Cartographic Agency Shuts Down Astigan HAPS Project

Astigan
Credit: Ordnance Survey
LONDON—The UK Ordnance Survey’s Astigan high-altitude pseudo-satellite project has been ended after the initiative was unable to secure a suitable strategic partner. The British cartographic agency had been one of the primary investors in the Astigan initiative as a way of changing the economics of...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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