Useful Links about HAPs (High Altitude Platforms)

High Altitude Platforms (source: Wikipedia) : A High Altitude Platform (HAP) is a quasi-stationary aircraft which provide means of delivering a service to a large area while staying thousands of feet above in the air for long periods of time. A HAP differs from other aircraft in the sense that it is specially designed to operate at a very high altitude (17–22 km) ^[1] and is able to stay there for hours, even days. Read more..
Capanina STRATOSPHERIC BROADBAND : High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) have the potential to deliver broadband services cost effectively. They are essentially airships or aircraft operating in the stratosphere, and due to their altitude (17-22 km) have the potential to deliver services over a wide coverage area. Read more..
InterComms – International Communications Project : Mobile telecommunications via stratosphere. Read more..
ITU-D Question 9/2 – High Altitude Platform Stations : an opportunity to close the information gap 2002 – Final Report. Read more..
COST297 – High Altitude Platforms for Communications and Other Services : COST297 – ‘HAPCOS’ is a European Action – now completed – dealing with HAPs and their applications. Representing an active group of researchers from academia, industry and governments, it has aimed to catalyse research activity, and to provide cohesion among the community. Read more..

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