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Facebook readies internet drone test - BBC News
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November 11, 2015
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1:08Now PlayingFacebook says it hopes to carry out the first test flight of a solar-powered drone before the end of the year. The social network aims to eventually build up a fleet of the aircraft to test the possibility of creating laser beam-enabled networks in the sky to provide internet access to people below.
The aircraft, Aquila 1, is about the width of a Boeing 737 jet but much lighter in weight.
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