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Google’s Project Loon

Shubham Kumar, Vishal Sharma, Shubham Chhabra, Toshar Namosat

Abstract


This paper is discussed over the project loon that was started by the Google’s research team to provide the internet for all the remaining peoples on earth that still doesn’t has the facility of connectivity with rest of the world. It is a balloon powered internet for everyone. Many of us think of the internet as a global community. But two-thirds of the world’s population does not yet have internet access. Project Loon is a network of balloons travelling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters.

Keywords: Project loon, internet, edge of space


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