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HISTORIC FLIGHT: Stratospheric Aircraft Travels 15,000 Kilometers from America to Japan
Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Sceye’s stratospheric aircraft completed a 15,000-kilometer test flight from New Mexico to Japan.
- Flying at almost 16.5 kilometers above the Earth, it provided direct high-speed connectivity to ordinary devices in cooperation with SoftBank.
- Its wider coverage could replace about 500 terrestrial mobile towers.
A Sceye stratospheric aircraft has completed a 15,000-kilometer test flight from New Mexico to Japan, a journey presented as a milestone for communications technology.
The aircraft operated at almost 16.5 kilometers above the Earth. In cooperation with SoftBank, it provided high-speed connectivity directly to ordinary devices.
Its broad coverage could replace about 500 ground-based mobile towers, according to the report. The flight was intended to demonstrate the stratosphere’s potential as new infrastructure for communications and data processing.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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