Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is testing a new satellite control system that could allow the company's remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft to operate in the high latitudes of the Arctic.
On March 12, General Atomics announced the completion of two test flights of the Grey Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER), an improved version of the MQ-1C multi-purpose long-range UAV controlled by a constellation of small communications satellites.
Known as the Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) network, The system uses a large number of small satellites, rather than a smaller group of more powerful ones, to create a permanent communications network around the world. This technology has been widely used by SpaceX in the Starlink system.
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