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SoftBank Corp.’s “Sunglider” HAPS aircraft succeeds in stratospheric flight during field trial

SoftBank Corp. has announced that the company’s “Sunglider” — a large-scale, solar-powered, uncrewed aircraft system (“UAS”) designed for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric telecommunications — was used in a […]

Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat, SoftBank collaboration

The build–up to IBC has influenced Eutelsat [and SES] to announce new business — the satellite provider has signed an partnership agreement with Japan’s SoftBank Corp. Eutelsat’s deal with SoftBank […]

SoftBank Corp.-led proposal to expand HAPS base stations spectrum use OK’s @ WRC-23

SoftBank Corp. conducted international standardization activities related to High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) spectrum for stratospheric-based wireless communication systems at the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and Asia-Pacific Telecommunity […]

SoftBank Corp. successfully tests maximum comms coverage of antenna for HAPS

SoftBank Corp. recently conducted a successful field trial using the company’s cylindrical antenna[1] for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric-based wireless communication systems at Hokkaido Spaceport, Taiki Town, Hokkaido, Japan. […]

SoftBank Corp.’s “HAPS Radiowave Propagation Prediction Method for Design of Systems” is adopted as the global standard by ITU-R

SoftBank Corp. has developed a new “Model for Predicting Direction of Radiowaves Arriving at Mobile Station” as part of the company’s “HAPS Radiowave Propagation Prediction Method for Design of Systems,” […]