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GlobeTel Announces Update On Stratellite
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Nov 24, 2004 GlobeTel Communications announced Tuesday that Sanswire Networks, its wholly owned subsidiary, is on track to launch the prototype of the Stratellite being built in California towards the end of January 2005. The Stratellite will climb to an altitude of between 55,000 and 65,000 feet. Once the airship has achieved its "on station" position, achieved by GPS coordinates, tests will be conducted on voice and data quality and range of transmission. These tests will be on-going for approximately 60 days. The Stratellite will be launched and reclaimed multiple times to test the guidance systems and flight capabilities. Plans are in place to provide a video link from the airship to GTEL's website for shareholders to watch the launch and flight of the Stratellite. Thirty days prior to launch, pictures of the Stratellite being constructed can be found on the company's website. Timothy Huff, CEO of GTEL stated, "This is truly an exciting time for us here at GTEL. We have so many good things happening but the launch of the Stratellite has to top them all. If our tests prove the technology to be as designed, then we will change the landscape of telecommunications and even the world. This would allow, virtually overnight a communications grid to be installed over an area that could provide voice, data, cellular, TV broadcasts, radio, and surveillance for a fraction of the cost of traditional infrastructure." A Stratellite is similar to a satellite, but is stationed in the stratosphere rather than in orbit. At an altitude of only 13 miles, each Stratellite will have clear line-of-site communications capability to an entire major metropolitan area as well as being able to provide coverage across major rural areas. Several Stratellites linked together could cover many hundreds of thousands of square miles. The Stratellite will allow subscribers to easily communicate in "both directions" using readily available wireless devices. In addition to voice and data, proposed telecommunications uses include cellular, 3G/4G mobile, MMDS, paging, fixed wireless telephony, HDTV, real-time surveillance and others. Related Links GlobeTel SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
RQ-5 Hunter UAVs Deployed For US Border Patrol Missions
San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2004From now until the end of January, foreigners who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally into Arizona will have to contend with more than just rugged terrain, desert heat and rattlesnakes. Now, they'll also have to be on the lookout for two U.S. Army RQ-5 Hunter UAVs equipped with electro optical infrared sensors began making reconnaissance flights along the Arizona border area 90 miles southeast of Tucson. |
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