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Goodbye Satellites, Hello Broadband ‘Stratellites’
GlobalTel Communications subsidiary Sanswire Networks yesterday unveiled the first working prototype of an unmanned, helium-filled blimp system it plans to launch to provide terrestrial broadband service at a fraction of the cost of satellite-based service.
Sanswire, which is calling its blimp a “stratellite,” is hoping to put dozens or even hundreds of the things in stationary positions above the Earth at an altitude of 65,000 feet (about 13 miles high), beaming broadband, voice, video and satellite radio to Earth.
The initial prototype stratellite – 188 feet long, 42 feet high and 60 feet wide – is only about one third the size of the full-scale version the company plans eventually to field. The prototype is claimed to be airworthy and ready to fly, but is awaiting Federal Aviation Adminstration and other government approval before it can be put in the air. Sanswire is hoping to have it aloft by July.
When – and if – the system proves itself and goes operational, a single stratellite will have a footprint of about 300,000 square miles, or about the size of Texas. The company’s business plan, though, calls for a single stratellite to cover a smaller area, with one positioned above and serving a single urban area.
Sanswire hasn’t detailed the exact communications technologies it plans to use aboard the stratellite – other than to say they will be 802.11-compatible. Instead, it’s painted a tantalizing picture of ubiquitous connection between a laptop or phone as users roam around a service area – sort of like a Wi-Fi mesh in the sky, as it were. The stratellite has a payload of 300 pounds of electronics.
The company released highly detailed technical specifications of its stratellite and how it works. In a nutshell, the unmanned ship is filled with 65,000 cubic feet of helium, and it is covered with solar cells. It uses electric motors to remain in a static geographic location. A stratellite will stay in position for 18 months, after which a new one will be launched to take its place, and the old stratellite brought down to Earth for maintenance.
Sanswire also hasn’t revealed exactly how much one of its airships will cost, but it says that it is somewhere around 10% of the cost of a satellite – between $20 million and $30 million compared with $250 million for a traditional orbiter. It also says operational costs are also far lower than those for a satellite.
http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1113416920.htm
Sanswire Blimp Unveiled
Posted on Wednesday, April 13 @ 04:33:53 PDT by samc
Sanswire on Tuesday unveiled its almost-finished unmanned airship. The prototype, hard-framed balloon, is designed to fly in the stratosphere 13 miles (21 km) above the earth and send broadband and mobile phone signals to an area the size of Texas.
"We're shooting for satellite replacement at a lower cost," said Leigh Coleman, president of Sanswire parent GlobeTel Communications. "We believe this will change the way you communicate."
When finished, the 245-foot-long (75-metre), robot-piloted, solar-powered airship will resemble a double-tailed whale. By comparison, the Goodyear blimp Spirit of America is 192 feet long, 50 feet wide and 59 1/2 feet high.
Flying above the jet stream but lower than a satellite -- and one-tenth the cost at $25 million to $30 million -- the Stratellite also would render land-based cell-phone towers obsolete, its makers say.
But that altitude is largely unused and untested, and GlobeTel CEO Tim Huff acknowledged the company doesn't yet have Federal Aviation Administration approval to launch an unmanned airship. "We don't have a test date, but we're hoping for midsummer," Huff said. "But we're still years ahead of any other program doing anything like this."
The company hopes to start building and launching full-size Stratellites as soon as next year, with hundreds if not thousands of the devices eventually straddling the globe, staying aloft for months at a time.
Investors at Tuesday's much-anticipated unveiling in the southern California desert said they were excited by GlobeTel's performance and the company's promise to wireless phone users.
GlobeTel foresees a fleet of helium-filled "stratellites," each able to stay aloft for months at a time and automatically held on station by electric motors powered by batteries charged by solar cells. They would relay communications services including voice, broadband, high-definition TV, interactive high-definition TV and satellite radio at a cost far lower than traditional satellites in orbit, the company contends.
Meanwhile, the Marines are starting to use aerostats as communications relays in Iraq. The Army already has a pair of aerostats in Iraq, looking out for insurgents.
