{"id":49600,"date":"2025-03-04T23:50:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/aalto-completes-test-flight-of-zephyr-haps-vehicle-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T23:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:50:43","slug":"aalto-completes-test-flight-of-zephyr-haps-vehicle-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/aalto-completes-test-flight-of-zephyr-haps-vehicle-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Aalto Completes Test Flight of Zephyr HAPS Vehicle\u00a0in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aalto HAPS<\/strong> has conducted a successful connectivity test on the behalf of customer <strong>Space Compass<\/strong> and its partner <strong>NTT Docomo<\/strong>. The test saw Aalto conduct a stratospheric connectivity test in Kenya, connecting a 4G mobile device to the Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), the company announced March 3.<\/p>\n<p>Zephyr was equipped with a connectivity payload that made direct communication to a 4G mobile device on the ground and a direct-to-device gateway station in Kenya. Aalto claims this is the first wireless connection achieved by a fixed-wing HAPS flying continuously above 60,000 feet, which included a telephone call from the site in Kenya via Zephyr which was transmitted to the U.K. over a local internet link.<\/p>\n<p>Aalto also conducted different tests to characterize the performance of the connectivity system including measuring throughput and overall signal quality. Aalto said the demonstration was facilitated by a comprehensive regulatory framework in Kenya, where the HAPS vehicle launched and landed.<\/p>\n<p>NTT Docomo, one of Japan\u2019s leading mobile operators, and Space Compass, a joint venture between NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT, are part of the HAPS Japan consortium that committed to a $100 million investment in Aalto in 2024. HAPS Japan, Aalto, and Airbus are establishing a roadmap for commercial HAPS services to begin in Japan from 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHAPS will play a critical role in Japan\u2019s communications ecosystem, addressing hard-to-reach areas and supporting responses to events such as natural disasters. Space Compass and NTT Docomo have long pioneered the connectivity potential of non-terrestrial networks. The demonstration of connectivity with Aalto\u2019s Zephyr marks a strong start to 2025. This year we will work together to progress commercial timelines for entry- into-service in the Japanese market,\u201d Shigehiro Hori, co-CEO of Space Compass, said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aalto HAPS has conducted a successful connectivity test on the behalf of customer Space Compass and its partner NTT Docomo. The test saw Aalto conduct a stratospheric connectivity test in Kenya, connecting a 4G mobile device to the Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), the company announced March 3. Zephyr was equipped with a connectivity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}