Isikhala: ingadi yokuqala yemifino emincane eyenziwe e-Italy yethulwa ku-orbit

Ibizwa nge-GRENCube futhi iyisilingo sokuqala sengadi yasemkhathini eyethulwa ku-orbit ngendiza yokuqala ye-VEGA-C vector entsha ye-European Space Agency (ESA) isuka e-Kourou base (French Guiana), kanye nesathelayithi yesayensi "LARES2" kanye namanye ama-nano-satellites amahlanu. Ingadi encane ekala amasentimitha angu-30 x 10 x 10 yaklanywa ithimba lezesayensi lama-Italiya wonke elakhiwe i-ENEA, i-Federico II University of Naples kanye ne-Sapienza University of Rome, endimeni yokuba umxhumanisi kanye nomphathi wesivumelwano ne-Space Agency Italian. (ASI).

Ngokusekelwe kuma-hydroponics omjikelezo ovaliwe futhi afakwe izinhlelo ezithile zokukhanyisa, ukulawula izinga lokushisa nomswakama ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo ezikhawulelwe zezindawo zasemkhathini, i-GRENCube iyakwazi ukuqinisekisa umjikelezo wokukhula ophelele wemifino emincane ekhethwe phakathi kwekufanele kakhulu ukumelana nezimo ezimbi kakhulu - in leli cala cress - elinokukhiqiza okuphezulu, izinsuku ezingama-20 zokuhlola.

Ifakwe endaweni ecindezelekile futhi evalekile, i-GRENCube iphinde ifakwe uhlelo oludidiyelwe lwezinzwa ze-hi-tech zokuqapha nokulawula imingcele yemvelo, ukukhula nempilo yezitshalo futhi izodlulisela phansi, ngokuzimela okuphelele, yonke idatha etholiwe. Isathelayithi iqukethe amayunithi amabili: eyokuqala iqukethe imifino emincane, uhlelo lokutshala nokulawula imvelo, isisombululo sezakhi, umkhathi odingekayo kanye nezinzwa; iyunithi yesibili igcina inkundla yokuphatha nokulawula imikhumbi-mkhathi.

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