Social media firm Facebook planning to launch Athena Internet satellite in low Earth orbit by 2019, a step closer to bringing high-speed Internet service to unconnected parts of world

Briefing

July 30, 2018

Briefing	Internet Satellite – Social media giant Facebook is planning to launch Internet satellite, called Athena, into low Earth orbit, by 2019 to provide broadband service to unconnected parts of world FCC Application – Application for launch filed at FCC under name PointView Tech LLC, Facebook subsidiary 10 Gbps Speed – Will offer 10 Gbps download speeds and 30 Gbps uplink speed, 10 times faster than SpaceX Starlink’s 1 Gbps Internet satellite Technology Comparison – Satellite will be of same size and weight as SpaceX and OneWeb’s Internet satellites, but will use high-frequency millimeter-wave radio signals for faster data rates
Accelerator	Emerging Market Opportunities, Networks and Connectivity, Space Commercialization
Business Model and Practices Business Model and Practices	Managed Product Portfolios, New Customer Segments
Sector	Information Technology
Organization	Facebook Inc., U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Source	Matsakis, L., "Facebook confirms it's working on a new internet satellite", Wired, https://www.wired.com/; Fingas, J., "Facebook hopes to launch an internet satellite in early 2019", Engadget, https://www.engadget.com/; Harris, M., "Facebook may have secret plans to build a satellite-based internet", IEEE Spectrum, http://spectrum.ieee.org; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	July 20, 2018

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