Google will spend more than $1 billion on deploying its first Internet-beaming satellite fleet, The Wall Street Journal has learned, with the company expected to start its Internet program with 180 small satellites that will be orbiting the earth at lower altitudes than traditional satellites, and which would help Google bring the Internet to remote locations where other means of connecting the population to the Internet aren’t practical. The company also has a similar balloon-based project called Project Loon which is already in testing, and wants to include drones in its Internet connectivity expansion program in the future – in April, Google purchased drone-maker Titan Aerospace. Facebook has a similar drone-based Internet expansion plan in mind. “Internet connectivity significantly improves
Google ready to pump billions into Internet-beaming satellites
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