A hydrogen-powered drone will be tested for mobile coverage. It should be able to cover an area of ​​15,000 square kilometres.

In a few years, British mobile operator BT will start testing drones to improve 4G and 5G coverage in rural areas of Great Britain.

The hydrogen-powered drone called High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) is being developed by Stratospheric Platforms Ltd (SPL). SPL states that the drone’s antennas should be able to transmit data at 150 Mbps over an area of ​​15,000 square kilometers, which corresponds to the coverage of about 450 conventional mobile masts. For comparison, it can be noted that the largest lake in Sweden, Vänern, occupies an area of ​​\u200b\u200b5650 square kilometers.

However, it may be some time before BT and SPL begin their tests. So far, the drone that is supposed to be used has not been fully built. It will be built by American Scaled Composites, the same company that previously built spaceplanes for Virgin Galactic. Sometime in the fourth quarter of 2024, BT and SPL aim to get their drones into the air.

Below is an animation showing the High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS).

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