| SolarStratos | |
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| SolarStratos at its base in Payerne in 2016. | |
| Role | Experimental solar-powered aircraft |
| National origin | Switzerland |
| Manufacturer | SolarStratos |
| Designer | Calin Gologan |
| First flight | 5 May 2017[1] |
| Industry | Air transport |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Raphaël Domjan |
| Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Key people | Raphaël Domjan |
| Products | Aviation, Renewable energy |
| Website | SolarStratos |
SolarStratos is an aeronautical project aimed at flying a piloted solar-powered airplane for the first time to the stratosphere. The SolarStratos airplane is equipped with solar cells but is not able to fly directly on solar power, thus is accurately described as a battery powered electric airplane that is equipped with solar cells; it is planned to be the first crewed solar-equipped aircraft to enter the stratosphere.[2][3]
- ^ "First test flight of stratospheric solar plane (Update)".
- ^ Flieger-Revue 4/2017 Page 32 Mit Strom in die Stratosphäre
- ^ SolarStratos flies at Last!