Balloon Powered Internet For Everyone
Project Loon is a development project by Google with a goal of providing Internet access all over the world including all the rural as well as forest areas and remote areas. This Loon Project is still on its way, as part of pilot testing they have tried this in New Zealand. The Pilot testing begins on June 2013 on 40th parallel south. Google have tested with 30 balloons over the New Zealand's south Island. The experience of that 50 Pilot testers will be used to modify the technology and shape it into the next phase.
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| Nimmo Family - The Family who have experienced balloon powered Internet |
The Project is using high-altitude balloons placed over the stratosphere at an altitude of about 20Km, then these balloons will create an aerial network by providing an 3G Speed Internet. Balloons will be carried out by the winds and it can be descending to an altitude with the winds moving in a desired direction.
Winds in the stratosphere is actually steady at a moving speed of 8 to 32 Kmph. Loon balloons are using software algorithms to determine where should the balloons need to go. By using this software algorithm technique balloons can be arranged to form a large communication network.
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| Illustration Navigation of balloons in the stratosphere |
How It Works in Stratosphere
Stratosphere is actually situated between altitude of 10 Km and 60 Km. There are challenges in this stratosphere : air-pressure is 1% at the sea Level, temperature is hovering around -50°C and as there is only a thin layer of protection from the UV Radiation and the temperature will get varied all the time because of the sun rays. The Google engineers build or design the google balloons withstand these engineering challenges. As it is well above weather events and airplanes, that serves a very useful product for the rural area peoples around the world.
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| Google balloon illustration in the stratosphere |
What is Loon (Video)
Balloon Powered Internet For EveryOne - Google Loon Project
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