Google Balloon
                     




Google Balloon 


What is the Google balloon? 
 

Project Loon is a research and development 

project being developed by X (formerly Google 

X) with the mission of providing Internet access 

to rural and remote areas. Users of the service 

connect to the balloon network using a special 

Internet antenna attached to their building. 


When Project loon start 
 

Project Loon start in june 2013. 30 balloons , launched 

from New Zealand’s South Island. Pilot testers will be 
used to refine the technology.  


How Loon is designed? 
 

Envelope Solar panels Electronics 

 

The inflatable part of the balloon is called a balloon 

envelope . Loon’s balloon envelopes are made from 
sheets of polyethylene plastic, and they measure 

fifteen meters wide by twelve meters tall when fully 

inflated. When a balloon is prepared to be taken out of 

service, gas is released from the envelope to bring the 

balloon down to Earth in a controlled descent. In the 

unlikely event that a balloon drops too quickly, a 

parachute attached to the top of the envelope is 

deployed.  

 


How Loon connects ? 

 

Each balloon can provide connectivity to a 

ground area about 80 km in diameter using a 

wireless communications technology called 

LTE. To use LTE, Project Loon partners with 

telecommunications companies to share cellular 

spectrum so that people will be able to access 

the Internet everywhere directly from their 

phones and other LTE-enabled devices. 

Balloons relay wireless traffic from cell phones 

and other devices back to the global Internet 

using high-speed links. 


STRATOSPHERE 

 

Air pressur is 1% of that at sea level 

Temperatures hover around – 50 degree  
Thinner atmosphereoffers less protection from the UV 

radiation 

Temperature swings caused by the sun’s rays 


Benefits of Google Balloons 

 

 

  It has Lower price 

 Availability of information 

 Health and Education 

 Use of renewable energy 

Weather Surveillance 


Disadvantages of Google Balloons  
 

 Not a Replacement of Satellite Communication 

 Cost  

 Maintenance  

 Hardware Failure 

 Internet privacy 


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