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Re:Facebook abandons Aquila, its internet drone by milesf on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @11:51PM (#17405642)
Iridium has finished launching their Low Earth Orbit satellite system using SpaceX's Falcon 9 http://www.spacex.com/news/2018/05/22/iridium-6grace-fo-miss...
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Re:Facebook abandons Aquila, its internet drone by wmf on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @01:25AM (#17405967)
It's not finished yet and Iridium will never be cheap enough for the developing world.
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