I-South African National Space Agency (Sansa) iphendule amahlebezi okuthi elakuleli lihlela ukuthumela osomkhathi e-International Space Station (ISS) phakathi neminyaka emibili ezayo.
I-Sansa iyazivuma izifiso zayo zokuthumela osomkhathi bakuleli emisebenzini yokuhlola umkhathi emhlabeni jikelele.
Kodwa-ke, ukufezeka kwalo mgomo kusekude ukwenzeka. I-Sansa ihlose ukwenza ngokusemthethweni izinhlelo zayo zokuhlola indawo nababambiqhaza maduze nje.
La mahlebezi avele kwi-Telegram exhunywe ekhasini laku-Twitter elisemthethweni lenxusa lase-Russia.
Ihhovisi lenxusa labelane ngolwazi mayelana nokwethulwa kwesikhungo sakuleli ukuthola imfucumfucu yasemkhathini laphinde labhalela umphathi we-Sansa uHumbulani Mudau isitatimende liphakamisa ukuthi elakuleli lihlose ukuthumela osomkhathi ababili besifazane kwi-ISS phakathi neminyaka emibili.
Ngesikhathi iphendula i-Sansa iye yacacisa ukuthi nakuba ifuna ukuthumela osomkhathi bakuleli ukuze bayohlola umkhathi wonke, imininingwane ethile kanye nezikhathi zokuthumela osomkhathi ku-ISS akukaqinisekiswa.
UMudau obekhona ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-Russian Optical and Electronic Complex for Detection and Measurement of the Movement Parameters of Space Debris ubalule izifiso zasemkhathini zelakuleli.
Njengoba isivele ineqhaza ekuhambeni kwabantu emkhathini ngokusebenzisana kwayo ne-NASA, i-Sansa isiza ngephrojekthi ye-Artemis ngokwakha ingqalasizinda yezokuxhumana.
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