CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL ) is developing a futuristic high altitude pseudo satellite with a start-up company, to strengthen the country’s military strike capabilities.

Detailed explanation-2: -High-altitude pseudo satellites, or HAPS, are unmanned air vehicles that can hold a fixed position. They could be airplanes, airships or balloons. HAPS operate in the stratosphere, closer to Earth than many satellites but further up than drones and conventional aircraft. They offer continuous coverage and flexibility.

Detailed explanation-3: -High-altitude platforms (HAPs) are aircraft, usually unmanned airships or airplanes positioned above 20 km, in the stratosphere, in order to compose a telecommunications network or perform remote sensing. In the 1990 and 2000 decades, several projects were launched, but very few had continued.

Detailed explanation-4: -These UAV-based High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) can provide i) connectivity for remote areas not served by terrestrial networks, ii) global coverage for IoT devices, and iii) services for public safety and transportation industries.

Detailed explanation-5: -An unmanned lighter-than-air vehicle, the HAA was proposed to operate at a height of above 60, 000 feet (18, 000 m) in a quasi-geostationary position to deliver persistent orbital station keeping as a surveillance aircraft platform, telecommunications relay, or a weather observer.