Solar HAPS – Sunglider

That is the basic concept and vision of AV’s Master Design & Development Agreement with SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications company. In 2019, we assembled the first Sunglider™, a solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) designed to serve a 200-kilometer area from a position 20 kilometers in the atmosphere.

HAPSMobile’s vision is to create a network of Sungliders, reaching the billions of people worldwide who lack even basic wireless communications and provide the additional bandwidth needed to support the emerging 5G standard and the Internet of Things.