See clearly
Persistent optical coverage of a fixed area for weeks — resolution close to aircraft, dwell time close to satellites.
SOLAR-ELECTRIC · UNCREWED · STRATOSPHERIC
Runs on sunlight.
Stays up for weeks.
A 75-kilogram aircraft with the wingspan of an airliner, flying above weather and air traffic on nothing but the sun — persistent like a satellite, close like a plane.
MAIDEN FLIGHT · CONTINUOUS TIME ALOFT
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Longest continuous flight of any aircraft, set on the maiden flight.
AIRFRAME MASS
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Lighter than its pilot would be
WINGSPAN
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Carbon fibre, solar-skinned
OPERATING ALTITUDE
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Above weather and traffic
LOAD FACTOR
0×
Supports 5× its own weight
ENERGY SYSTEM
Daylight is the fuel. Batteries are the night shift.
Photovoltaic skin across the wing powers flight and charges secondary batteries while the sun is up. After dusk, the batteries carry the aircraft through to the next sunrise. Drag to orbit — hover the wing, battery and motors for detail.
LOADING FLIGHT MODEL…
DUTY CYCLE — CHARGING · PV → BATTERY + MOTORS · SOC RISING · MARGIN NOMINAL
WHAT IT DOES
A satellite’s patience, twenty kilometres up.
Sense efficiently
Long-dwell sensing for weather, crops, coastlines and infrastructure without launch windows or orbital passes.
Connect precisely
A communications node parked in the stratosphere, closing coverage gaps that towers and satellites both miss.
MISSION DOMAINS
FLIGHT RECORD
Twenty-five days without touching the ground.
T+00:00
Launch
Hand-launched at dawn. Climb to the stratosphere begins on solar power alone.
T+04 d
Station reached
Holding above 18 km — above weather, jet streams and commercial traffic.
T+14 d
Record surpassed
Passes the previous absolute endurance record for uncrewed flight.
T+25 d
Touchdown
Lands after 25 days, 23 hours, 57 minutes airborne. A new benchmark for flight itself.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Built from fibres finer than a human hair.
- CLASS
- High-altitude platform station (HAPS)
- PROPULSION
- Solar-electric, twin brushless motors
- ENERGY
- Photovoltaic skin + secondary batteries
- NIGHT OPS
- Battery reserve charged in daylight
- WINGSPAN
- 25 m
- MASS
- 75 kg
- CEILING
- > 21 000 m — above the ozone layer
- STRUCTURE
- Fibres finer than a human hair