The drone has been named-Zephyr, and is the longest-flying solar-powered unmanned aircraft. It is powered by solar panels on its wings, and it is utterly massive, with a wingspan greater than a Boeing 737. But it weighs less than a small car. Facebook has already completed its first test flight with the new aircraft in the U.K.
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer unveiled the social network's first solar-powered drone, which can beam Internet access down to people from the sky.
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, "Aircraft like these will help connect the whole world because they can affordably serve the 10 percent of the world's population that live in remote communities without existing internet infrastructure."
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