Its launched by hand, its completely solar powered and in theory, it may be able to stay up here for months. I was last at zephyr s base in farnborough in the uk in 2018, when it had just stayed aloft for very nearly 26 days. Since then, its done 64. So, this is how it works. During the day, the sun hits the solar panels, which charge the batteries and power the propellers, and the plane climbs to 75,000 feet. When the sun goes down, the batteries completely take over. The propellers do slow down and the plane does lose altitude. The trick, though, is to make sure youre still above 60,000 feet by the time the sun comes up the next morning and the process can start again. So, will the entire wing be covered with solar cells, every single square centimetre, as much as you can in solar . Actually, the solar array that we use now typically is so efficient that we dont tend to need to do complete coverage. Really . Yeah, we can actually recharge the batteries most normal days by lunchtime.
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In a botched burglary. And Scientists Say they found shocking levels of a toxic chemical in the body of one of the uks few Killer Whales. Good morning, imjane hill reporting live from westminster on the day the general Election Campaign officially gets underway. At midnight last Night Parliament was officially dissolved, meaning that from today onwards every seat in the House Commons is up for grabs. Lets bring you up to date with some of the key stories this morning. The eus Chief Negotiator on brexit, Michel Barnier, says britain must honour its obligations as it leaves the eu and warns departure will not be quick or painless. Later today the Prime Minister theresa may will visit the queen at Buckingham Palace to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. And labour and conservatives have clashed on their tax plans. In the last hour, the European Commissions lead brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has been setting out his guidelines for the discussions on britains departure. It comes amid r
Its thursday, 15 june. On breakfast today well bring you the latest on the fire and well be asking how such a tragedy could have struck in the heart of the capital. Also this morning reports in the us that the man investigating russias involvement in the american president ial election is looking at whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice. The days of coming home to a big mobile bill after a european holiday should now be over. From today Roaming Charges are being dropped across the eu. Ill have all the details shortly. In sport, englands hopes of winning the champions trophy are over. Eoin morgans men were favourites to win the tournament but they were thrashed by pakistan in their semi final in cardiff by eight wickets. After eight muggy start it will be fresh with a mix of sunshine and showers. I will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. Good morning. Im in west london where almost 30 hours after fire swept through the Grenfell Tower behind me. It is shocking, the
Territory. We will have a look at the markets later. And piggy backing a mobile network. Well be looking at the growing trend of Virtual Network operators and ask whos winning the consumer or the company . And as facebook earnings surge 71 and its number of friends swell to over 2 billion, today we want to know are you a facebook Friend Or Foe and why . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. I have just sent to a Friend Request, i hope it will be accept it hello and welcome to Business Live. We start in Silicon Valley where it seems there is no stopping the worlds biggest social network. Facebook has seen another huge jump in profits as Advertising Revenues keep on rising lets show you just how big. In the three months to the end ofjune, facebook made a net profit of 3. 89 billion. Thats a jump of 71 on the same period last year and better than wall street was expecting. Injune, the number of active monthly users crossed the two billion mark. That means more than one in every fo