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Tag: Balloon

Urban Sky
Posted inCommercial, Military, News

Urban Sky wins STRATFI contract for stratospheric balloon technologies

by Jeff FoustAugust 22, 2025August 22, 2025

Stratospheric ballooning company Urban Sky has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to support development of technologies that enable small balloons to complement, or replace, satellites.

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Urban Sky raises $30 million for stratospheric balloons

by Jeff FoustFebruary 6, 2025May 29, 2025
ComPair principal investigator Carolyn Kierans (NASA, left) and the University of Maryland Baltimore county’s Janeth Valverde Quispe (right) and Nicholas Cannady (back) work on ComPair ahead of thermal vacuum testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in this photograph. They are connecting the instrument via cable to power systems and the onboard computer. Once inside the chamber, ComPair experienced conditions similar to those found at balloon altitudes. Credit: NASA/Scott Wiessinger
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