A magaslégköri repülő platformok és lehetséges alkalmazhatóságuk

Abstract

The advancement of technology enabled us to lift the boundaries of atmospheric flight again. Stratospheric remotely piloted aerial systems can provide services comparable to outer space satellites, that is why they are often called pseudosatellites. At tha same time, we can find significant differences between the applications and services of space satellites, high-altitude platforms, and the long endurance, but lower altitude remotely piloted aircraft. This article introduces the sptratospheric pseudosatellites and compares them to the other two aforementioned mission support platforms, via a realistic operational scenario.