- I-OneWeb iqinisekisa ukwethulwa ngempumelelo nokuxhumana nazo zonke iziphuphutheki ezingama-36 ezethulwe ekuqaleni kwanamuhla, ziletha inani eliphelele le-constellation e-orbit kuma-satellite angama-254.
- Ukuxhuma ngesivinini esikhulu kuzotholakala kusuka eNyakatho Pole kuye kuma-50th i-parallel - ifaka i-United Kingdom, Canada, Alaska kanye ne-Arctic Region.
- Emzileni wokutholakala okuphelele komhlaba jikelele ngoJuni 2022 ngeqoqo le-LEO lama-satellite angama-648.
I-OneWeb, inkampani yezokuxhumana ngesathelayithi i-Low Earth Orbit (LEO), namuhla imemezele ukwethulwa ngempumelelo kwezinye iziphuphutheki ezingama-36 ukumaka ukuphothulwa kwenjongo yayo 'emihlanu kuya kwengama-50'. Ngalesi sigameko esikhulu, iNkampani isilungele ukuletha ukuxhumana kulo lonke elase-United Kingdom, Canada, Alaska, Northern Europe, Greenland, kanye nase-Arctic Region.
Ukwethulwa kwakamuva kuthatha i-OneWeb's-orbit constellation kuma-satellite angama-254, noma ama-40% we OneWebImikhumbi ehleliwe yeziphuphutheki ezingama-648 ze-LEO ezizoletha uxhumano lomhlaba jikelele olunejubane eliphakeme, nolusezingeni eliphansi. OneWeb ihlose ukwenza insizakalo yomhlaba wonke itholakale ngo-2022.
Ukuboniswa kwensizakalo kuzoqala kuleli hlobo ezindaweni eziningana ezibalulekile - kufaka phakathi i-Alaska neCanada - njengoba i-OneWeb ilungiselela ukuhweba ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo. Inikela ngezinsizakalo zokuxhuma ezisebangeni, iNkampani isivele imemezele ubudlelwano bokusabalalisa kuzo zonke izimboni namabhizinisi amaningi kubandakanya ne-BT, ROCK Network, AST Group, PDI, Alaska Communications nabanye, njengoba i-OneWeb ikhulisa amandla ayo omhlaba. Inkampani iyaqhubeka nokuxhumana nabanikezeli bezokuxhumana ngocingo, ama-ISP, kanye nohulumeni emhlabeni wonke ukunikela ngezinsizakalo zayo ezisezingeni eliphansi, ezisheshayo zokuxhuma futhi ibona isidingo esikhulayo sezisombululo ezintsha zokuxhuma okunzima ukufinyelela ezindaweni.
Ukwethulwa kweziphuphutheki zakamuva ezingama-36 kwenziwe yi-Arianespace evela eVostochny Cosmodrom. I-Liftoff yenzeke ngomhlaka 1 Julayi ngo-13: 48 BST. Iziphuphutheki ze-OneWeb zihlukaniswe nerokhethi futhi zanikezwa ngamaqoqo ama-9 esikhathini samahora ama-3 imizuzu engama-52 ngokutholwa kwesiginali kuzo zonke iziphuphutheki ezingama-36 okuqinisekisiwe.
UNdunankulu wase-United Kingdom, uRt. Hon. UBoris Johnson, iPhalamende, uthe: “Lokhu kwethulwa kwamuva kweziphuphutheki ze-OneWeb kuzobeka i-broadband enejubane eliphezulu ukuthi ifinyeleleke eNyakatho Nenkabazwe yonke ngasekupheleni konyaka, kubandakanya nokwenza ngcono ukuxhumana ezindaweni ezikude kakhulu zase-UK.
"Isekelwa nguHulumeni waseBrithani, i-OneWeb ifakazela okungenzeka lapho utshalomali lukahulumeni nolwangasese luhlangana, lubeka i-UK phambili kwezobuchwepheshe bamuva, ivule izimakethe ezintsha, futhi ekugcineni iguqule izimpilo zabantu emhlabeni wonke."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Backed by the British Government, OneWeb proves what is possible when public and private investment come together, putting the UK at the forefront of the latest technologies, opening up new markets, and ultimately transforming the lives of people around the world.
- The Company continues to engage with telecommunications providers, ISPs, and governments worldwide to offer its low-latency, high-speed connectivity services and sees growing demand for new solutions to connect the hardest to reach places.
- OneWeb’s satellites separated from the rocket and were dispensed in 9 batches over a period of 3 hours 52 minutes with signal acquisition on all 36 satellites confirmed.
