GTEL to launch Qtellite into Gayosphere.....
Maybe Q should buy one of these!
What is a Stratellite™?
A Stratellite™ is a high-altitude airship that when in place in the stratosphere will provide a stationary platform for transmitting various types of wireless communications services currently transmitted from cell towers and satellites. It is not a balloon or a blimp. It is a high-altitude airship.
Made of Spectra and powered by solar powered electrical engines, each Stratellite will reach its final altitude by utilizing proprietary lifting gas technology. Once in place at 65,000 feet (approx. 13 miles) and safely above the jet stream, each Stratellite will remain in one GPS coordinate, providing the ideal wireless transmission platform. The Stratellites are unmanned airships and will be monitored from the Company’s Operation Centers on the ground.
A Stratellite will have a payload capacity of several thousand pounds and clear line-of-sight to approximately 300,000 square miles, an area roughly the size of Texas. However, the Company’s initial plan is to use one Stratellite for each major metropolitan area.
The Stratellite is similar to a satellite in concept, but is stationed in the stratosphere rather than in orbit. Existing satellites provide easy "download" capabilities, but because of their high altitude are not practical for commercially viable "two-way" high-speed data communication. The Stratellite will allow subscribers to easily communicate in "both directions" using readily available wireless devices.
Once the National Wireless Broadband Network is completed, Sanswire will be able to provide voice, video, and broadband Internet access to all parts of the country.
Our subscribers will be able to sit in their home on a laptop computer while connected to the Internet at high-speed. If they need to go to the office or across town, they simply close the laptop and take off. When they get to their destination, they open their laptop and they are still on the Internet. If they need to travel to another city, they simply take their laptop with them and when they get to where they are going, they open their laptop again and they are still connected. No more finding local access numbers. No more tying up phone lines. No more modem hassles. And more importantly, no more slow speeds.
Once this platform is completed, content providers of all kinds that are interested in reaching our subscribers may do so without the existing concerns of the last mile void.
In addition to Sanswire's National Wireless Broadband Network, proposed telecommunications uses include cellular, 3G/4G mobile, MMDS, paging, fixed wireless telephony, HDTV and others.
STRATELLITE SPECS:
Length: 245 feet
Width: 145 feet
Height: 87 feet
Volume: 1.3 million cubic feet
Dual envelopes, both made of Kevlar
Powered by electric motors
Outer envelope covered in film photovoltaic (solar) units
Payload capacity: 3,000 pounds
Maximum altitude: 70,000 feet
Desired altitude: 65,000 feet
Proprietary Lifting Gas Technology
Held in position by 6 onboard GPS units connected to the ship’s engines
Line-of-sight to a 300,000 square mile area
Wireless capability (currently) to an area with a radius of 200 miles
Controlled by earth stations on the ground
Maximum duration: 18 months (a replacement ship will be in position prior to bringing original ship down for retrofitting. The original ship will return to its position after retrofitting.
Each airship is 100% reclaimable
