Mira Aerospace, the High Altitude Platform Systems subsidiary of Space42, has completed Europe’s first civilian-approved HAPS flight, validating its high-altitude, long-endurance platform for civilian missions. The sortie represents a regulatory milestone for commercial stratospheric services and advances Space42's remote-sensing and connectivity plans.
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Regulatory milestone: Civilian approval for a HAPS sortie — Europe’s first — clears a path for commercial stratospheric operations and follows Mira Aerospace's public test of its solar ApusNeo18, demonstrating payload and flight capabilities (https://hype.aero/?story=885ef8af-2baa-44ac-8e41-686bf7e351de).
Strategic positioning: The mission bolsters Space42/Mira’s role at the intersection of airborne and space services, complementing the company's recent in-country SAR satellite AIT and shipments and aligning with experiments to bridge LEO satellites and HAPS for high-bandwidth links (https://hype.aero/?story=5af9d832-17c0-4363-8454-33ba1c0efe80) (https://hype.aero/?story=f484c80b-de72-4dd7-92dc-4c9d208dcc88).
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