2. Stratospheric airships
2.1 Technologies and main components
A number of experiments have been carried out on the automatic piloting of large balloons, using ascension devices and adapted control surfaces. All these experiments with lighter-than-air (LTA) aircraft, carried out for different purposes, are helping to enrich our knowledge of this activity.
Numerous projects are underway, both in France and abroad, some of which have benefited from CNES support. The American group Lynceans has identified more than 240 models of these new Zeppelins undergoing testing.
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...Standards
- 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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