http://www.ewire.com/display.cfm/Wire_ID/1253 "SkyTower Successfully Tests World's First Commercial Telecom Applications from More Than 65000 feet in the Stratosphere", Ewire, July 22, 2002, accessed September 11, 2008] According to Stuart Hindle, Vice President of Strategy & Business Development for SkyTower, "SkyTower platforms are basically geostationary satellites without the time delay."