I-Hurtigruten Expeditions iqeda ukufakwa kwe-SpaceX's Starlink

I-Hurtigruten Expeditions izoba umzila wokuqala wokuhamba ngomkhumbi ozosebenzisa isevisi ye-SpaceX ye-broadband entsha ye-Starlink kuyo yonke imikhumbi.

Ngokubambisana nozakwethu wokuxhumana wesikhathi eside i-Speedcast, ukufakwa kuzoqedwa ngo-Okthoba.

“Njengoba sihamba phambili emhlabeni jikelele kwezokuvakasha kokuhlola, kufaneleka kakhulu ukuthi silethe ubuciko obusha kakhulu emhlabeni emikhunjini yethu ukuze sithuthukise ulwazi nempilo yansuku zonke yezivakashi zethu, izisebenzi, ozakwethu kanye nemiphakathi esiyivakashelayo”, kusho. Isikhulu se-Hurtigruten Expeditions u-Asta Lassesen.

I-Speedcast kanye ne-Hurtigruten Expeditions ziqale ukuhlola nokuhlanganiswa kwamatheminali e-Starlink emkhunjini wemikhumbi yohambo lohambo oluncane ngoMashi. Ukufakwa kuzoqedwa ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba - okwenza i-Hurtigruten Expeditions ibe umugqa wokuqala wesikebhe ukwethula isivinini esikhulu, ukuxhumana okubambezeleke okuphansi kuyo yonke imikhumbi yayo.

“Sibone abadlali abakhulu bememezela izinhlelo zokuthi kusetshenziswe ukuxhumana kwe-Starlink. Ubambiswano lwethu ne-Speedcast kanye nokwethulwa kwesevisi entsha akugcini nje ngokusibeka phambili kunezinye imboni yezokuvakasha, futhi kusibeka phambili kunobuchwepheshe. Uma i-Starlink yethula izindaba zasolwandle e-Antarctica nase-Arctic, sizobe sesilungile,” kusho uLassesen.

“Ngemikhumbi esebenza kwezinye zezindawo ezikude nezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni, i-Hurtigruten Expeditions inguzakwethu ofanelekayo wokwethula ubuchwepheshe obusha embonini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Ubuchwepheshe be-Speedcast busekhonweni lethu lokuhlanganisa zonke izindlela zokuxhuma ezitholakalayo futhi silawule isevisi ephelele enikeza amazinga aphezulu kakhulu okusebenza, ukutholakala nokusebenza”, kusho uJoe Spytek, Isikhulu Esiphezulu kwa-Speedcast.