October 8, 2013

Amazing Solar powered drone that can fly at 65,000 feet for five years

Amazing Solar powered drone that can fly at 65,000 feet for five years   


 Aircraft has 3,000 solar panels producing about 7 kW of electricity

The aircraft has 3,000 solar panels producing about 7 kW of electricity and would be above the clouds


light-weight solar-powered drone

 An American aerospace company has developed a light-weight solar-powered drone that can fly at 65,000 feet for five years

 The Solara series, 'High Altitude Long Endurance solar atmospheric satellites

 The Solara series, the largest of which measures 60 metres wide, are classed as a 'High Altitude Long Endurance solar atmospheric satellites capable of carrying telecom, reconnaissance and atmospheric sensors



The largest plane they plan to build, the Solara 60, could carry up to 250 pounds anything from signals intelligence gear

The largest plane they plan to build, the Solara 60, could carry up to 250 pounds anything from signals intelligence gear 

 the Solari series
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  the Solari series

The Solara series differ from the more traditional drones

 The Solara series differ from the more traditional drones


They are designed to be cheaper than the cost of a satellite, while carrying out similar functions such as surveillance, crop-monitoring, weather and disaster oversight, or any other monitoring that low-altitude satellites track
They are designed to be cheaper than the cost of a satellite, while carrying out similar functions such as surveillance, crop-monitoring, weather and disaster oversight, or any other monitoring that low-altitude satellites track