This is where the solution to SOLAR IMPULSE’s communication requirements is being developed. A team of engineers is engaged in pioneering work. The equipment really has to work miracles. It facilitates video conferences and transmits position and sensor data, weather information, films from the cockpit, the pilot’s heartbeat and much more. At the moment they are actually working on the antenna.
At an altitude of 10,000 metres, the pilot can even send e-mails and make telephone calls. Here is the telephone — a miniature masterpiece of engineering, developed in-house by the Strategy & Innovation team. Everything must be as tiny and light as possible. Five kilograms is the specification for the communication package.