The blimps, called the Marine Airborne Re-Transmission Systems (MARTS), will receive signals through a fiber-optic tether. Then, the airships will transmit messages up to 100 miles away, via UHF and VHF frequencies. Troops on the ground, as well as pilots in the air, will be able to communicate through the blimps.
One airship, first tested in February, is being deployed to Iraq right now. A second is being readied. The Marines are scrounging up $14 million to buy four more.
A MARTS blimp "can run for two weeks before it would need refueling, and can remain afloat in winds up to 50 mph," according to DD. With a combination kevlar/mylar skin, the aerostat can even "handle small arms fire... function[ing] with a 4-inch diameter hole."
MARTS was made by Columbia, Maryland's TCOM LP, which built some of the border patrol blimps that are now watching over southern Arizona and the Gulf of Mexico.
http://dailywireless.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3955&src=rss10
This goes to show you how far the publicity got us on Tuesday.
Flugzeug sendet Breitbandsignale
Stratellite soll Satelliten ersetzen
San Bernardino, Kalifornien (pte/13.04.2005/10:45) - Das US-amerikanische Kommunikationsunternehmen Sanswire http://www.sanswire.com hat den Prototypen eines Flugzeuges entwickelt, das Breitband- und Mobilfunk-Signale zur Erde senden kann. Dies meldet das IT-Portal Cnet. Das unbemannte Flugzeug, genannt Stratellite, soll oberhalb des Jetstreams in einer Höhe von etwa 21 Kilometern über der Erde kreisen. Es wird dann Flächen etwa in der Größe von Texas mit Signalen versorgen.
"Wir glauben, dass unsere Erfindung die gesamte Kommunikation revolutionieren wird", sagte Leigh Coleman, Präsident des Sanswire Mutterunternehmens GlobeTel Communications. "Mit dem Stratellite wollen wir die Satelliten ersetzen - und das zu einem Tausendstel der bisherigen Kosten." Getestet werden konnte das Flugobjekt, das laut Sanswire in etwa wie ein "zweischwänziger Wal" aussehen soll, bisher allerdings nicht. "Wir haben auch noch kein Datum für einen genehmigten Testflug, aber wir hoffen auf diesen Sommer", sagte Tim Huff, GlobeTel-Geschäftsführer.
Sollten die Tests für das Unternehmen zufrieden stellend ausfallen, plant Sanswire bereits im nächsten Jahr mit der Produktion zu beginnen. Es sollen "Hunderte oder sogar Tausende" der Stratellites gebaut werden, die dann über den ganzen Globus verteilt ihre Signale aussenden werden. Investoren hat das Unternehmen bereits gefunden, diese wurden allerdings nicht explizit genannt. (Ende)
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Those that can translate here is some more
Le premier stratellite pourrait bientôt être lancé
La firme américaine Sanswire, filiale de GlobeTel Communications, franchit une étape supplémentaire dans son audacieux projet qui vise à construire et lancer des stratellites et couvrir l'ensemble de l'Amérique du Sud. Les stratellites sont des engins similaires aux satellites, dans leur concept, mais ne sont pas lancés dans l'espace.
Ils sont mis à poste de façon stationnaire dans la stratosphère à quelque 20 km d'altitude. Toutefois, leur zone de couverture n'est pas étendue (approximativement 777.000 km²) mais suffisante pour couvrir une métropole et ses plus proches banlieues.
La firme US et Dynamic International Networks vont former un joint-venture pour construire, lancer et exploiter les premiers stratellites.
Le premier stratellite sera lancé au-dessus de Lima, au Pérou, à une date encore non communiquée. Il couvrira la capitale du Pérou et ses régions environnantes. Il doit fournir des services de communications (voix, données VOIP, vidéo) et des services wifi. Il permettra aux clients de communiquer facilement dans les deux directions, c'est-à-dire montante et descendante, à l'aide de dispositifs sans fil qui seront fournis à un coût modique.
