[![facebook-free-internet-satellite](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ILYoRFw1ygk/VhN2ShpcJ_I/AAAAAAAAkoQ/aCW458gzyb0/s1600/facebook-free-internet.jpg)]() Do you hear the same as me? Is Facebook planning to Launch Satellite? Yes, it's True. Facebook has revealed its secret plan to launch a** $500 Million Satellite** by 2016 in order to provide Free or cheap Internet access in the developing nations. Facebook CEO **Mark Zuckerberg** made an announcement that the social network partnered with French satellite provider **Eutelsat** Communications to [beam free Internet]() to several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. ### Internet-by-Satellite The plan is part of Facebook's [Internet.org]() project that has been criticized for [net neutrality]() issues in some countries, particularly India, where businesses believes that the plans could give Facebook and its partners unfair benefits in developing Internet markets. [![free-internet-satellite](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RTDGXqcu24g/VhN2yiZkx8I/AAAAAAAAkoY/aL-qgHrpe60/s1600/facebook-free-internet-satellite.jpg)]() Facebook has been exploring ways to provide the Internet to hard-to-reach places and this latest initiative to use _**Satellite technology**_ for providing affordable Internet is part of the Facebook initiative to connect the world. > _"Over the last year Facebook has been exploring [new] ways to use aircraft and satellites to [beam Internet access]() down into communities from the sky,"_ Zuckerberg said in a [post](). _"To connect people living in remote regions, traditional connectivity infrastructure is often difficult and inefficient."_ ### AMOS-6 Satellite to Launch by 2016 [![free-internet-satellite-facebook](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lToG4FejON8/VhN3P98TvkI/AAAAAAAAkoo/QxeHQ_r5uEE/s1600/free-internet-satellite-facebook.jpg)]() Facebook and [Eutelsat]() will work with _Spacecom_ to utilize its entire broadband payload on the _AMOS-6 (geostationary) satellite_, which is expected to launch in 2016. Along with gateways and terminals on the ground, AMOS-6 will provide high gain spot beams of data that will cover large parts of West, East and Southern Africa. Interestingly, the AMOS-6 satellite is to be lofted into the sky using **_Elon Musk SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket_**. ### Facebook is Looking Beyond the Planet [![Satellite-beam-free-internet](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DXjl-fG9Oi0/VhN3vZqJBJI/AAAAAAAAkow/WgJudFODtlc/s1600/Satellite-beam-free-internet.jpg)]() > _"This is just one of the innovations we're working on to achieve our mission with Internet.org,"_ Zuckerberg said._ "We're going to keep working to connect the entire world — even if that means** looking beyond our planet.**"_ Several companies already provide Internet access through satellite, but it is likely a costly option out of the reach of most people in the developing countries. **Internet-by-satellite** is not, of course, Facebook's only plan of action for providing cheap Internet to remote areas. The social network giant is also working on** giant drones** for offering the Internet, but that technology has just [begun being tested]() in the real world.

Facebook to Launch Its Own Satellite to Beam Free Internet