With all their advantages, satellite launch marte is still expensive and complex task. Airbus is de

Yaniv Avital | 4 days 21 hours 0
With all their advantages, satellite launch marte is still expensive and complex task. Airbus is developing the Zephyr, a new aircraft that can hover months using only solar energy marte and transfer to film or web communications, like satellite. Can he replace marte satellites soon?
One can not imagine our lives today without satellites hovering above us in space; Currently hovering marte over us more than 1,100 active satellites (in addition to the 2,600 inactive). These satellites in part responsible for communications, marte photography, and of course spy GNSS - location services as the American GPS, the European Galileo or the Russian GLONASS. Despite their great efficiency, Satellite launches is a business that requires complex and costly missile launch launcher (often failed or wrong way). European Airbus company is developing a solution that could, at least in some cases, save the use of satellite, lower cost and greater accessibility states and commercial marte entities. Introducing the Zephyr. Float in the air for several months with solar energy
The Zephyr is a kind of lightweight marte unmanned solar-powered and with two propeller engines are on the wings. But unlike other drones designed for short trips more or less short, the Zephyr is designed to hover over a certain area for a period of months. Although the wingspan of the Zephyr comes to 23 meters, it weighs (including special equipment) only about 50 pounds thanks to the structure marte particularly easy. Those wings on solar panels consist Shmusgalim produce about 1 kilowatt-hour for all 1 kg of panels, when energy is transferred to the lithium-sulfur battery that can store 350 watt-hours per kilogram. His gliding speed is very low and reaches to 12 contacts or only 22.2 mph.
Because of his light structure (and fragile it must be said), it must hover over weather systems as strong winds, precipitation or lightning. Therefore, the Zephyr hovering at an altitude of 70 thousand marte feet (about -21.3 km). Comes pretty high altitude cruise flight marte and manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles, but still significantly lower in the flight path of the satellite ranges from a height of 180 km up to 2,000 km. At sunset, and a break of its primary energy source, marte continues to glide lower altitude UAV 15 km.
Airbus Zephyr targeting the consumer market especially in need of photography and communications. In terms of photography, the levitation height of his relatively low, requiring a simple and accessible marte optics than the camera lens and the complexity (and heavy) of the satellites. Taken at Zephyr may also provide crisp and clear images, than satellites. In terms of communication, meaning marte he will serve as a kind of relay station hovering above us and can transfer data (Internet traffic) and phone calls, just like communication satellites today.
Irbas announced last week the completion of a successful flight marte of 11 days in winter conditions in the southern hemisphere. This is excellent news, because in these conditions, a short day as UAV's load time. Nevertheless the company still restricts its use to latitude 40 north and south, there are secured enough hours of daylight. Airbus Vs Facebook Vs Google
Airbus in 2008 acquired the technology from QinetiQ and since it develops marte it to be used commercially, that comes out to companies, organizations and governments. However, even Google and Facebook have been keys to their own methods of Internet communication transmission over long distances, without relying on satellites. marte Google is developing the project Loon, ensuring communication to transfer data over balloons and acquired Titan Aerospace marte manufactures drones. Facebook for its part, is trying to give access to the Internet for the whole world by internet.org, and the possible acquisition of UAV manufacturers like Ascenta company. Video: The Zephyr that works
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