Drones can create much longer microgravity flights than drop towers.
A British startup has performed a first-of-its-kind microgravity experiment using a drone.
The company, called Gravitilab, flew its adapted quadcopter to an altitude of 2,000 feet , where it dropped a specially designed capsule carrying scientific experiments.which is much more than ground-based drop towers can achieve. The company, operating from the Predannack military airfield in Cornwall in the southwest of England, plans to start commercial services providing microgravity flight opportunities that have not been available before.
"The only option for terrestrial microgravity testing [in Europe] until now has been to wait several years for access to a drop tower in Germany, which provides two seconds of microgravity," Rob Adlard, CEO and technical director of Gravitilab, said in an emailed statement.
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