The company intended to manufacture unmanned aircraft under the designation AtmoSat. The so-called "
atmospheric satellites" or
Solar Powered Atmospheric Satellite Drones were predicted to travel up to 20 kilometers high and to have satellite-typical functions. Equipped with a solar power system they were projected to, according to Titan Aerospace, fly continuously up to five years and thereby cover four million kilometers.
Types • Solara 50, with 50-meter wingspan and 15 meters in length, was presented at the fair ''AUVSI's Unmanned Systems'' in Washington. Solara 50 was projected to accommodate a payload of 32 kilograms. • Solara 60, with a payload of more than 100 kg., was a predicted follow-on development. The Solara AtmoSat platform promised customers around the world real-time images of the earth, voice and data services, navigation and mapping of services and monitoring systems of the atmosphere. The systems hoped to provide signal coverage over 17,800 square kilometers, giving a hypothetical Solara drone greater coverage than 100 terrestrial cell towers.
First and only test flight On May 1, 2015, the sole SOLARA 50, registration number N950TA, flew for four minutes and sixteen seconds before impacting the ground following an in-flight structural failure. The aircraft reached an altitude of approximately 520 feet above ground level. == See also ==