[HCRA] Telecom 'Blimp' May Offer Alternative to Satellites

[Daniel Sullivan]

Which one of you figured how to get the digi or voice repeater on here?

Dan S.

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Telecom 'Blimp' May Offer Alternative to Satellites

Listen to this story... by Nell Boyce

Morning Edition, April 13, 2005 · A new kind of airship called the 
Stratellite could be a low-cost alternative to space-based satellites. It's 
an unmanned, helium-filled airship that looks like a blimp and is capable of 
relaying signals for cell phones, video and the Internet to an area the size 
of Texas.