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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE)
2016-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management |
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Online Access: | https://www.jatm.com.br/jatm/article/view/699 |