Towed active airborne platform for determining measurement data

A cylindrical active airborne platform for determining measurement data, the airborne platform comprising:

• a middle region that is latchable to a carrying cable such that the airborne platform is towable through the air by a powered aircraft,
• sensors configured to determine the measurement data and a flight position of the airborne platform,
• two aerofoils arranged in the middle region of the airborne platform, which are adjustable and are connected to electrical adjusting devices so as to vary a vertical flight position of the airborne platform, the electrical adjusting devices being configured as ailerons,
• a plurality of air guide surfaces arranged at a rear region of the airborne platform radially from a longitudinal axis of the airborne platform, opposing two first air guide surfaces and two second air guide surfaces of the plurality of air guide surfaces having further electrical adjusting devices, one of the further electrical adjusting devices for the two first air guide surfaces being configured as elevators and another of the further electrical adjusting devices for the two second air guide surfaces being configured as rudders,
• a computer-supported control device comprising an automatic flight management system that is configured to provide self-acting control of the vertical flight position of the airborne platform, and that is configured to control the further electrical adjusting devices, the flight management system comprising:
• a malfunction module by which the ailerons, elevators and rudders are automatically adjustable in such a manner that the airborne platform being towed avoids any obstacles determined by the sensors at a predetermined measurement frequency by optionally changing the flight position, and
• a stabilisation module by which the ailerons, elevators and rudders are automatically adjustable in such a manner that the flight position of the airborne platform being towed is stabilised, wherein during retrieval of the airborne platform underneath the aircraft, a measurement frequency of the sensors is increased depending on a distance between the airborne platform and the aircraft, and
• rechargeable batteries configured to supply electric power.