ApusDuo

ApusDuo is UAVOS's solar-powered high-altitude platform aircraft for long-duration stratospheric missions, carrying communications, sensing or other payloads above conventional aviation traffic.

Facts

  • Company: UAVOS
  • Type: High Altitude Platform UAV
  • Positioning: Solar-powered stratospheric aircraft
  • Function: Provides persistent airborne payload operation and communications coverage from the stratosphere
  • Audience: Telecommunications, earth-observation and research operators
  • Status: Demonstrated
  • Website: https://www.uavos.com/products/fixed-wing-uavs/apusduo-atmospheric-satellite/

Specifications

  • Platform Class: Solar-powered high-altitude platform / atmospheric satellite
  • Operating Altitude: Approximately 20,000 m operating altitude
  • Mission Endurance: Months of endurance stated for the stratospheric mission profile
  • Wingspan: 15 m
  • Maximum Takeoff Mass: 43 kg
  • Payload: 2 kg
  • Propulsion: Solar-electric fixed-wing propulsion

Market context

Telecommunications, earth-observation and research operators

  • Peer Group: Industrial drone
  • Workflow: Drone autonomy
  • Capability: Drone Payload Integration, Autonomous navigation

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