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DRDO's stratospheric airship climbs to 21 km in fresh trial

NEW DELHI: DRDO's bid to build a pseudo-satellite that can loiter over the borders for days has taken another step, with its indigenous lighter-than-air High-Altitude Platform (HAPS) climbing to 21 km in a flight trial, the defence R&D organisation said on Tuesday. The platform held station at 20 km for over 30 minutes before it was brought down on command and recovered. It relayed real-time…

New Indian Express 6/10/2026, 7:29:47 pm IST

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