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An Ambitious and incredible project
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#What is project loon?
Project Loon is R and D project developed by Google X .
Two-thirds of the world’s population does not yet have Internet access.
Aim of the project is to provide Internet access to rural and remote areas of world using network of balloons traveling on the edge of space.
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# How it works?
Project Loon balloons travel approximately 20 km above the Earth’s surface in the stratosphere.
Winds in the stratosphere are stratified, and each layer of wind varies in speed and direction.
Project Loon uses software algorithms to determine where its balloons need to go,
then moves each one into a layer of wind blowing in the right direction.
By moving with the wind, the balloons can be arranged to form one large communications network.
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#How to use?
Users of the service connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building.
The signal travels through the balloon network from balloon to balloon,
then to a ground-based station connected to an Internet service provider (ISP), then onto the global Internet.
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#Balloons Height:
Balloons will fly in the stratosphere well above commercial air traffic and
weather events, at around 18 – 27 km or 60,000 – 90,000 feet.
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#1st person to use Google Balloon:
The first person to connect to the “Google Balloon Internet” after the initial test balloons were
launched into the stratosphere was a farmer in the town of Leeston, New Zealand, who was one of 50
people in the area around Christchurch who agreed to be a pilot tester for Project Loon.
The New Zealand farmer lived in a rural location that couldn’t get broadband access to the Internet
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#First Experimentation:
The project was officially announced as a Google project on 14 June 2013.
On 16 June 2013, Google began a pilot experiment in New Zealand where about 30 balloons were launched
from the Tekapo area in the South Island. After this successfull trial, Google plans on
sending up 300 balloons around the world at the 40th parallel south that would provide coverage to
New Zealand, Australia, Chile, and Argentina.
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#Countries Involved:
On 28 July 2015, Google signed an agreement with officials of (ICTA) Sri Lanka, to launch the technology on a mass scale.
As a result, Sri Lanka will be the second country in the world to get full coverage of internet using LTE, after Vatican City.
Google Loon is also in talks with India to provide
affordable internet access in the remote areas of the country.
On 29 October 2015, Google agreed to partner with Indonesia’s XL Axiata, Indosat and Telkomsel to bring the technology to the country.
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References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Loon
http://www.google.co.in/loon/
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