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  经济学人:航空航天:可执行卫星作业的高空无人机 (1)

  On August 6th a flimsy-looking pilotless aircraft, the Zephyr S, came slowly in to land at an undisclosed location in Arizona,and was caught by a group of people jogging along beside it.The reception committee was needed because the craft, which weighs less than 75kg, lacks an undercarriage——or, indeed, anything else that would add unnecessary weight.

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  8月6日，一架薄得像纸一般的无人驾驶飞机Zephyr S在美国亚利桑那州的一个未知地点缓慢着陆，在该地附近慢跑的人发现了这架无人机。由于这架重量不足75公斤的航空器没有着陆装置，因此需要接待委员会的介入——确实，任何其他装置都会给这架无人机增加不必要的重量。

  The touchdown meant the Zephyr S had set a new flight-endurance record for a drone, of 25 days, 23 hours and 57 minutes.The point of doing so was to show that solar-powered aircraft of this sort can compete with satellites in the markets for Earth observation and telecommunications.This has led some people to dub them "pseudo-satellites". The idea is that eventually they will stay aloft for months.

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  此次着陆意味着Zephyr S创下了无人机飞行耐力的新纪录—25天23小时57分钟。此次飞行的意义在于展现这种太阳能航空器可以与市场上用于地球观测和通讯的人造卫星相竞争。这让一些人将它们称为“伪卫星”。他们的想法是，最终让它们在空中待上几个月。

  The previous endurance record for drones, of just over14 days, was set in 2010 by the Zephyr 7, an earlier version of this aircraft.The Zephyr 7 was developed by QinetiQ, a British defence company.In 2013 QinetiQ sold the Zephyr programme to Airbus, a European aerospace firm.Airbus has now built, at Farnborough, in Britain, a factory to make them.

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  早前的无人机耐力记录是14天，创造该纪录的是2010年的Zephyr 7，Zephyr S的初期版本。Zephyr 7的发开者是一家英国防御公司—奎奈蒂克。2013年，奎奈蒂克将Zephyr项目卖给了一家欧洲航空航天公司—空中客车公司。空中客车公司现在在英国法恩伯勒建了一家制造该航天器的工厂。

  The model S, with a wingspan of 25 metres, will soon be joined by a bigger, more advanced version, the model T.Zephyrs fly in the stratosphere. During daylight hours they cruise at an altitude of about 21km.At night, when solar energy is unavailable and they must rely solely on their batteries,they make a slow but powered and controlled descent to 16.7 km.

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  模型S的翼幅为25米，很快将推出一个更大更先进的版本—模型T。Zephyrs在平流层飞行。在白天，它们在海拔约21千米的地方巡航。夜间没有太阳能可用的时候，它们必须也只能依靠电池，它们缓慢地通过有力控制将高度降至16.7千米。

  That, though, is still well above troublesome weather, and also clear of commercial aircraft.They are powered by a pair of propellers driven by electric motors.Airbus says the craft are fitted with batteries which use an "advanced chemistry" and are recharged by "novel" solar cells that cover their wings.

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  尽管如此，这样的高度仍然可以避免麻烦的天气情况，还能避免碰到商用飞机。它们由一对螺旋桨提供动力，螺旋桨由电动装置驱动。空中客车公司表示这种航天器所配备的电池使用的是一种“高级化学成分”，通过覆盖在机翼上的“新型”太阳能电池充电。

  注释

  1.pilotless aircraft 无人驾驶飞机

  The pioneering pilotless aircraft have been developed by the global wildlife organisation,

  WWF.这种开拓性的无人驾驶飞机，是由全球野生动物保护组织WWF开发的。来源于《BBC》

  2.compete with 与...竞争

  They have no need to compete with the tabloids.

  他们没必要和小报竞争。来源于《BBC》

  3.endurance 忍耐力

  Insect-bitten beyond endurance, his family fled within weeks

  她的家人忍无可忍，这个星期内就逃跑了。来源于《WSJ》

  4.novel 新奇的

  Kimbrell says it's hardly a novel legal concept.

  Kimbrell说这几乎不是一个新奇的法律概念。来源于《VOA》

 

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