STARBASE (The Thursday Times) — SpaceX ne hafte ko Texas mein apne Starship rocket ke balai hisse ko launch tower ke baazuon se pakar liya. Yeh pehla mauqa hai ke company ship ko wapas launch pad par layi hai. Pandrahwein aazmaishi parwaz mein yeh gaari taqreeban ek din madaar mein rahi.
Company ne X par kaha, “Mechazilla ne Starship ko pakar liya! Is shandar kamyabi par SpaceX ki poori team ko mubarakbad!” Us waqt ship apne engine chalate hue Brownsville ke qareeb Starbase par tower ke mashini baazuon mein aa kar theher gaya.
Is catch ne ek aisi parwaz ko bacha liya jis mein donon hisson ko wapas hasil karne ka mansooba tha. Jumay ki launch ke chand minute baad Super Heavy booster ne tower par apni catch tark kar di, Gulf of Mexico ki taraf mur gaya aur pani se zara upar phat gaya.
Company ke mutabiq ship launch ke taqreeban 27 minute baad madaar mein pahuncha aur 26 Starlink V3 satellites chhore. Is ke baad woh taqreeban 22 ghante madaar mein raha aur phir fiza mein dobara dakhil ho kar launch site par wapas aaya.
Dobara istemal ki janib ek qadam
SpaceX is se pehle teen baar Super Heavy boosters ko tower par pakar chuki hai, aakhri baar March 2025 mein, lekin us ne ship ko pakarne ki koshish pehle kabhi nahin ki thi. Donon hisson ko sahih salamat wapas lana Elon Musk ke mukammal taur par dobara qabil-e-istemal rocket ke mansoobe ka markazi hissa hai, jo kahin zyada baar aur kahin kam kharch par parwaz kar sake.
Musk keh chuke hain ke unhein tawaqqo hai ke 2027 ki pehli shashmahi tak Starship har hafte launch hoga, aur company ka kehna hai ke woh is saal ke aakhir tak Florida mein ek naye launch pad se parwazein shuru kar sakti hai.
NASA ne 2021 mein Starship ko apne Artemis programme ke liye chand par utarne wali gaari ke taur par chunne ke baad se SpaceX ko taqreeban 3.2 arab dollar ada kiye hain, aur donon ko tawaqqo hai ke yeh 2028 tak khalabazon ko chand par utaar dega. Is se pehle SpaceX ko yeh dikhana hai ke woh madaar mein ek Starship se doosre mein indhan muntaqil kar sakti hai, jo chand tak pahunchne ke liye zaroori qadam hai.
