Wata tawaga daga Cibiyar Bincike ta Langley ta NASA da abokan hulɗa daga Cibiyar Bincike ta Ames ta NASA, Nano Avionics, da Dakin Gwaji na Tsarin Robotics na Jami'ar Santa Clara suna haɓaka wani aiki don Tsarin Sail na Solar Sail na Advanced Composite (ACS3). Tsarin boom mai sauƙin amfani da shi da kuma tsarin sail na solar, wato, a karon farko ana amfani da boom ɗin hadawa don yin tafiya a kan hanyar hasken rana a kan hanya.
Tsarin yana da ƙarfin lantarki ta hanyar amfani da makamashin rana kuma yana iya maye gurbin roka propellants da tsarin tura wutar lantarki. Dogaro da hasken rana yana ba da zaɓuɓɓuka waɗanda ƙila ba zai yiwu ba ga ƙirar sararin samaniya.
An yi amfani da na'urar CubeSat mai na'ura 12 (12U), wani tauraron dan adam mai inganci wanda girmansa ya kai cm 23 x 34 kawai. Idan aka kwatanta da na'urar ACS3 ta gargajiya, tana da sauƙi da kashi 75%, kuma lalacewar zafi idan aka yi zafi yana raguwa da sau 100.
Da zarar ya shiga sararin samaniya, CubeSat zai yi sauri ya tura tsarin hasken rana ya kuma tura tsarin hada-hadar, wanda ke ɗaukar mintuna 20 zuwa 30 kacal. An yi wannan zagayen murabba'i ne da wani abu mai sassauƙa da aka ƙarfafa da zare na carbon kuma yana da tsawon mita 9 a kowane gefe. Wannan kayan hade-haɗe ya dace da ayyuka domin ana iya naɗe shi don adanawa kaɗan, amma har yanzu yana riƙe da ƙarfi kuma yana tsayayya da lanƙwasawa da karkacewa lokacin da aka fallasa shi ga canjin yanayin zafi. Kyamarar da ke cikin jirgin za ta yi rikodin siffa da daidaiton jirgin ruwan da aka tura don kimantawa.
Fasahar da aka haɓaka don haɓaka haɗin gwiwa don aikin ACS3 za a iya faɗaɗa ta zuwa ayyukan jirgin ruwa na hasken rana na gaba na murabba'in mita 500, kuma masu bincike suna aiki don haɓaka jiragen ruwa na hasken rana masu girman murabba'in mita 2,000.
Manufofin wannan manufa sun haɗa da haɗa jiragen ruwa cikin nasara da kuma tura jiragen ruwa masu haɗaka a cikin ƙananan sararin samaniya don tantance siffar da ingancin ƙirar jiragen ruwa, da kuma tattara bayanai kan aikin jiragen ruwa don samar da bayanai don haɓaka manyan tsarin nan gaba.
Masana kimiyya suna fatan tattara bayanai daga aikin ACS3 don tsara tsarin nan gaba wanda za a iya amfani da shi don sadarwa don ayyukan bincike na mutane, tauraron dan adam na gargaɗin yanayi da wuri, da ayyukan leƙen asiri na sararin samaniya.
Lokacin Saƙo: Yuli-13-2021
