Giant Flyer “Aquila”: Facebook wants to bring a drone on the Internet – Tagesspiegel

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With 40 meters it has a wingspan as an airliner. The drone “Aquila” to remote areas to bring the Internet. Facebook hopes to new customers.

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Facebook has introduced the first version of its drone that will bring internet to remote areas. The unmanned aerial vehicle named “Aquila” have the wingspan of a Boeing 737, said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg late Thursday.

The solar-powered drone weighing less than a car and could stay in the air for months. In addition, Facebook has developed an extremely precise laser system, the data can transferred per second at a speed of ten gigabits

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Google relies on balloons

The world’s largest online network with about 1.5 billion members have long pursued the project, from the Internet to bring air in areas with weak infrastructure. For Facebook last year bought the British drones developers Ascenta.

Google is in a similar program also on drones – but also on huge balloons with antennas. Hundreds of millions of new Internet users are also likely to online giants bring more business.

The “Aquila” -Drohne should fly up to three months at a time at altitudes between 18,000 and 28,000 feet, reported the Technology -Blog “Mashable” from a presentation at Facebook. In the air they’ll put on a helium balloon, from which they then abkoppele itself. (AP)

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