High altitude platform station
![High altitude airship used as HAPS carrier.](/Images/godic/202501/18/High_Altitude_Airship2915.JPG")
![Geostationary airship satellite [1]](/Images/godic/202501/18/Geostationary_airship_satellite2915.jpeg")
![Wind Profile variation with Altitude showing minimum wind speeds between 17 and 22 km altitude. (Although the absolute value of the wind speed will vary with Altitude, the trends (shown in these figures) are similar for most locations.) Source. NASA](/Images/godic/202501/18/Nasa_wind_vs_alt_curves2915.JPG")
High altitude platform station (short: HAPS) is – according to Article 1.66A of the International Telecommunication Union´s (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) – defined as «A station on an object at an altitude of 20 to 50 km and at a specified, nominal, fixed point relative to the Earth.»