Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wani roket na SpaceX Falcon 9 da ke dauke da tauraron dan adam na sadarwa na farko a duniya ya samu nasarar kaddamar da shi a safiyar yau. Babban jirgin sama mai hawa 22 ya tashi daga Cape Canaveral Air Force Station a Florida da karfe 3.50 na safe GMT da safiyar yau (10.50 pm EST jiya), jirgin na uku a cikin ƙasa da watanni biyu don SpaceX. A wannan lokacin, duk da haka, SpaceX bai yi ƙoƙari ya sake saukar da roka a kan jirgin ruwa mai iyo ba, kamar yadda suka yi a baya. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Wani roket na SpaceX Falcon 9 dauke da tauraron dan adam na kasuwanci guda biyu da aka kaddamar daga Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41 a safiyar yau. Ana ganinsa a nan a kan sararin samaniya na tsakiyar garin Cocoa Beach a cikin minti biyu na lokacin da aka kaddamar da shi. A saman roka akwai wasu tauraron dan adam da kamfanin Boeing ya gina kuma mallakar kamfanin sadarwa na Eutelsat da ke Paris da kuma Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) da ke Bermuda. Tauraron dan adam na musamman ne a cikin cewa ana amfani da su ne kawai ta hanyar motsawar ion, sabanin propellant na sinadarai wanda yawanci aka fi so. Wannan yana da fa'idar yin sauƙin sauƙi, kamar yadda ba sa buƙatar ɗaukar mai tare da su. <unk>Girman wutar lantarki shi ne cewa yana ba da damar mai amfani da tauraron dan adam ya buƙaci mai mai yawa fiye da lokacin da tauraron dan adam ke da magungunan sunadarai,<unk> Babban jami'in Eutelsat Michel de Rosen ya ce a cikin hira kafin a kaddamar da shi. Ba tare da man fetur da za su buƙaci ba - hydrazine - tauraron dan adam kowannensu ya auna ƙasa da 5,000lbs (2,270kg), yayin da a al'ada za su auna fiye da 8,000lbs (3,630kg) ba tare da tsarin tuki na ion ba. Wannan kuma yana nufin duka tauraron dan adam za a iya ɗaukar su ta hanyar SpaceX's matsakaiciyar Falcon 9 roka <unk> da an ɗora su da mai, ɗaya ne kawai za a iya ɗauka zuwa sararin samaniya a wannan ƙaddamarwa. Wannan kuma ya kawo farashin ƙaddamarwa ƙasa - Eutelsat da ABS sun biya kusan fam miliyan 20 ($ 30 miliyan) kowannensu don sanya tauraron dan adam a kan roka, kamar yadda ƙaddamarwa ɗaya ke kashe kusan fam miliyan 40 ($ 60 miliyan). Duk da haka, kamar yadda ion propulsion - kuma aka sani da Solar Electric Propulsion - ne da yawa weaker fiye da...
Wani roket na SpaceX ya tashi daga Cape Canaveral a Florida dauke da tauraron dan adam na farko a duniya. Jiragen sama guda biyu za su kai ga burin da suke so a watan Agusta na wannan shekara kuma za su ci gaba da amfani da shi ta hanyar amfani da ion. Ba tare da man fetur na sinadarai ba, an rage nauyin su sosai, yana ba da damar a harba su duka a kan roka ɗaya maimakon ƙaddamarwa daban-daban.