Stratospheric startup World View flew a Stratolite high-altitude balloon for 16 days straight, in an effort to show the benefits of high-altitude remote sensing for customers
Travis Deyoe, Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona
The mission included multiple examples of tight station-keeping for at least a day, in a 62-mile diameter area. It also demonstrated the balloon's durability and distance capabilities, as it flew more than 3,000 miles across Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Oregon. "Affordable, real-time, persistent intelligence from a high-altitude platform does not exist today," Hartman added."We are continually inspired by the positive impact such a capability could have on the world, and today marks a big step towards that vision."
The balloon can control its position and altitude using the prevailing winds at stratospheric heights. Payloads it carries aloft can stay connected with control centers on Earth, and once the mission is finished, Stratolite is advertised as a pinpoint-landing platform for easy recovery of data.
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