Space Data's StarFighter Repeater Platform, currently in use by the United States Air Force, extends the range of standard issue military two-way radios from 10 miles to nearly 500 miles. The concept is simple: fill a balloon with helium or hydrogen and attach a Space Data radio repeater payload. Once launched and on its way to a roughly 80,000-foot float, a StarFighter Platform provides users' portable radio systems with the same communications coverage previously available only via bulky and expensive satellite equipment. For more information, go to:
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