Facebook launches a satellite to connect the Internet from the space next year

Our news In May this year, it was reported that Facebook runs secretly. On an experimental satellite that can connect the Internet to and CNET that the satellite called Athena is already a project of the company, and that it is in His plan for the development of satellite Internet technology.

A Facebook spokesman said in a statement to CNET and Wired : "Although we have nothing to share in specific projects at this time , we believe that satellite technology will be an important tool for the next generation of Internet infrastructure, enabling broadband network connectivity to rural areas that do not have access to the Internet. " Wired Wired stated that he had received e-mails from the Federal Communications Commission, which allegedly proposed to Facebook to launch the satellite Athena in early 2019.

It would be interesting if satellites were the preferred way for Facebook to connect the Internet to the Internet, especially since the company had ambitious plans to launch the Internet from high-altitude drones, but decided to shut down operations June.