Yesterday we reported that Facebook was scrapping its plan to build a satellite for providing affordable Internet access to developing countries. Quartz points out that Google backed out of its own similar plan earlier this year. Google had hired satellite entrepreneur Greg Wyler, who believes that constellations comprised of numerous small satellites could solve the problems involving cost and slow data speeds common with other satellite Internet services. The article notes that Wyler has left Google and is pursuing satellite efforts with backing from Qualcomm and Virgin Galactic. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is also developing a constellation of small communications satellites.