Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Following Facebook, Google buys Titan Aerospace which makes high-altitude drone satellites


Google is set to acquire Titan Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered drones which can be used to boost Internet access to remote areas. 
  • Titan’s drones are able to run for five years at an altitude of some 65,000 feet (almost 20 km).
  • They are the low cost version of geostationary satellites.
  • Google is also developing Project Loon, which uses large balloons for transmitting Internet signals to regions that are not now connected

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