{"id":11477,"date":"2017-06-20T11:27:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T18:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=11477"},"modified":"2017-06-20T11:27:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T18:27:39","slug":"look-up-and-say-cheese-autonomous-mapping-from-the-elektra-one-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/look-up-and-say-cheese-autonomous-mapping-from-the-elektra-one-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Up and Say Cheese!\u00a0 Autonomous Mapping from the Elektra One Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had the residents of Landshut, a 13<sup>th<\/sup>-century city in Lower Bavaria, chanced to look up at the right time over the last few weeks, they might have glimpsed a bright yellow shape looking back at them. \u00a0Calin Gologan\u2019s latest Elektra One Solar carries a suite of cameras that can transmit 2D movies in 4K resolution to a ground station up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) away.\u00a0 Through sophisticated software, the images can be translated into 3D maps with a resolution of five centimeters (just under two inches), the primary mission of the flights.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11479\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11479\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11479\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-one-over-streets-528x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-one-over-streets-528x352.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-one-over-streets-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-one-over-streets-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-one-over-streets.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elektra One over the streets of Landshut, Bavaria<\/p><\/div>\n<p>P<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vialight.de\/\">artner ViaLight, a 2009 spin-off of the DLR <\/a>(the German Aerospace Center), provided the hardware and software that allows up to 100 Gbps (gigabits per second) data transmission speed, and thus enables such high resolution for the aerial images.\u00a0 The system can also transmit \u201cBig Data,\u201d using the high-speed optical links.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ViaLight Communications - Company Presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/190738462?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elektra-solar.com\/\">Elektra Solar GmbH<\/a>, a merger of the companies PC-Aero GmbH and Elektra UAS GmbH, the project \u201csuccessfully performed many flights with the Elektra One aircraft over the old town of Landshut for 3D high-resolution mapping.\u201d\u00a0 Flying autonomously according to a \u201cvery exact preprogrammed path,\u201d the essentially noiseless, pollution-free flyovers delivered a series of stunning images.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11480\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11480\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11480\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-with-pod-528x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-with-pod-528x297.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-with-pod-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-with-pod-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-with-pod.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elektra One with pod containing cameras, communications gear<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Such images require special communications systems.\u00a0 ViaLight explains that it \u201cOffers laser communication solutions allowing high data rate and long distance wireless data transmission between moving objects for terrestrial, airborne and space applications. Laser communication can be thought of as the optical fiber for the skies and ViaLight\u2019s products provide backbone connectivity to link aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high altitude platforms (HAPs), satellites and their respective ground stations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11481\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11481\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11481\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-route-528x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-route-528x283.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-route-300x161.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-route-768x412.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-route.jpg 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pre-programmed route over Landshut<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Calin says the \u201cRemote Eye\u201d concept enables low-cost flight over towns at low altitudes and will be applied to the Elektra Two Solar, \u201cthe future of intelligent surveillance,\u201d for high-altitude flights.\u00a0 Significant growth in the airplanes\u2019 capabilities allows even grander future plans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11482\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11482\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11482\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-tracking-528x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-tracking-528x352.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-tracking-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-tracking-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Elektra-tracking.jpg 1145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ground station tracking Elektra&#8217;s progress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to Elektra Solar GmbH, \u201cThe latest version of Elektra One, named Elektra One Solar has a wing span of 13 m, a glide ratio of more than 30 and is equipped with solar cells on the wing surface as a range extender. With the support of Elektra UAS, the second partner of the merger (and spinoff from DLR\u2019s Robotics and Mechatronics Center &#8211;\u00a0RMC), these airplanes are now prepared for the test and demonstration of optionally-piloted and unmanned operation, using advanced autopilot and remote ground control station technologies. \u201c<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11483\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11483\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11483\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Landshut-with-grid-528x330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Landshut-with-grid-528x330.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Landshut-with-grid-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Landshut-with-grid-768x481.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Landshut-with-grid.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High-resolution image showing grid lines on the water<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve written about <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/solarstratos-makes-first-flight\/\">Elektra Two Solar recently,<\/a> and Raphael Domjan\u2019s ambitious plans for high-altitude tourism.\u00a0 He and Calin continue to demonstrate their ability to fulfill their lofty ambitions, and we wish them continued success.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Flook-up-and-say-cheese-autonomous-mapping-from-the-elektra-one-solar%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had the residents of Landshut, a 13th-century city in Lower Bavaria, chanced to look up at the right time over the last few weeks, they might have glimpsed a bright yellow shape looking back at them. \u00a0Calin Gologan\u2019s latest Elektra One Solar carries a suite of cameras that can transmit 2D movies in 4K resolution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6680,15,6834,14],"tags":[323,7973,7974,7643,7356,7975,7976,7885,7977,7978],"class_list":["post-11477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-electric-aircraft-components","category-electric_powerplants","category-solar-power","category-sustainable_ga","tag-calin-gologan","tag-dlr-the-german-aerospace-center","tag-dlrs-robotics-and-mechatronics-center-rmc","tag-elektra-solar-gmbh","tag-elektra-solar-one","tag-elektra-solar-two","tag-high-altitude-platforms-haps","tag-raphel-domjan","tag-unmanned-aerial-vehicles-uavs","tag-vialight"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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