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Meet the ‘Landlords in the Stratosphere’

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. Read more about Sceye on CNET.com: 5G From the Sky: New Internet…

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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.

Read more about Sceye on CNET.com:
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’

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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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14 Comments

  1. @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?

  2. @urbanstrencan

    September 13, 2026 at 8:48 am

    Even more junk on our sky 😢😢😢

  3. @RobertRedland

    September 13, 2026 at 8:49 am

    A communication system that ironically interferes with satellites’ communications. Love it.

  4. @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..?

  5. @JohnDCrafton

    September 13, 2026 at 9:06 am

    This is just an advertisement

  6. @BroAnarchy

    September 13, 2026 at 9:13 am

    well…. it looks like it’s finally HAPPSening!!

  7. @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. ……

  8. @TheTransformationBodySwap01

    September 13, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    Technology still has a long way to go

  9. @emmanuelharbor2350

    September 13, 2026 at 5:08 pm

    Genius development!

  10. @Italianjedi7

    September 13, 2026 at 6:51 pm

    This is cool!

  11. @Nala_1230

    September 13, 2026 at 7:13 pm

    sounds like anyone can send trash up there.

  12. @TwobitWiseguy

    September 13, 2026 at 8:06 pm

    An advert for a landlord of the sky. Wonderful.

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