Airship concept, hybrid between drone and satellite

A new project of an autonomous airship has introduced which work as a drone and a satellite as well.This prototype airship is known as "StratoBus", has been developed in Europe.This project is organized by Thales Alenia Space ,Airbus Defence & Space, Zodiac Marine and CEA-Liten, and airship is able to perform a several actions such as border monitoring and maritime surveillance, telecommunications, broadcasting and navigation.

According to the company notes, "We design, integrate, test and operate high-performance satellite technologies in both civil and defense sectors."

The StratoBus is 70 to 100 meters long and 20 to 30 meters in diameter with the shell fabric is made of carbon fiber.The StratoBus will be able to support payloads up to 200 kg and work at an altitude of about 20 kilometers in the lower levels of the stratosphere but above air traffic and jet streams. 

"This prototype airship has Potential to perform different tasks like monitoring, boosting GSM network capacity for public events and GPS augmentation over dense traffic areas", company said.

One of the main purpose of this airship is carries "technological innovations" and will be able to capture the sun's rays.The airship will be equipped with solar panels and a light reversible fuel cell for energy storage.The first prototype is planned to be introduced within the next five years.

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