Si le modèle économique tient ses promesses, d'autres stratellites seront lancés au-dessus de grandes métropoles d'Amérique du Sud, un continent limité dans ses infrastructures de communication. Ce type d'engin, dont la conception est somme toute similaire aux satcom, est une solution adaptée aux conditions économiques de ces pays en voie de développement. A terme, la firme souhaite installer un stratellite au-dessus des principales villes d'Amérique du Sud.
Les stratellites pensés par Sanswire sont tout simplement des dirigeables longs de 75 m, larges de 45 m et hauts de 26 m. Ils embarquent une charge utile d'environ 1350 kg. D'une durée de vie opérationnelle de 18 mois, ils seront entièrement réutilisables. Les stratellites sont équipés de moteurs électriques et de cellules photovoltaïques installées sur l'enveloppe externe du dirigeable. Ils sont autonomes et 6 récepteurs GPS, reliés aux moteurs électriques, seront en charge de surveiller la position stationnaire du stratellite.
Ils seront surveillés depuis le sol, par des stations dédiées à leur surveillance et leur exploitation.
Source: flashespace.com
Illustration: Sanswire Networks
http://www.techno-science.net/?onglet=news&news=817
US rolls out robotic broadband airship
By Lester Haines
Published Wednesday 13th April 2005 09:50 GMT
US communications outfit Sanswire yesterday unveiled concrete evidence of its truly audacious plan to deliver line-of-sight wireless broadband and mobile phone signals to an area the size of Texas from a single transmission point. The company is not, however, planning a private satellite launch or 10,000-foot-high transmission mast disguised as a really big tree - rather it intends to deploy a fleet of geostationary, robotic airships hovering at a comfortable 65,000 feet above the Earth.
The makers reckon the "Stratellite" will "change the way you communicate", according to Sanswire parent GlobeTel Communications Corp supremo Leigh Coleman. He explained to Reuters: "We're shooting for satellite replacement at a lower cost."
Indeed, the 245-foot-long beast costs around $25-35m a pop - an absolute snip when compared to putting a coms satellite into orbit. It's controlled by ground-based stations and relies on six GPS units coupled to the vehicle's electric motors to make sure it stays put and your signal stays nice and crisp.
The maker's blurb further explains:
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Welcome John as well. Looking forward to talking with you as well.
Good morning all. Hope juststocks is feeling better.
Delete him if you have it my way
Great pictures Laptop.
Tim Huff speaking from yesterday
http://www.yourverdict.com/Sanswire/movies/Intro%20Tim%20Huff.WMV
Is 0.316 still the HOD?
Whats the saying lower lows and higher highs. Today is not for the weak stomachs, but I must say I'm enjoying this. I must have a weird sense of humour.
Yor correct Dawg and they better scramble to do it now before the price goes up imo.
LOS ANGELES Apr 12, 2005 — A communications company unveiled a prototype of an unmanned airship that would function as a relay platform while floating in the stratosphere some 65,000 feet above service areas.
The lighter-than-air "stratellite" has been under construction by the GlobeTel Communications Corp. subsidiary Sanswire Networks LLC at an airport in San Bernardino County.
The company hopes to begin flight testing of its Sanswire One later this year over the California desert and is in discussions with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.
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The prototype is 188 feet long, 42 feet high and 60 feet wide about a third the size of the operational airships being planned, said Leigh Coleman, president of Pembroke Pines, Fla.-based GlobeTel.
By comparison, the Carson, Calif.-based Goodyear blimp Spirit of America is 192 feet long, 50 feet wide and 59 1/2 feet high.
Sanswire One, however, resembles a shark or whale, with a broad tapered nose rather than the cylindrical shape of a traditional blimp. It also has a rigid structure, like the Zeppelins of the early 20th century, but is very lightweight.
"It's a rebirth of an era in our minds," Coleman said. "… We see it as a link to the past."
The developers hope to fly it to an altitude of 45,000 feet in July, but first must deal with regulatory and flight safety issues, Coleman said.
"The actual airship is functional but it does need approvals, it needs certification," he said.
The developers planned to show off the airship during a press conference Tuesday.
