As soon as August, a giant silver bullet will cut its way through the dry air of the southwestern US and cross the Pacific to reach the coast of Ja…

As soon as August, a giant silver bullet will cut its way through the dry air of the southwestern US and cross the Pacific to reach the coast of Japan. Once there, the roughly 200-foot-long craft, built by the New Mexico–based company Sceye, will park some 18 kilometers above the ocean’s surface, in a wispy-thin lay…

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Then it will use a custom-built antenna to supplement Softbank’s 5G network, a test that will include beaming data straight to devices. GenAI News has rewritten this item in original language based on the reporting and materials published by MIT Technology Review.

What matters

• As soon as August, a giant silver bullet will cut its way through the dry air of the southwestern US and cross the Pa…
• Once there, the roughly 200-foot-long craft, built by the New Mexico–based company Sceye, will park some 18 kilometer…
• Then it will use a custom-built antenna to supplement Softbank’s 5G network, a test that will include beaming data st…

Why it matters

Then it will use a custom-built antenna to supplement Softbank’s 5G network, a test that will include beaming data st…

This GenAI News article was prepared in original wording using reporting and materials published by MIT Technology Review AI. Source reference: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/24/1138771/solar-powered-platform-delivers-better-internet/.

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