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Sceye's ST1 HAPS Completes 30,000km Round Trip to Japan for SoftBank

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Sceye's ST1 HAPS Completes 30,000km Round Trip to Japan for SoftBank

Moriarty, New Mexico – September 15, 2026 -- Sceye's stratospheric platform ST1 has completed a nearly 30,000-kilometer round trip between New Mexico and Japan, re-entering continental U.S. airspace on September 4, 2026, and reaching the company's Moriarty headquarters the following day for final testing and controlled descent.

ST1 logged over seven days in Japanese controlled airspace during a month-long mission

The high-altitude platform station (HAPS), developed with SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434), marked Sceye's first flight into Asia and a key step toward commercial HAPS deployment. ST1 maintained a station-keeping radius of just 5 kilometers off the Japanese coast while operating continuously at 16.5 to 17 kilometers altitude.

Sceye's ST1 Completes 30,000-km Stratospheric Flight to Japan and Back

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Sceye's ST1 Completes 30,000-km Stratospheric Flight to Japan and Back

Moriarty, New Mexico – September 15, 2026 -- Sceye's ST1 high-altitude platform has completed a nearly 30,000-km round-trip mission between New Mexico and Japan, landing back near the company's Moriarty headquarters after re-entering continental U.S. airspace on September 4, 2026. The uncrewed stratospheric aircraft reached New Mexico airspace on September 5, 2026, where engineers ran final platform tests before executing a planned flight-termination and descent procedure.

Sceye's ST1 Completes 30,000km Stratospheric Flight With SoftBank

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Sceye's ST1 Completes 30,000km Stratospheric Flight With SoftBank

Moriarty, New Mexico – September 13, 2026 -- Sceye's ST1 high-altitude platform completed a nearly 30,000 km round-trip flight from New Mexico to Japan and back, re-entering continental U.S. airspace on September 4, 2026 and reaching Moriarty, New Mexico on September 5, 2026, where the company conducted final vehicle testing and a planned descent.

ST1 marks Sceye's first flight to Asia in partnership with SoftBank

The month-long mission was conducted with SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) and represents Sceye's first flight into Asian airspace. ST1 carried SceyeCELL, described as a first-of-its-kind stratospheric "cell tower in the sky" built to deliver wide-area mobile broadband directly to standard devices. At full scale, one Sceye HAPS is designed to cover an area equivalent to roughly 500 terrestrial towers.