New German Airship to go to 70,000 feet, Hardly JPA though!

Rob Goldsmith · Posted on: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:41 am

From the Airship Z-Prize

"A German-American venture says it is now days from the maiden flight of its 111-foot long, tadpole-esque "segmented" drone airship.

The STS-111 "Stratellite", produced by Sanswire of Florida and TAO Technologies GmbH of Stuttgart, has now been assembled at the firm's German test centre. According to a Sanswire-TAO announcement issued yesterday, "the first flight of the full scale STS-111 is expected to take place at the end of August"...

"...The STS-111 is an interim, medium altitude ship intended as a stepping stone towards a more capable stratospheric craft to follow. This would lurk for long periods in the "wind bucket" found between 65 and 70,000 feet"

Here is a test video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mpKd0j5 ... r_embedded
(Warning, it looks like a 40ft Sperm)

Pretty interesting though as far as airships go!, 70,000 feet wow!

Bit more info Here

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Rob Goldsmith Moon Mission Member Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2004 11:52 am Posts: 1276 Location: Exeter, Devon, England	New German Airship to go to 70,000 feet, Hardly JPA though! Posted on: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:41 am From the Airship Z-Prize "A German-American venture says it is now days from the maiden flight of its 111-foot long, tadpole-esque "segmented" drone airship. The STS-111 "Stratellite", produced by Sanswire of Florida and TAO Technologies GmbH of Stuttgart, has now been assembled at the firm's German test centre. According to a Sanswire-TAO announcement issued yesterday, "the first flight of the full scale STS-111 is expected to take place at the end of August"... "...The STS-111 is an interim, medium altitude ship intended as a stepping stone towards a more capable stratospheric craft to follow. This would lurk for long periods in the "wind bucket" found between 65 and 70,000 feet" Here is a test video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mpKd0j5 ... r_embedded (Warning, it looks like a 40ft Sperm) Pretty interesting though as far as airships go!, 70,000 feet wow! Bit more info Here _________________ > http://www.fullmoonclothing.com > http://www.facebook.com/robsastrophotography > robgoldsmith@hotmail.co.uk
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ralpher05 Spaceflight Trainee Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:41 pm Posts: 46	Re: New German Airship to go to 70,000 feet, Hardly JPA though! Posted on: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:09 pm interesting
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