Riaan I-Virgin Orbit indize indiza yayo elungisiwe ye-Boeing 747 “Cosmic Girl” ngerokhethi yenkampani i-LauncherOne ngaphansi kwephiko layo okokuqala ngqa ngoNovemba 18, 2018.
I-Virgin Orbit
I-Virgin Orbit ibuyisela ithimba “elincane” elizosebenza ngoLwesine, ngokusho kwe-imeyili yenkampani yonke etholwe yi-CNBC, njengoba ihlose ukulungiselela ukwethulwa kwayo kwe-rocket okulandelayo nakuba ikusasa layo lisangabaza.
“Noma iyiphi indlela esebenzayo yokusebenza kwethu izodinga ukuthi sethule ngempumelelo,” kusho isikhulu se-Virgin Orbit uDan Hart ku-imeyili ebhalela abasebenzi.
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UHart uchaze lokhu “njengesinyathelo sokuqala” “ekuqaleni kabusha okukhulayo kokusebenza,” kuyilapho i-Virgin Orbit inweba. ikhefu elingakhokhelwa kanye nokumisa okwesikhashana ekusebenzeni kuyo yonke inkampani yabantu abangaphezu kuka-750 “okungenani uMsombuluko.”
Ubuholi benkampani buyaphithizela vikela indlela yokuthola imali futhi ugweme ukuqothuka, kubika i-CNBC ngaphambilini. UHart uphawule ukuthi ukuphumula kube “ukonga imali ngenkathi sisebenzela ukuhlola izinketho zokuvikela ikusasa le-Virgin Orbit.”
“Senze inqubekelaphambili ebalulekile kuleli sonto, kodwa kusenomsebenzi okufanele wenziwe,” kubhala uHart.
Indiza eshintshiwe engu-737 ethi “Cosmic Girl” isuka eMojave Air and Space Port eCalifornia iphethe irokhethi ye-LauncherOne ngoJuni 30, 2021.
I-Virgin Orbit
Umkhulumeli we-Virgin Orbit ukuqinisekisile esitatimendeni ku-CNBC ukuthi inkampani ibuyisela ingxenye yabasebenzi bayo ngoLwesine, kodwa wenqabile ukucacisa ukuthi bangaki abaqala kabusha umsebenzi. I-imeyili kaHart ithe abasebenzi ababuyayo “bazogxila ezindaweni ezibalulekile zemishini yethu elandelayo,” okubandakanya umsebenzi wokuhlola kanye nokufakwa kwezinjini zerokhethi. AbakwaReuters baqale babika ngokuqalwa kabusha komsebenzi ingxenye.
I-Virgin Orbit yakha uhlelo olusebenzisa indiza engu-747 elungisiwe ukuze ithumele amasathelayithi emkhathini ngokuphonsa irokhethi ngaphansi kwephiko lendiza phakathi nokundiza. Kodwa umgomo wokugcina wenkampani ube nokwehluleka kwendiza yamaphakathinenkinga ngesikhathi sokwethulwa edala ukuthi i-rocket ingafinyeleli ku-orbit futhi iphahlazeke olwandle.
Esibuyekezweni sangesonto eledlule, i-Virgin Orbit ithe uphenyo lwayo lwangaphakathi seluzophela, nerokhethi ezokwethulwa ngokulandelayo enezinguquko futhi “isezigabeni zokugcina zokuhlanganisa nokuhlolwa.”
UHart ku-imeyili yakhe wabhala ukuthi i-Virgin Orbit “ibhekene nokungaqiniseki futhi ngiyazi ukuthi lokho akulungile,” ephawula ukuthi abasebenzi abangabuyeli emsebenzini kodwa bangaqhubeka nokusebenzisa izinsuku zeholide noma zokugula ukusiza ukumboza isikhathi esingakhokhelwa.
Inkampani ubelokhu efuna izimali ezintsha izinyanga ezimbalwaenabanikazi abaningi Sir Richard Branson engafuni ukuxhasa inkampani ngokuqhubekayo.
