ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,926, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to VOLTITUDE LTD (Hampshire, Great Britain).
"Method and apparatus for dropsonde deployment" was invented by Paul Stevens (Hampshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement system comprising a plurality of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS), comprising fixed wing HAPS, having a span loaded fixed wing, an aspect ratio greater than 15 and wing loading less than 6 kg/m2, and/or lighter than air HAPS, each HAPS carrying a plurality of lightweight dropsondes, each dropsonde including sensors and a transmitter, where the plurality of high-altitude pseudo satellites located in a g...