kukhazikitsa sensa, ku malo a Northrop Grumman m'zaka zikubwerazi.
Magwero akuwonetsa kuti SpaceX yakhazikitsa pafupifupi ma prototypes khumi ndi awiri mpaka pano ndipo ikupereka kale zithunzi zoyesa ku NRO, bungwe lazanzeru lomwe limayang'anira chitukuko cha satellite ya US Spy.
Kuthekera koyerekeza kwa netiweki kumapangidwa kuti kupose momwe boma la US likuwonera machitidwe omwe alipo kale. Kuphatikiza apo, maukondewa akufuna kuthana ndi vuto lalikulu: kudalira kwambiri ma drones ndi ndege zowunikira kuti asonkhanitse zithunzi mumlengalenga wakunja, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale zoopsa, makamaka m'malo amikangano. Posamutsa kusonkhanitsa zithunzi kumayendedwe a Dziko Lapansi, akuluakulu aku US akufuna kuchepetsa zoopsazi.
Kwa SpaceX, yomwe imadziwika chifukwa chokhazikitsanso maroketi ogwiritsidwanso ntchito komanso ma satelayiti azamalonda, pulojekitiyi ikuwonetsa kuyambika kwa ntchito zowunikira anthu anzeru, dera lomwe nthawi zambiri limayang'aniridwa ndi mabungwe aboma komanso okhazikitsa makontrakitala apamlengalenga.
Written by Alius Noreika
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa roketi yonyamula ma satelayiti a Starlink. Ngongole yazithunzi: SpaceX kudzera Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 chilolezo
