Facebook's massive solar-powered drone takes its first flight
 

Facebook's massive solar-powered drone takes its first flight
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Facebook has flown its full-sized solar-powered airplane for the first time, after years of anticipation.

The large drone — named Aquila — had a successful test flight and ended up remaining in the sky for 90 minutes, which Facebook said was three-times longer than planned.*

Aquila was an**unced at the F8 conference in March 2015, and although flights have happened on smaller models of the drone this is the first test of the full-sized version. Its main purpose, the company said, is to provide internet to the 4 billion people in the world that don't have access.

The drone has a wingspan comparable to a Boeing 737 and the finished product will need to fly at altitudes of between 60,000 to 90,000 for a period of three months.* Read more...

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