Project Skybender: The secrets test of the Google drones for 5G networks

Google is testing drones that fly with solar energy in… Spaceport America in New Mexico, for the exploration of ways for the provision of network services/ connections 5G (even 40 times faster than the 4G) from the air, according to an article in the Guardian.
The program name is SkyBender, and, as noted, built a series of prototype transponder last summer, which tested with multiple drones, according to documents acquired in the context of the legislation on public records.
The storage of drones and aircraft support are in the terminal Gateway to Space, designed for flights of Virgin Galactic. Still, the company has installed its own control center in the near Spaceflight Operations Center, away from the terminal.

The storage of drones and aircraft support are in the terminal Gateway to Space, designed for flights of Virgin Galactic.
In the framework of the programme are tests with drones over to radio wave millimeter – one of the technologies that could support/ reinforce the 5G δίκτυοα. The waves-millimeter, high-frequency, can theoretically transmit gigabits of data per second, 40 times more than today’s 4G LTE systems. Google envisions thousands of autonomous aircraft to great heights, to provide Internet access around the world.
However, these emissions have shorter range than cellular signals. A transmission in the 28GHz frequency, which is tested at the Spaceport America, could “fade” in 1/10 of the distance of a corresponding 4G signal. To achieve the emission wave-caliber drone in a large amount, the company has experimented with focused/ targeted emissions from phased array (phased array), something that requires a lot of energy and is very complex.

It is noted that, according to the publication of the Guardian, the system SkyBender tested and with a under manned aircraft, the Centaur, as well as solar drones Google’s Titan, which was created after the acquisition of Titan Aerospace in 2014. These drones have a wingspan of up to 50 meters.
The company has a permit to continue testing until July.