High-Altitude Platforms — Present Situation and Technology Trends

High-altitude platforms (HAPs) are aircraft, usually unmanned airships or airplanes positioned above 20 km, in the stratosphere, in order to compose a telecommunications network or perform remote sensing. In the 1990 and 2000 decades, several projects were launched, but very few had continued. In 20...

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Main Authors: Flavio Araripe D'Oliveira, Francisco Cristovão Lourenço de Melo, Tessaleno Campos Devezas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE) 2016-08-01
Series:Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management
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Online Access:https://www.jatm.com.br/jatm/article/view/699