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Google satellite exec Greg Wyler reportedly leaves the company after just a few months

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Google has not been quiet in its efforts to build a network of satellites that provide Internet access to the users below. A report earlier this year pegged the company as planning to spend more than $1 billion on satellite programs, while it also acquired satellite imaging company Skybox for $500 million this summer.  According to a new report out of The Information, however, Google’s satellite efforts have just taken a big hit.


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Google planning to spend more than $1 billion on satellites to bring internet to unwired areas of the globe

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According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Google is planning to spend more than $1 billion to expand internet access to unwired regions of the world with a fleet of satellites. According to “people familiar with the matter,” Google this time around is hoping that it can overcome financial and technical problems it has faced in the past with this goal.


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