(Israel21c) Viva Sarah Press - Facebook, in collaboration with France's Eutelsat Communications, will launch the Israeli-made AMOS-6 satellite in 2016 to deliver internet from space, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced. Facebook and Eutelsat will lease the AMOS-6 satellite from Israeli global satellite services provider Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet. The satellite, built by Israel Aerospace Industries, will be used to increase the number of African citizens online. While Facebook plans to beam the internet down from space, Eutelsat will use it to expand its paid broadband connections.
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