Anonymous ID: 483c68 May 10, 2018, 11:21 p.m. No.1368703   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8708 >>8713

>>1368097

 

The SpaceX F9 rocket explosion destroyed an Amos-6 Earth communications satellite.

 

This satellite was being leased by Facebook

 

"In October 2015, social media company Facebook and satellite fleet operator Eutelsat agreed to pay Spacecom $95 million over a period of about five years for the lease of the Ka-band spot-beam broadband capacity—36 regional spotbeams with a throughput of about 18 Gbit/s—on Amos-6 to provide service for Facebook’s Internet.org and a new Eutelsat subsidiary focusing on African businesses.

 

The lease was for the use of the satellite until September 2021, with an option for a two-year extension at a reduced rate."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos-6

http://spacenews.com/facebook-eutelsat-to-pay-spacecom-95m-for-ka-band-lease