日本启动无人机运输服务，使用Starlink卫星网络服务

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,地图制造商Zenrin和其他日本公司合作在埼玉县的一个山区城市秩父发布了一项无人机运输服务，该服务使用美国航空公司SpaceX的卫星网络连接服务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. 

无人机和Starlink服务进行连接，这样尽管你在山区也能有稳定的通信环境。秩父地区去年九月因一场泥石流而出现道路堵塞，新发布的无人机运输服务让市民能够正常接收食物和其他物资。

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，这是一款首次使用SpaceX卫星网络服务Starlink的通用无人机运输服务，官方称为航空探索技术，已在日本发布。

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在秩父地区为其“au”移动电话服务建立了一个基地，该服务可兼容Starlink。多亏了Starlink卫星网络服务，控制无人机所必须的通信环境在难以建立光纤网络的山区也能有保障。

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.

新型运输服务以每周一次的频率运送市民下订的食品、药品和其他物品，直至三月末。使用该服务的无人机能够装载总重量达5公斤的货物，在约3公里的航线上自主飞行到灾区。