Fiber-optic speeds from the stratosphere
High-altitude airship startup Sceye flown its solar-powered platform across the Pacific to expand global connectivity.
Stratospheric infrastructure company Sceye has crossed the Pacific for the first time, taking its reflective, balloon-like High-Altitude Platform System from New Mexico to Japan. It's the latest milestone on the road to commercialization for a platform that can deliver phone service and observation.
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Timecode chapters
0:00 Intro
0:26 A fiber-optic cable from the stratosphere
0:35 Latest mission
1:27 Services offered
2:00 Quantum key distribution
2:20 ‘Landlords in the stratosphere’
Video credits
Host: Jesse Orrall
Scripted by: Jesse Orrall
Producer: Jesse Orrall, Jon Gomez
Camera: Sceye
Video editor: Jon Gomez
Thumbnail designer: Tharon Green
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