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A Canadian company has announced a plan to put 78 small satellites in orbit to carry the internet.
Called the "CommStellation", the system would be deployed from 2014-2015. It would require six rockets to take the platforms to an altitude of 1,000km.
The network will act as backhaul, linking the traffic of local telecoms and internet service providers to the global fibre infrastructure.
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