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The Odysseus is a solar, High-Altitude Long Endurance drone developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and planned to fly in April 2019. Development In spring 2019, Aurora plans to fly a High-Altitude Long Endurance drone powered by solar cells and batteries, Odysseus, to study the Earth atmosphere or as a military pseudo-satellite for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.The 74.1m (243ft) wide carbon fibre aircraft should weigh less than a Smart Car, can carry a 25kg (55lb) payload with 250W provided during several months of endurance.It would compete with the Airbus Zephyr ordered by the UK Ministry of Defence and visited by the U.S. Army Futures Command, the BAE Systems-Prismatic Ltd UAV, and the AeroVironment-SoftBank telecommunications UAV.[{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aurora-flight-sciences-long-endurance-drone-to-make-453648/ |title= Aurora Flight Science’s long-endurance drone to make first flight in spring 2019 |date= 14 Nov 2018 |author= Garrett Reim |work= Flightglobal}}]
2. ^-->It uses available, low-risk, lithium polymer batteries and gallium arsenide thin-film solar cells and first test flights are powered by batteries only.[{{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/future-aerospace/auroras-massive-solar-powered-stratospheric-unmanned-aircraft |title= This Is Aurora's Massive Solar-Powered Stratospheric Unmanned Aircraft |date= Nov 14, 2018 |author= Graham Warwick |work= Aviation Week & Space Technology}}]
3. ^-->First flight is planned for April 2019 in Puerto Rico, before investigating ozone depletion in the summer over the US Midwest.[{{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/future-aerospace/anatomy-aurora-flight-sciences-odysseus |title= Anatomy Of Aurora Flight Sciences' Odysseus |date= Nov 22, 2018 |author= Graham Warwick |work= Aviation Week & Space Technology}}]
External links- {{official website|http://www.aurora.aero/odysseus-high-altitude-pseudo-satellite-haps/}}
- {{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/future-aerospace/aurora-builds-stratospheric-solar-aircraft-boeing-s-backing |title= Aurora Builds Stratospheric Solar Aircraft With Boeing’s Backing |date= Nov 14, 2018 |author= Graham Warwick |work= Aviation Week & Space Technology}}
- {{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/future-aerospace/auroras-massive-solar-powered-stratospheric-unmanned-aircraft |title= This Is Aurora's Massive Solar-Powered Stratospheric Unmanned Aircraft |date= Nov 14, 2018 |author= Graham Warwick |work= Aviation Week & Space Technology}}
- {{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/future-aerospace/closer-look-aurora-s-solar-stratospheric-odysseus |title= A Closer Look At Aurora’s Solar Stratospheric Odysseus |date= Nov 22, 2018 |author= Graham Warwick |work= Aviation Week & Space Technology}}
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