Facebook showed the drone for distribution of free internet (video) – TODAY

Facebook showed the drone for distribution of free internet (video) http://www.segodnya.ua/img/article/6369/40_main .jpg http://www.segodnya.ua/img/article/6369/40_tn.jpg 2015-08-01T00 : 22: 03 + 03: 00 Science and Technology At present, the company managed to achieve data transfer rates of 10 gigabits per second

Drone will fly at an altitude of 18,000 meters

At present, the company managed to achieve data transfer rates of 10 gigabits per second

The company Facebook completed its first drone to distribute the Internet in remote areas an initiative Internet.org. Dron was called Aquila. It gets its power from solar panels, the car weighs less at the wing span comparable to the wingspan of Boeing-737 airliner, and can stay in the air for several months, reports Medusa.

 

Also, Facebook managed to achieve high speed data transfer on the surface of the drone with lasers. At present, companies achieved data rate of 10 gigabits per second.

 
 
 

According to the concept of Facebook, drones, handing the Internet in remote places, will fly at an altitude of 18,000 meters – that is, above the air corridors civil aircraft. It is assumed that the drones can stay in the air without landing for three months.

 

In addition to Facebook similar projects to provide access to the Internet in remote areas are planning to launch Google (the company is considering the use of special balloons) and private space company SpaceX. When it comes to SpaceX to launch a large number of satellites in Earth orbit.

 

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