Google launches balloons over Australia
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 11/17/2014 10:10 AM
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In partnership with Telstra, Google has sent up twenty Project Loon internet-bringing balloons in Australia.
The project entails having helium balloons equipped with antennas that can beam 4G-style signals to phones and homes circling the globe on stratospheric winds.
Last year, Google ran a test flight over Christchurch in New Zealand were it said it had favorable stratospheric conditions for initial tests.
Working out of its Moonshot project, Project Loon also runs out of its Google X lab. The lab was also responsible for Google Glass. The balloons currently float at heights around twice the altitude of passenger jets for 100 days, bouncing the signal between them using small solar panels and batteries for power.
The project entails having helium balloons equipped with antennas that can beam 4G-style signals to phones and homes circling the globe on stratospheric winds.
Last year, Google ran a test flight over Christchurch in New Zealand were it said it had favorable stratospheric conditions for initial tests.
Working out of its Moonshot project, Project Loon also runs out of its Google X lab. The lab was also responsible for Google Glass. The balloons currently float at heights around twice the altitude of passenger jets for 100 days, bouncing the signal between them using small solar panels and batteries for power.
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