HELIPLAT®: Design of High altitude Very-long Endurance Solar Powered Platform for Telecommunication and Earth Observation Applications

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 509, 2001, Pages 516-527

  Romeo, Giulio ^a   Frulla, Giacomo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; BROADBAND NETWORKS; ENERGY STORAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUEL CELLS; LOADS (FORCES); PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; WINGS;

AEROSTATIC PLATFORMS; HIGH ALTITUDE VERY LONG ENDURANCE (HAVE) PLATFORMS; UNINHABITED AIR VEHICLES (UAV);

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 0348199330     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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