METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DROPSONDE DEPLOYMENT
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Sep 1, 2022
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Nov 22, 2021
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Nov 19, 2020
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Abstract
A measurement system comprising a plurality of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS), comprising fixed wing HAPS, having a span loaded fixed wing, an aspect ratio greater than 15 and wing loading less than 6 kg/m2, and/or lighter than air HAPS, each HAPS carrying a plurality of lightweight dropsondes, each dropsonde including sensors and a transmitter, where the plurality of high-altitude pseudo satellites located in a geographical array over at least part an area of the earth. The dropsondes are deployed from the HAPS at predetermined times, such that the deployed dropsondes gathering sensed data after deployment, and the sensed data transmitted to the HAPS.
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