A Commercial Platform for Exploring, Communication and Testing in Near Space

The Pioneer in Near Space Exploration

  • Our research team
  • Multi-purpose portable ground station
  • Flying at the curve of Earth surface
  • Flight path real-time monitoring
  • two-way remote communication in real time
  • remote control test for equipments and materials
  • Near Space Pioneer's return from 125,000-feet-altitude
    •   In 2012, NCA built two sets of near space micro laboratory modules in view of enabling the requirements in Near-space commercial application. These modules are named Near Space Pioneer 1 ("NSP-1") & Near Space Pioneer 2 ("NSP-2"), both are new micro devices for exploring, communication and testing in the near space at a cost efficient way. In 2013, both modules carried their respective experiment equipments and test materials, completed two near space scientific test flights, and successfully returned from approx. 40,000 meters (around 130,000 feet) altitude.

        These laboratory modules designed by NCA are groundbreaking and the design brings an easier way to near space research. Both modules equipped with the auto-stablization of the system when moving in three-dimensional space, and integrated remote sensors, telemetry, image and data transmitters, two-way remote communication sets and aerial photograph device. And real time remote control enabled near-space test for experimental equipments and materials.

        Recent years, there are more and more researches applying aerostat technologies in vision of Near Space Tourism and High Altitude Platform Stations. But restricted by current technologies, most aspects in near space are still unexplored. NSP designed by NCA could help to explore more about the near space, providing a low cost, easy and reusable platform to perform various near space test areas relevant to materials, equipments, power and energy etc. Also, the technologies applied in NSP could expand into terrestrial resources research and meteorology observations, and could potentially be applied to build as emergency platform stations for communication and observation during earthquake and wind storms, or to set as high altitude platform stations in marine areas where communication infrastructures are difficult to build on. In addition, NSP could be developed into low cost device to monitor airplanes through the whole flight, to obtain the real-time parameter and three dimensional

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      Near Space Commercial Platform's Flight Test 2013

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      "Near Space Pioneer" Returned From 125,000-feet-altitude

      From China Aviation News, Posted May 13, 2014

      Take a Weekend in Near Space

      From World Flight (2014 No.4)

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