High Altitude Pseudo Satellites

HAPS is considered by ESA and industry as the ‘missing link’ between drones flying close to Earth’s surface and satellites orbiting in space.

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There are many potential applications of HAPS, mainly derived from the communications and remote sensing capabilities, among them we find:

- Smart Agriculture
- Fire detection
- Environment control

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Earth observation

Telecomunications

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- Emergency communications (disasters)
- Eliminate communication “dark areas” in maritime and airplanes routes
- Support to smart applications

Surveillance

- Border control
- Illegal fishing
- Oil spills

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Capabilities and benefits

Ability to fly over areas of interest on request, worldwide, all year round.

Possibility to recover, maintain, update and change payload and instruments.

Ability to provide real-time information and images.

Flight duration

up to 48h

Cruise altitudes

14 - 37 km

Payload

<500Kg

Versatile HAPS platform that can be easily adapted and changed for each mission.

Low cost, safe and controlled solution with a fast and easy implementation on the area of interest

El proyecto HAPS, dentro del programa Hawk Programme de B2Space, ha sido cofinanciado por el FEDER, Objetivo temático 1, que trata de promover el desarrollo tecnológico, la innovación y una investigación de calidad.

The HAPS project, part of B2Space’s Hawk Programme, has been co-financed by the FEDER, Thematic Objective 1, which aims to promote technological development, innovation, and high-quality research.