Uhulumeni ka China ucele izikhulu zaseMelika eWashington ukuthi zithathe “izinyathelo ezisheshayo” futhi zithathe isinyathelo ukuvimbela ukungqubuzana okungaba 'yinhlekelele' phakathi kweChina Space Station (CSS) ne-US SpaceX. I-Starlink amasathelayithi.
Izimfuno zaseShayina zeza ngemuva kuka-Elon Musk I-Starlink amasathelayithi kusolwa ukuthi 'acishe aphahlazeka' esiteshini esisha sase-Beijing, njengoba kusho iBeijing, isola iWashington ngobudedengu kanye nokuzenzisa.
Okhulumela uMnyango Wezangaphandle eChina uZhao Lijian ukuqinisekisile ukuthi izwe lakhe lifake isikhalo esisemthethweni ku-United Nations. Ucele i-US ukuthi ithathe izinyathelo ezisheshayo ukugwema izingozi ezifuze lezi ngomuso.
“Izwe laseMelika lithi liwumela ngokuqinile lo mqondo 'wokuziphatha okufanele emkhathini,' kodwa yazishaya indiva izibopho zayo zesivumelwano futhi yabeka engcupheni enkulu ukuphepha kosonkanyezi [baseShayina]. Lokhu kuyizinga eliphindwe kabili elijwayelekile,” kusho uZhao, ebhekise ku-Outer Space Treaty ka-1967, ewumgogodla womthetho wamazwe omhlaba osemkhathini.
Ngokusho kwesikhulu saseShayina, iWashington kufanele siphishekele “izinyathelo ezisheshayo zokuvimbela izehlakalo ezinjengalezi ukuthi zingaphindeki,” kanye “nokuziphatha ngokuzibophezela ukuvikela osomkhathi abangaphakathi kwe-orbit kanye nokusebenza okuphephile nokuzinzile kwezikhungo zasemkhathini.”
UZhao ugcizelele ukuthi iWashington iyona ebhekelele ngqo ukuziphatha kwe-SpaceX, eveza ukuthi abadlali bezwe "banomthwalo wemfanelo wamazwe ngamazwe ngemisebenzi kazwelonke endaweni engaphandle eyenziwa izinkampani zabo ezizimele."
IBeijing iqale yamemezela isikhalazo sayo ku-UN ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, isola ukuthi ababili babalelwa ku-1,700 I-Starlink amasathelayithi afakwe ku-orbit yinkampani yezindiza yakwaMusk acishe ashaya i-CSS ngo-2021 izikhathi ezimbili, kwaphoqa abasebenzi besiteshi ukuthi benze “ubuchule bokubalekela” izikhathi zombili.
Ithimba laseChina le-UN lithe amasathelayithi e-Starlink "angaba yingozi empilweni noma empilweni yosomkhathi" uma engagcinwa ebekiwe.
Nakuba amadivaysi e-SpaceX afakwe ubuchwepheshe obuzenzakalelayo bokugwema ukushayisana neminye imikhumbi-mkhathi akudingekile ukuthi isuke endleleni yazo, China ifuna iziqinisekiso ezingcono ku-SpaceX kanye 'nozakwethu kuhulumeni wase-US.'
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “The US claims to be a strong advocate of the concept of ‘responsible behavior in outer space,' but it disregarded its treaty obligations and posed a grave threat to the safety of [Chinese] astronauts.
- Beijing first announced its complaint to the UN earlier this week, alleging that two of approximately 1,700 Starlink satellites put into orbit by Musk's aerospace firm had nearly struck the CSS in 2021 on two occasions, forcing the station's crew to perform an “evasive maneuver” both times.
- Ithimba laseChina le-UN lithe amasathelayithi e-Starlink "angaba yingozi empilweni noma empilweni yosomkhathi" uma engagcinwa ebekiwe.
