According to a report by the well-informed online magazine Techcrunch.com the social network Facebook is to be interested in a takeover of the drones manufacturer Titan Aerospace. In space, a purchase price of 60 million U.S. dollars to lie but could not be confirmed so far. The company specializes in solar-powered drones that can stay up to five years in the air and fly at a high altitude.
According to the report Facebook wants to use the drones for the Internet supply and the first in Africa. See the plans, according to Techcrunch for the construction of 11,000 drones of the model Solara 60 for this application. Titanium Aerospace was founded in 2012 by Max Yaney and so far has two drone models in the program.
The model Solara 50 can carry about 32 kg payload and 100 kg are at the aircraft Solara 60th The altitude of the drone amounts to approximately 20,000 meters. The provision of Internet access is to be improved with the high-flying drones, especially in rural areas not easily accessible.
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