Jirgin sama na mutum-mutumi na X-37B na sojan Amurka a boye ya tashi daga Florida a aikin sa na bakwai.
Wannan aiki dai shi ne karo na farko da aka harba jirgin a kan roka na SpaceX Falcon Heavy mai karfin isar da shi zuwa sararin samaniya fiye da kowane lokaci.
Jirgin mai suna Falcon Heavy, wanda ya kunshi na’urorin roka guda uku da aka daure wuri guda, ya yi ruri daga harba shi daga cibiyar binciken sararin samaniya ta NASA ta Kennedy da ke Florida a ranar Alhamis a wani gagarumin tashin da ya yi da daddare wanda aka rika watsawa kai tsaye.
Harba na Amurka ya zo makwanni biyu bayan da aka harba jirgin sama na mutum-mutumi na kasar Sin, wanda aka fi sani da Shenlong, ko Dragon Divine, a aikinsa na uku tun daga shekarar 2020, wanda ya kara dagula kishiyoyin kasashen biyu a sararin samaniya.
Ma’aikatar tsaron Amurka ta Pentagon ta bayyana wasu ‘yan bayanai game da aikin na X-37B, wanda ake sa ran zai dade na tsawon shekaru kuma rundunar sojin sararin samaniyar Amurka ke gudanar da ita a karkashin shirin kaddamar da sararin samaniyar tsaro na soja.
Jirgin da Boeing ya kera, mai tsawon kusan mita tara (taku 29) kuma yayi kama da karamin jirgin sama, ba shi da mutum kuma yana yin gwaje-gwaje iri-iri.
Aikinsa na farko shine a cikin 2010, kuma na baya-bayan nan a cikin watan Mayu 2020, tare da waɗancan jiragen sun keɓe zuwa ƙananan kewayar ƙasa, a tsayin da ke ƙasa da kilomita 2,000 (mil 1,200).
Ma’aikatar Tsaro ta Pentagon ba ta bayyana girman girman jirgin ba a yayin wannan aikin, amma a cikin wata sanarwa da ta fitar a watan da ya gabata, Ofishin Sojojin Sama na gaggawa ya ce zai hada da gwaje-gwajen “sabbin tsarin mulki na orbital, gwaji da fasahohin wayar da kan sararin samaniya a nan gaba”.
Har ila yau, X-37B yana gudanar da wani gwaji don nazarin yadda shuke-shuke ke shafar sakamakon tsawan lokaci mai tsanani ga yanayin radiation a sararin samaniya.
An harba Shenlong na kasar Sin a asirce a ranar 14 ga Disamba da wani makami mai linzami kirar Long March 2F.
Janar B Chance Saltzman ya shaidawa manema labarai a wani taron masana’antu a farkon wannan watan cewa mai yiwuwa “ba kwatsam” aka yi harba jirgin a kusa da juna.
“Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa Sinawa suna matukar sha’awar jirginmu. Muna matukar sha’awar nasu, “in ji Saltzman, bisa ga kalaman da aka buga a Mujallar Air & Space Forces, wata mujallar sararin samaniyar Amurka.
“Waɗannan abubuwa biyu ne daga cikin abubuwan da aka fi kallo a sararin samaniya yayin da suke kan kewayawa. Wataƙila ba kwatsam ba ne suke ƙoƙarin daidaita mu a cikin lokaci da tsarin wannan, ”in ji shi.
Ba a bayyana tsawon lokacin da aka tsara na sabuwar manufa ta X-37B ba, amma da alama za ta yi aiki har zuwa watan Yunin 2026 ko kuma daga baya, idan aka yi la’akari da yanayin jirage masu tsayi a jere.
Jirgin na karshe, wanda ya fi tsayi tukuna, ya dauki tsawon shekaru biyu da rabi kafin ya sauka a kan titin saukar jiragen sama a cibiyar binciken sararin samaniya ta Kennedy a watan Nuwamban bara.
ALJAZEERA/Ladan Nasidi.
