1. Demand-driven research
1.1 Evolution of the atmospheric platform concept
For several decades now, the idea of using unmanned, environmentally-friendly aircraft, flying robots or lighter-than-air hybrid airships, has been attracting considerable interest for both civil and military applications.
As far as civil technologies are concerned, current studies, combined with recent ecological constraints, point to the development of stations on atmospheric platforms (high or low, HAPS or LAPS), of various structures and performances, for a range of tasks, performed singly or in combination, among which the following are proposed:
point-to-point transport of heavy goods;
disaster relief in hard-to-reach or urban...
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- Space systems – Space debris mitigation requirements. - ISO 24113 - 2011
- Space systems – Disposal of satellites operating at geosynchronous altitude. - ISO 26872 - 2010
- Space systems – Design, testing and operation of a large constellation of spacecraft. - ISO/TS 6434 - 2024
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