Gulu lochokera ku NASA's Langley Research Center ndi anzawo ochokera ku NASA's Ames Research Center, Nano Avionics, ndi Santa Clara University's Robotics Systems Laboratory akupanga ntchito ya Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). Makina opepuka opangidwa ndi solar sail system, ndiko kuti, koyamba kuti makina opangidwa ndi solar boom amagwiritsidwa ntchito poyendetsa ma solar sails panjira.
Dongosololi limagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya dzuwa ndipo limatha kusintha ma rocket propellant ndi ma electric propulsion system. Kudalira kuwala kwa dzuwa kumapereka njira zomwe sizingatheke popanga chombo chamlengalenga.
Boom yophatikizana imayendetsedwa ndi CubeSat ya mayunitsi 12 (12U), nano-satellite yotsika mtengo yokwana 23 cm x 34 cm yokha. Poyerekeza ndi boom yachikhalidwe yogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zitsulo, boom ya ACS3 ndi yopepuka ndi 75%, ndipo kusintha kwa kutentha kukatenthedwa kumachepetsedwa ndi nthawi 100.
Ikafika mlengalenga, CubeSat idzagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya dzuwa mwachangu ndikuyika mphamvu ya composite boom, yomwe imatenga mphindi 20 mpaka 30 zokha. Chingwe chozungulirachi chimapangidwa ndi zinthu zofewa za polima zomwe zimalimbikitsidwa ndi ulusi wa kaboni ndipo chimakhala chautali pafupifupi mamita 9 mbali iliyonse. Chingwechi ndi chabwino kwambiri pa ntchito chifukwa chimatha kupindika kuti chisungidwe pang'ono, koma chimakhalabe ndi mphamvu ndipo chimakana kupindika ndi kupindika chikakumana ndi kusintha kwa kutentha. Kamera yomwe ili m'bwalomo idzajambula mawonekedwe ndi kulinganiza kwa chingwe choyendetsedwa kuti chiwunikiridwe.
Ukadaulo wopangidwa kuti upititse patsogolo ntchito ya ACS3 ukhoza kuwonjezeredwa ku ntchito zamtsogolo zoyendera panyanja za dzuwa za mamita 500, ndipo ofufuza akugwira ntchito yopanga ma solar seils akuluakulu okwana mamita 2,000.
Zolinga za ntchitoyi zikuphatikizapo kusonkhanitsa bwino ma sail ndikugwiritsa ntchito ma booms ophatikizika mumlengalenga wotsika kuti awone mawonekedwe ndi kapangidwe ka ma sail, komanso kusonkhanitsa deta yokhudza momwe ma sail amagwirira ntchito kuti apereke chidziwitso chothandizira pakupanga machitidwe akuluakulu amtsogolo.
Asayansi akuyembekeza kusonkhanitsa deta kuchokera ku ntchito ya ACS3 kuti apange machitidwe amtsogolo omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito polumikizirana pa ntchito zofufuza za anthu, ma satellite ochenjeza za nyengo ya mlengalenga, ndi ntchito zofufuza za asteroid.
Nthawi yotumizira: Julayi-13-2021
