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Oct 6, 2015

Facebook’s Internet Satellites to Launch in 2016

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Until recently, Facebook was reportedly looking into developing, launching and operating its own satellite. Anonymous sources revealed to The Information that Facebook pulled out of the project due to its rising costs, but was still considering moving forward with a leased satellite.

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The satellite is one facet of Zuckerberg’s Internet.org initiative, which aims to “make affordable access to basic Internet services available to every person in the world.”

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