Isathelayithi ye-Russian Optical surveillance isesikhaleni izinsuku ezingama-20 kuphela. UMnyango Wezokuvikela weRussian Federation unethemba lokuthi umlandeli wayo uCosmos-2556 uzothembeka kakhulu.
Isathelayithi yezempi yaseRussia i-Cosmos-2555, eyethulwe ngo-Ephreli 29 yirokhethi ethwala i-Angara-1.2, yasha emkhathini. Lokhu kubikwe yi-TASS mayelana nedatha ye-US Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
Idivayisi yethulwa sekuhwalele isuka ku-Plesetsk cosmodrome yangena emzileni oyindilinga. Incwadi Z yasetshenziswa kwisathelayithi - uphawu lwempi egcwele phakathi kweRussian Federation ne-Ukraine. Ngokusho kwe-NORAD, i-satellite i-deorbited futhi yangena emkhathini ekuseni ngoMeyi 18. Manje into ayisekho emkhathini, kusho ochwepheshe.
Uchwepheshe we-Astronautics nosaziwayo u-Vitaly Egorov utshele i-Insider ukuthi kungase kube isathelayithi ehlola izinto ezibukwayo eyenza ukuqapha kwamehlo.
"I-Cosmos-2555" yasha - ukuthi isathelayithi yalahlekelwa kanjani umzila wayo
U-Yegorov wanezela ukuthi ngoMeyi 18 i-satellite ayizange ithumele izimpawu zomsakazo futhi ayizange ihlale ku-orbit. Babefuna ukulungisa umkhondo wayo ngokuvula izinjini, kodwa lokhu akuzange kunikeze imiphumela. I-Cosmos-2555 yakwazi ukwenza ukulungiswa kwe-orbital eyodwa kuphela yesikhashana esifushane izinsuku eziyi-15 - ngoMeyi 6.
Ngemva kwalokho, umzila wayo wehla, kodwa ezinsukwini ezingu-10-12 walahlekelwa amakhilomitha angu-30 futhi wehla wafinyelela ukuphakama okungaba ngu-260 km. Ezinsukwini ezintathu ezalandela, ukuwa kwesathelayithi kwashesha, kwasondela eMhlabeni ngebanga elingu-120 km.
NgoMeyi 19, uMnyango Wezokuvikela WaseRussia wabika ngokwethulwa ngempumelelo kwesinye isiphuphutheki ku-orbit, esanikezwa igama elithi Cosmos-2556. Ukuxhumana okuzinzile kwe-telemetry sekusungulwe futhi kwagcinwa ngesathelayithi, izinhlelo zayo ezisebhodini zisebenza ngokujwayelekile, kusho izikhulu zamasosha.
Phambilini uFocus wabhala ukuthi i-US Space Force ilandelele i-Cosmos-2555 satellite ku-orbit, idatha yokulandelela iqinisekise "ukufa" kwesathelayithi eyethulwe.
Khumbula ukuthi ngoMeyi 3, iphephandaba laseBrithani iDaily Mail labhala ngokuthumela i-radar satellite entsha eyimfihlo i-Cosmos-2555 ku-orbit, izintatheli zabika ngokusetshenziswa kwayo ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine.
I-Space Intelligence ngaphambilini yaphawula ukuthi iRussian Federation yethule isethelayithi yesithathu yokuhlola i-Bars-M optoelectronic ku-orbit.