Stratospheric infrastructure company Sceye has crossed the Pacific for the first time, taking its reflective, balloon-like High-Altitude Platform System from New Mexico to Japan. It’s the latest milestone on the road to commercialization for a platform that can deliver phone service and observation.
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5G From the Sky: New Internet Infrastructure Takes Flight
Timecode Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:26 A Fiber-Optic Cable from the Stratosphere
0:35 Latest Mission
1:27 Services Offered
2:00 Quantum Key Distribution
2:20 ‘Landlords in the Stratosphere’
Video Credits:
Host: Jesse Orrall
Scripted by: Jesse Orrall
Producer: Jesse Orrall, Jon Gomez
Camera: Sceye
Video Editor: Jon Gomez
Thumbnail Designer: Tharon Green
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@ricardo_guru
September 13, 2026 at 8:40 am
What happens if someone shots at it…
@RobertRedland
September 13, 2026 at 8:50 am
What are they shooting them with? rockets?
@urbanstrencan
September 13, 2026 at 8:48 am
Even more junk on our sky 😢😢😢
@RobertRedland
September 13, 2026 at 8:49 am
A communication system that ironically interferes with satellites’ communications. Love it.
@Olifantenstaart
September 13, 2026 at 8:57 am
2:29 “We want to be landlords in the stratosphere”. Guy has no clue how dystopian he sounds.
@alistairlacaille
September 13, 2026 at 12:05 pm
That part! Cool concept, cool tech, but let’s on the corporatocracy, yeah..?
@JohnDCrafton
September 13, 2026 at 9:06 am
This is just an advertisement
@BroAnarchy
September 13, 2026 at 9:13 am
well…. it looks like it’s finally HAPPSening!!
@Eloise-n6e
September 13, 2026 at 10:41 am
2:29 “We want to be landlords in the stratosphere”. Guy has no clue how dystopian he sounds. ……
@TheTransformationBodySwap01
September 13, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Technology still has a long way to go
@emmanuelharbor2350
September 13, 2026 at 5:08 pm
Genius development!
@Italianjedi7
September 13, 2026 at 6:51 pm
This is cool!
@Nala_1230
September 13, 2026 at 7:13 pm
sounds like anyone can send trash up there.
@TwobitWiseguy
September 13, 2026 at 8:06 pm
An advert for a landlord of the sky. Wonderful.