Indiza ekhethekile ifike e-Kennedy Space Centre eCape Canaveral eFlorida kule mpelasonto: i-Airbus BelugaST (A300-600ST). Ilethe isathelayithi eyakhiwe yi-Airbus HOTBIRD 13G ye-Eutelsat.
Lokhu kwenzeke emahoreni ambalwa ngemuva kokuthi iwele layo, i-HOTBIRD 13F, yethulwe ngempumelelo yirokhethi ye-SpaceX Falcon 9.
Umkhumbi-mkhathi ungamalungu okuqala omndeni omusha we-“Eurostar Neo” wamasathelayithi ezokuxhumana e-Airbus, okusekelwe endaweni yesikhulumi sesizukulwane esilandelayo kanye nobuchwepheshe obuthuthukiswe ngokusekelwa yi-European Space Agency (ESA), nabanye, kuhlanganise ne-Center National d' I-Etudes Spatiales (CNES) kanye ne-UK Space Agency (UKSA).
Lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando futhi siphawula okokuqala kusukela ngo-2009 ukuthi i-Beluga ivakashele e-USA - lapho ithutha imojuli ye-International Space Station European "Tranquility". Kulo msebenzi wakamuva, i-Beluga isebenzisa u-30% we-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) endizeni yayo isuka e-Toulouse - okubonisa izifiso ze-Airbus's decarbonisation.
"Kuwudumo lwangempela ukukhombisa amasathelayithi amabili ngokulandelana kwekhasimende lethu i-Eutelsat: izingcezu ezimbili zobuchwepheshe base-Europe esikhungweni sodumo se-Kennedy Space," kusho uJean-Marc Nasr, iNhloko Yezinhlelo Zomkhathi kwa-Airbus. "Ikhono le-Airbus lokuthola isisombululo saseYurophu esizimele ligcizelelwa ukuthuthwa kwamasathelayithi ethu endizeni ehlukile yaseBeluga - isibonelo sangempela se-pan-Airbus synergies!"
Uma sezifinyelele endaweni yazo ye-orbital, lezi ziphuphutheki ezimbili, ezinamandla anamandla nezinhlelo zokulawula ukushisa okushisayo kunezangaphambili, zizokwazi ukusakaza iziteshi zethelevishini ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 kulo lonke elaseYurophu, eNyakatho Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Bazophinde bathuthukise ikhono le-Eutelsat lokuhlinzeka ngoxhumano kubantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-135, njengoba bethatha indawo yamasathelayithi amathathu e-Eutelsat asemzileni njengamanje. Ngokufika kwe-BelugaXL entsha, esekelwe endaweni enkulukazi ye-A330-200, imikhumbi ye-BelugaST ekhona yenziwa itholakale kancane kancane ngezinsizakalo zokuthutha izimpahla ezingaphezu kwempahla emhlabeni jikelele. Kusukela kwethulwa insizakalo entsha ye-Airbus Beluga Transport ngoJanuwari, i-BelugaST yenze imisebenzi kumakhasimende ahlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele.
