02.06.2014 - 18:05 [ GIZMODO ]

WSJ: Google Spending $1 Billion on Satellites to Cover Earth in Wi-Fi

According to „people familiar with the project,“ Google will use 180 „small, high-capacity satellites“ that will orbit the Earth at low altitudes. Led by Greg Wyler, who set up satellite startup O3b Networks Ltd, Google has been on a hiring spree to recruit engineers from satellite company Space Systems/Loral LLC, claims the Journal.