GlobeTel foresees a fleet of helium-filled "stratellites," each able to stay aloft for months at a time and automatically held on station by electric motors powered by batteries charged by solar cells.
They would relay communications services including voice, broadband, high-definition TV, interactive high-definition TV and satellite radio at a cost far lower than traditional satellites in orbit, the company contends, and could also have military and government uses for surveillance and remote sensing.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=664893&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
your kidding right send me a pic if your really a girl seeing is believing.
eactly eom.
Juststocks sent you more pics in your email. eom
Man I've never seen soooo many bashers on that board today. They must be absolutely desperate. I hear ABC news did a favorable TV Spot in LA as well.
High-flying robot plane could link phone networks
Tue Apr 12, 2005 09:30 PM ET
By Howard Breuer
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., April 12 (Reuters) - Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No, it's a "Stratellite," and its makers believe it will revolutionize the broadband and wireless industry -- if it ever gets off the ground.
Wisconsin communications company Sanswire on Tuesday unveiled its almost-finished prototype of a hard-framed, unmanned airship designed to fly in the stratosphere 13 miles (21 km) above the earth and send broadband and mobile phone signals to an area the size of Texas.
"We're shooting for satellite replacement at a lower cost," said Leigh Coleman, president of Sanswire parent GlobeTel Communications Corp. (GTEL.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) . "We believe this will change the way you communicate."
When finished, the 245-foot-long (75-metre), robot-piloted, solar-powered airship will resemble a double-tailed whale.
Flying above the jet stream but lower than a satellite -- and one-tenth the cost at $25 million to $30 million -- the Stratellite also would render land-based cell-phone towers obsolete, its makers say.
But that altitude is largely unused and untested, and GlobeTel CEO Tim Huff acknowledged the company doesn't yet have Federal Aviation Administration approval to launch an unmanned airship.
"It could be a 90- to 120-day process for NASA and the FAA to clear us" for a test flight over Edwards Air Force base, Huff said.
"We don't have a test date, but we're hoping for midsummer," Huff said. "But we're still years ahead of any other program doing anything like this."
The company hopes to start building and launching full-size Stratellites as soon as next year, with hundreds if not thousands of the devices eventually straddling the globe, staying aloft for months at a time.
Investors at Tuesday's much-anticipated unveiling in the southern California desert said they were excited by GlobeTel's performance and the company's promise to wireless phone users.
"Every time a call drops while someone is driving through the mountains, I say, 'Oh, don't worry, once Sanswire gets up there we won't have this problem,'" said investor Muriel Sigala of California.
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh75768_2005-04-13_01-30-14_n12...
Dawg I had one of those lol.
I can't believe that July date is correct. We'll have to wait for Huff's release or someone from the showing to see if they can verify. Normally articles with dates from newspapers etc are taken with a grain of salt. I want to hear from GTEL on the date. In as much as Sanswire1 is complete I really doubt that date.
Saw this on the BR Board. What do you technical guys think about this?
MM's formula traded correctly from Friday's close...>
By: mrscashflow
09 Apr 2005, 01:23 PM EDT
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rhapsodyinbluze I use Barchart and the 100% means the price have topped 100% Monday this bar will turn yellow w/1% sign. How far will the MM's allow GTEL to run after .40...
.51-.54-.66.-.87-.90-1.01-1.25 or 1.318 intraday before a pullback start...will the pullback happen on launch day most likely. my next move will be to follow the shortest resistances daily throughout the session
This is what the MM's use to per-determine the shortest resistance and support, the night before what the apx prices could be for the next trading day. I got this information from a MM's book
Monday's shortest term resistance and support today's avg
Formula add
High .3640+ Low .3120+ Close .36= 1.036; divide by 3=.345
GTEL's Daily Average since GTEL Closed above .345 at .36 the rally is still intact for a possible morning gap!! So if it opens @ .389-.40 the opening price will be an artifically inflated due to the buy orders.
actually, I've been watching GTEL and the MM's trading GTEL to the letter. this is a very easy tool to use daily on any stock. The futures market use it too.
there is a next Highest High and Lowest Low if I want to see the possible prices for the week. I use that on a spread sheet all I have to do is add the quotes it will do all the math ;-D but it does work.
as of Friday's Close. For GTEL if the price remains above the high (resistance)or don't close below yesterday's low (support) its actually fun to watch if the stock have momentum.
the stock will continue to move up (if you check the other charts at barchart you'll see the strenght tons of momentum)
the formula also provides a daily average as a guide for that day the price should remain above.
