The rocket Falcon 9, Elon Musks space company SpaceX, was equipped with a Facebook Satellite that would provide people in sub-Saharan Africa with Internet connection .
Yesterday’s rocket explosion of Falcon 9, which belongs to entrepreneur Elon Musks space company SpaceX, was equipped with a satellite from Facebook. The satellite’s intended mission after it reaches the orbit was to provide people in sub-Saharan Africa with internet connection, which is now more difficult, writes The Wall Street Journal.
The news of the Falcon 9 went up in smoke during a test launch was deplored by Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
“I am deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX failed launch destroyed our satellite which would have given the connection to so many entrepreneurs and all over the continent, “said Mark Zuckerberg.
the destroyed the satellite was not cheap to produce, as the cost for that is estimated to exceed $ 200 million, equivalent to about 1.7 billion crowns, according to Tim Farrar, head of telecoms consultancy TMF Associates.
“It’s a big complex satellite. It takes hundreds of people at least two years to build, “he said.
Facebook’s satellite, developed through a joint venture with French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications, one of the key components of the Internet. org, the bet that the social giant engaged in order to reach as many parts as possible of the world’s population with Internet access.
yesterday wrote Finwire that the Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES will become the first player to postpone cargo to space using a recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The launch is set for the fourth quarter and well up there in space, SES 10 satellite to provide capacity in Latin America.
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