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India’s Defence Scientists Test a New High‑Altitude Airship

The Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully flew a newly designed high‑altitude platform to 21 kilometres.

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Key Points

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Reached 21 kilometres above mean sea level

Stayed at 20 kilometres altitude for more than 30 minutes

Carried cameras, a Global Positioning System, motion sensors and altitude‑control systems

Monitored by ground control, Indian Air Force and civil aviation agencies

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The platform maintained an altitude of 20 kilometres for over 30 minutes while transmitting video, navigation and sensor data.

The test involved coordination with the Indian Air Force and other civil aviation authorities.

Officials called the achievement a major step for India’s self‑reliant technology goals.

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Defence Research and Development Organisation

India's group that creates new tools for protecting the country

High‑Altitude Platform

a big balloon that can stay very high in the sky for a long time

stratosphere

the part of the sky far above the clouds

inertial measurement unit

a device that helps know how something is moving

Global Positioning System

a system that tells where something is on Earth

surveillance

watching an area to keep it safe

milestone

an important step or achievement

self‑reliant India

India trying to make many things on its own

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