Sceye, founded in 2014, is a U.S. aerospace company specializing in High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS). Sceye designs, manufactures, and operates high-performance airships for stratospheric infrastructure, offering services like direct-to-cellphone broadband connectivity and comprehensive Earth observation, including climate change monitoring. The company partners with organizations like NASA and USGS to detect methane emissions, monitor wildfires, and collect environmental data. Sceye's technology aims to provide a cost-effective alternative to satellites and terrestrial infrastructure for connectivity and Earth observation.
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Sceye announced a platform designed to merge space and ground communications in the stratosphere.
Sceye plans to task HAPS during the debut commercial test flight to fly from New Mexico to Japan and conduct demonstrations focused on operating during emergencies and natural disasters.
Sceye designed its HAPS technology to complement, not replace, existing orbital and ground communications infrastructure.
Sceye expects SceyeCELL to fly its first mission in summer on the company’s debut commercial test flight.
Sceye is a U.S. company founded in 2014.
Sceye’s HAPS are helium-filled, solar-powered, airship-like balloons designed for long-duration missions lasting weeks or months.
Sceye designed SceyeCELL as a tool to ease demand on networks as connected robotics and autonomous vehicles mature.
Sceye is building High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) to carry out communications and Earth-observation missions from the stratosphere.
SoftBank announced an exclusive contract with U.S.-based Sceye to develop an LTA-type HAPS, with plans for pre-commercial service launch in Japan in 2026.
Sceye’s final 2024 flight captured the largest real-time map of New Mexico to date using onboard infrared cameras.
Sceye plans to test its platform’s capacity to sustain long-duration seasonal flights in 2025 for continuous monitoring.
Sceye completed a Series C funding round that raised the company’s pre-money valuation to $525,000,000.
Sceye’s high-altitude platform systems (HAPS) operate above 60,0 m.
Sceye completed a milestone launch on 2024-10-24 as part of its 2024 flight program.
Sceye reached the stratosphere from the company’s New Mexico facility using a new automated ascent software.
Sceye performed the demonstrations for clients that include one of the world’s largest private telecommunications carriers, the State of New Mexico Economic Development Department, and a consortium of telecommunications carriers focused on providing 100% connectivity across the Navajo Nation.
Sceye launched an unmanned stratospheric platform from Roswell, New Mexico at 11:20 a.m. MDT on Wednesday, 2021-05-19.