HAPSMobile Flies Stratospheric UAV From Spaceport America

Renamed the Sunglider, HAPSMobile’s high-altitude pseudo-satellite has completed its fourth test flight.
Credit: HAPSMobile
The HAPSMobile venture involving Japan’s SoftBank and AeroVironment has completed a fourth test flight of its solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft, flying for longer and reaching a higher altitude than previous tests. The aircraft is being developed as a flying cell tower for mobile...
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