High-Altitude Surveillance

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When Per Lindstrand flew his Stratoquest to an altitude of 65,000 feet, he set the world record for the greatest height ever reached by a human in a hot-air balloon. His flight also piqued the interest of military and intelligence officials seeking near -space technology solutions that could provide persistent surveillance in an operational theater.

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