Elefante Group, Inc. (Elefante) has proposed a fixed stratospheric-based communications service (SBCS). The company, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin Corporation, aims to deliver low latency, high-capacity communication services by offering network-in-the-sky capabilities using hovering airships. Elefante has filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC to gain access to specific GHz bands to establish this service. The company is also part of the HAPS Alliance advocating for global harmonization of HAPS spectrum.
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Elefante Group’s January filing to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission described a baseline STRAPS model able to provide one terabit of capacity up and down over a 15,400 square-kilometer area from an altitude of 20 km.
Sky Perfect JSAT partnered with U.S.-based Elefante Group to study deployment of stratospheric airships to provide high-capacity links for future 0.005 kg networks.