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GlobeTel Signs Formal Agreement With NASA
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Jun 14, 2005 GlobeTel Communications announced Monday that the company has signed a formal agreement with NASA. The terms of the agreement with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California establish that NASA Dryden will provide assistance in GlobeTel's development and flight testing of the Stratellite, the company's high altitude Remotely Operated Airship (ROA). Under the agreement, NASA Dryden will provide specialized technical support to GlobeTel's subsidiary, Sanswire Networks, for the firm's development and flight testing of the Stratellite via a series of task agreements. It is expected that the first task agreement will call for NASA Dryden to develop piloted and unpiloted simulations of the Stratellite airship. The simulations would incorporate the airship's aerodynamics, propulsion and control features based upon data provided to NASA Dryden by Sanswire. GlobeTel plans to provide NASA and other agencies access to the Stratellite for the installation, integration, and deployment of NASA-sponsored sensors and other projects. The agreement between NASA Dryden and GlobeTel is authorized under the Space Act of 1958 under which NASA was established. "It is a great honor to be working with an organization such as NASA," said Timothy Huff, Chief Executive Officer of GlobeTel. "The NASA Space Act Agreement allows NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center to support GlobeTel Communications Corp. in the development and flight test of a High Altitude Remotely Operated Airship." "The NASA agreement will give GlobeTel access to additional capable personnel and technology, accelerating the growth of both GlobeTel and our wholly-owned subsidiary, Sanswire Networks, and take advantage of the opportunity that lies ahead of us," Huff stated. "The information gained from ROA development efforts will be of mutual benefit to both NASA and GlobeTel." A Stratellite is similar to a satellite, but is stationed in the stratosphere rather than in orbit. At an altitude of 10 to 13 miles above the Earth, each Stratellite will have clear line-of-sight communications capability to an entire major metropolitan area as well as being able to provide coverage across major rural areas. Several Stratellites linked together could cover many hundreds of thousands of square miles. The Stratellite will allow subscribers to easily communicate in "both directions" using readily available wireless devices. In addition to voice and data, proposed telecommunications uses include cellular, 3G/4G mobile, MMDS, paging, fixed wireless telephony, HDTV, real-time surveillance and others. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Sanswire GlobeTel SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express UAV News - Suppliers and Technology
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