High Altitude Platform Station based internet is moving fast
While satellites may seem to dominate the remote areas of the world that need internet HAPS High Altitude Platform Station has been in development for some time with several competing companies all vying for depending on source at least 2.2 billion people who cannot get internet via fiber optic cables like the rest of us.
5G delivered via airships and drones flying at 20 km altitude is much closer to offering real competition to satellite systems such as Starlink.
Sceye is one such company with a focus on stratospheric connectivity including providing real time data and detection related to methane leaks volcanic eruptions extreme weather and wildfires and has very recently received a large grant from NASA to combine its high altitude platform with specialized hyperspectral sensing.