If someone is buying Monday to determine if the opening price is a artifical subtract the last close price from the opening price. uf the opening price is higher than the last close price. the rule of thumb is to wait for 1/2 to 1-hr for the price to become stable.
knowing what the possible resistance and support prices could be will guide you to buy and sell. I also check the formula with Barchart's "Opinion" they give the after market. the formula can be use during market.
I always check Opinion, Snapshot and Advance. Once Barchart reach 100% Buy that's their major resistance alert. the best entry is when its 60% IMO unless its like GTEL
http://quote.barchart.com/texsnap.asp?sym=GTEL
Strat what I think although I'm not sure is that the stratellite is a communication vehicle. What I mean by that is that it relays all of the info to a hub for processing. The hub inturn relays that info back up to the stratellite and back to the user. At least that is my understanding and I may need to be corrected. If that is the case all this is very passive and the focal point of precessing for users are the hubs themselves.
Hi guys. I read this on RB
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=GTEL&read=339427
My wife worked with Chuck as well as his boss. I'm going to see if they are aware of GTEL. Will let you know what kind of response I get.
I found the cover but couldn't find anything in the search
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601041213,00.html
Intel and GTEL I think I know the connection. In Nov of 2004 Time magazine wrote an article on Intel and Wi-fi. They were working with some movie studios to be able to release movies that were in the theater and the home simultaneously. They wanted to use wi-fi for the distribution but the problem was how. So imo I think they see the stratellite as their solution. The cover on the magazine was the Nativity. If anyone has that please look at it and see if thats what you read into as well.
I knew you all would enjoy that cheers. eom.
Hey Dawg just found you on the internet doing your analysis LOL
http://www.thesun.co.uk/popupWindow/0,,13-2005142177,00.html
Lap that could always be a possibility. There is something called Technology Transfer Control Plans that are needed to be developed if the government gets involved. If you go back some time ago Lorel or it Loral that got in big trouble selling some of their satellite technology to china. So we will have to see how this plays out. I know I mentioned that some months ago but it went over everybody's head. BTW I did send Huff my resume and offered to assist him as a consultant in the government security arena but havn't heard anything as of yet.
Hey Lap Mistress kind of confirms my analysisi with BDM
dblwmtolle: Ever heard of the CIA....not NASA's interest per se, but THE CIA. All these guys are in bed together....and they ain't kissing each other on the cheek. These dogs are looking for CONTROL....THE STRATOSPHERE IS FOR SALE.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=GTEL&read=330882
It is good, very good with GTEL
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/050331/gtel.ob10ksb.html
Love this from Mistress
John7777: Norton remained in his little hangar today. His tail feathers are coming in and he is putting on some fighting weight. He's been seen putting up his middle talon when the crows fly over....Mistress thinks he's itchin' for a fight....and paybacks are a futhermocker.
mp~
Juststocks what I also think is the MM's are putting some away for themselves on this next run and I think many will be chasing to get in and they won't be able to because the MM's will let this run up this time. Simply my opinion but watching the spreads at times is leading me to believe that.
Anytime you guys need to check Mistress's post just put this link in your favorites and you check once a day. Gets rid of the garbage thats associated with RB.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/memalias.cgi?member=mistressphaedra
Bingo.
Basically why I think Booze,Allen, Hamilton was there and their customers a few miles away from McLean Virginia office.
I've already looked at them but thanks anyway. I do believe the next run could take us to the mid .70's your thoughts.
Thank You Juststocks eom.
Latoptrader, remember when I mentioned Booze, Allen, Hamilton's client conection well you get the picture.