HAPS High-Altitude Platforms

High-Altitude Platforms / Systems or Stations / High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPs)  

“A high-altitude platform station also known as atmospheric satellite, is a long endurance, high altitude aircraft able to offer observation or communication” – Wikipedia: High-altitude platform station

  • “Pseudo-satellite” redirects here. Not to be confused with Pseudolite.
  • “Atmospheric satellite” redirects here. Not to be confused with Weather satellite.

“The Integrated Sensor is Structure (ISIS) was a program managed by the United States Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory to research the feasibility of using an unmanned airship as a high-altitude aerial reconnaissance and surveillance platform. It is sometimes called Integrated Sensor is the Structure, as a fundamental innovation was the use of the airship structure as the sensing component of a state-of-the-art radar system.” Wikipedia: Integrated Sensor is Structure

 

  • High-Altitude Platform Systems – Alternative, Supplement, or Competition to Satellites? By Lieutenant Colonel Heiner Grest , GE AF Joint Air Power Competence Centre (2015-2023) Published: July 2022 in Journal Edition 34 … HAPS can be described as crewed or uncrewed flying objects, positioned in the Near Space to take advantage of the weak stratospheric winds and the high solar …
  • High-altitude platform station (HAPS) systems can potentially be used to provide both fixed broadband connectivity for end-users and transmission links between …

 

 

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