Uhlelo lwaseYurophu lokuzulazula ngesathelayithi, 'Galileo,' ekugcineni lubuyiselwe ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngemva kwephutha elikhulu lobuchwepheshe elibangele ukuba amasathelayithi amaningi anika amandla isistimu aphuke.
The I-European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (I-GNSS) imemezele ukuthi izinsizakalo zokuqala zibuyiselwe ngoLwesine ekuseni, kodwa yengeza ngokuthi abasebenzisi basengabhekana “nokungaqini kwenkonzo kuze kube kuphinde kwaqashelwa.”
Uhlelo lwe-EU lwe-Galileo lwakhiwe ukuze luthathele indawo yokuhamba kwe-GPS ye-US kuphrojekthi yezigidigidi zama-euro eyaqala ukusebenza ngoDisemba 2016 ngemva kweminyaka engu-17 yentuthuko. Kodwa-ke, abasebenzisi babuyiselwe ngokuzenzakalela kusistimu yokumisa yase-US phakathi nokucisha okuthathe isonto lonke.
I-GNSS imemezele lokhu kunqamuka ngeSonto, ichaza ukuthi "isigameko sobuchwepheshe esihlobene nengqalasizinda yayo" sidale "ukuphazamiseka okwesikhashana" kwezinsizakalo kusukela ngoLwesihlanu, Julayi 12.
Njengamanje kunamasathelayithi asebenzayo angama-22 ku-orbit, kanti amanye amabili asahlolwa kanti amanye ayi-12 asakhiwa. Umnikazi we- EU futhi esetshenziswa yi-European Space Agency, isevisi ephelele kulindeleke ukuthi isetshenziswe ngo-2020.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The EU's Galileo system was built to replace the US' GPS navigation in a multi-billion-euro project that went live in December 2016 after 17 years of development.
- I-GNSS imemezele lokhu kunqamuka ngeSonto, ichaza ukuthi "isigameko sobuchwepheshe esihlobene nengqalasizinda yayo" sidale "ukuphazamiseka okwesikhashana" kwezinsizakalo kusukela ngoLwesihlanu, Julayi 12.
- Owned by the EU and operated by the European Space Agency, the full service is expected to be deployed by 2020.
