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Google Spins Off Internet Balloon Project

Posted on July 15, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Telegraph – telegraph.co.uk By Joseph Archer Google’s plans for a fleet of stratospheric space balloons beaming internet to remote corners of the world have moved a step closer after its parent company Alphabet spun off the project as … Continue reading →

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Google’s internet balloons now bringing service to remote areas of Puerto Rico

Posted on October 21, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. said Friday that its stratospheric balloons are now delivering the internet to remote areas of Puerto Rico where cellphone towers were knocked out by Hurricane Maria.

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Alphabet’s Project Loon gets OK to use balloons to revive Puerto Rico cell service

Posted on October 8, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: USA Today – usatoday.com By Mike Snider The Federal Communications Commission has given Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory approval to deploy its Project Loon balloon-based communications system to provide cellular connectivity in hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico.

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Alphabet’s Stratospheric Loon Balloons to Start Serving Internet to Indonesia

Posted on November 4, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Tom Simonite The high-flying Internet balloons dreamed up by Google will get their biggest test yet in 2016. New ways to deliver Internet connectivity could help the billions of people who don’t have … Continue reading →

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