Loon LLC was an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary working on providing Internet access to rural and remote areas.

Loon was a radical approach to bringing internet access to rural, remote, and underserved areas using a system of balloons, carried by winds in the stratosphere. After nine years of …

Google's plan is to create wireless networks via equipment-laden balloons floating in the stratosphere, high above the clouds. The balloons communicate with each other and with …

Jan 22, 2021 · Google's parent-company Alphabet is scrapping a company set up to build giant balloons to beam the internet to rural areas. Loon was a long-term experimental bet from the …

Jan 28, 2021 · After a journey of a decade, what started as Project Loon by Google is no more. Promoted as a way to bring communications to the most remote parts of the globe, it used …

Jul 23, 2019 · Computer programs can direct Alphabet's high-altitude balloons to tack against the wind, and move in figure eights, where humans might plot a circle. Since Loon spun out of X …

Feb 17, 2023 · Google Pioneered Stratospheric Loon Balloons. Was China Watching? The search company helped revolutionize balloon technology to beam internet access to global blank spots.

Jan 23, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Google announced Jan. 21 it is shutting down Loon, a venture to provide wireless connectivity by balloon that has been seen as both complementary to and …

Feb 18, 2015 · It’s known as Project Loon, a name chosen for its association with both flight and insanity. Google says these balloons can deliver widespread economic and social benefits by …

Oct 30, 2020 · Developed and launched by Loon, the balloon circumnavigated the globe over the Southern Hemisphere for 10 months, demonstrating the resilience of the network. Originally a …