Testing a stratospheric long-life probe in collaboration with Bauman Moscow State Technical University
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New Generation Airships together with Bauman Moscow State Technical University initiated the development of a stratospheric long-life aircraft commissioned by AERONOVA. The Bauman University developed the welding process and purchased the film, while we developed and approved the terms of reference for the aircraft. Our specialists, including Dmitriy Khmel, Chief Scientific Officer at AERONOVA, have been working in close cooperation with the specialists of Bauman Moscow State Technical University for a long time. Stage 1 in this joint effort is the development of two vehicles. You can see the first one on the photo: here it is upside down, because it is filled with air, not helium. This is the lifting system, to which a balancing system will be attached from below to prevent the aircraft from rising high and bursting. It is necessary for it to hover at a certain design altitude. There will also be a simplified payload added, designed by the Bauman University specialists, which will allow to take telemetry data and make photos and videos of the flight.
If everything proceeds as planned, this aircraft will be launched near Moscow within a week! The estimated trajectory will run through Mongolia towards Chukotka. The goal is testing the air and gas, balancing and other systems to launch a more advanced aircraft a week later and get into the circular stratospheric current, making a round-the-world flight. The second launch will take place from a location northwest of Murmansk. If both tests are successful, a commercial satellite constellation of similar aircraft will follow. The payload for this constellation has been created by AERONOVA specialists Denis Filippov and Artyom Lobakhin, and tested on peak launches with the Stratonavtika aerospace laboratory team.
Our congratulations to all the participants of the project! This is a good start for AERONOVA in the field of development and technology, mathematical models and payloads in stratospheric systems. Besides, we have made all airship enthusiasts of Russia happy by showing them that people care about aeronautics and the development of these technologies: people support the project with both a word of encouragement and money. Hurray! The stratospheric long-life probe is ready to be launched.
