Telecommunications company KDDI, map-maker Zenrin and others in Japan launched a drone delivery service using U.S. aerospace company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet access service in Chichibu, a mountainous city in Saitama Prefecture.

通信公司KDDI,地圖制造商Zenrin和其他日本公司合作在埼玉縣的一個山區(qū)城市秩父發(fā)布了一項無人機運輸服務(wù)，該服務(wù)使用美國航空公司SpaceX的衛(wèi)星網(wǎng)絡(luò)連接服務(wù)Starlink。

By connecting a drone to the Starlink service that provides a stable communication environment even in mountain areas, the new delivery service allows residents in a district of Chichibu affected by a road closure following a mudslide in September last year to receive food and other supplies on a regular basis. 

無人機和Starlink服務(wù)進(jìn)行連接，這樣盡管你在山區(qū)也能有穩(wěn)定的通信環(huán)境。秩父地區(qū)去年九月因一場泥石流而出現(xiàn)道路堵塞，新發(fā)布的無人機運輸服務(wù)讓市民能夠正常接收食物和其他物資。

According to KDDI, it is the first time that a regular drone delivery service using the Starlink service by SpaceX, officially called Space Exploration Technologies, has been launched in Japan. 

KDDI表示，這是一款首次使用SpaceX衛(wèi)星網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)Starlink的通用無人機運輸服務(wù)，官方稱為航空探索技術(shù)，已在日本發(fā)布。

KDDI established in Chichibu a base station for its “au” mobile phone service that is compatible with the Starlink service. A communication environment indispensable for controlling drones has been secured in the mountain area where it is difficult to set up optical fiber networks, thanks to the use of the Starlink service.

KDDI在秩父地區(qū)為其“au”移動電話服務(wù)建立了一個基地，該服務(wù)可兼容Starlink。多虧了Starlink衛(wèi)星網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)，控制無人機所必須的通信環(huán)境在難以建立光纖網(wǎng)絡(luò)的山區(qū)也能有保障。

Under the new service, food, medicine and other items ordered by residents will be delivered once a week until the end of March. The drone used in the service can carry goods weighing up to 5 kilograms in total, flying autonomously on a route of some 3 kilometers to the disaster-affected district.

新型運輸服務(wù)以每周一次的頻率運送市民下訂的食品、藥品和其他物品，直至三月末。使用該服務(wù)的無人機能夠裝載總重量達(dá)5公斤的貨物，在約3公里的航線上自主飛行到災(zāi)區(qū)。