GOOGLE PROJECT LOON

Under The Guidance of : Submitted by:

Dr. Yashpal SinghSuraj Kumar
Department of Information Technology R.No: 1204313907

CONTENTS
Introduction
What is project Loon
Working principle of project Loon
Technology Used
Equipment used
Advantages
Disadvantages

INTRODUCTION
Project Loonis aresearch and developmentproject being
developed byGooglewith the mission of providingInternet
accessto ruraland remote areas.
A balloon is a flexible bag filled with air or gas.
The balloon is also considerably used to gather weather
information such as atmospheric pressure, temperature,
humidity and wind speed.
It allows people to communicate with others as well.

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History
In
2008,
Google
had
considered
contracting with or acquiring Space Data
Corp., a company that sends balloons
carrying small base stations about 20 miles
(32km) up in the air for providing
connectivity to truckers and oil companies in
the southern United States, but didn't do so.
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Unofficial development on the

project began in 2011 under
incubation inGoogle Xwith a
series
of
trial
runs
inCalifornia'sCentral
Valley.
The project was officially
announced as a Google project
on 14 June 2013.[1]

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On 16 June 2013, Google began apilot
experimentinNew Zealandwhere about 30
balloons were launched in coordination with
theCivil Aviation Authorityfrom theTekapo
areain theSouth Island.
About
50
local
users
in
and
aroundChristchurchand
theCanterbury
Regiontested connections to the aerial
network using special antennas.[1]

WORKING PRINCIPLE OF PROJECT

LOON
Each super-pressure balloon is massive with a whopping 15meter diameter.
It is made of very thin, very light polyethylene plastic
though, so it lifts up the sky easily.
It is strong enough to lift the flight computer and other
electronics. All these are powered by a solar power panel.

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The balloons are maneuvered by

adjusting their altitude to float
to a wind layer after identifying
the wind layer with the desired
speed and direction.

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USER CONNECTIVITY

Users of the service connect to the balloon network

using a special Internet antenna attached to their
building.
The signal travels through the balloon network from
balloon to balloon, then to a ground-based station
connected to anInternet service provider(ISP).
The system aims to improve communication
duringnatural disastersto affected regions.[5][6]

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TECHNOLOGY USED

The small box (payload) hangs below the

envelope, and looks very similar to the basket in
a hot air balloon.

It holds electronic devices, such as circuit

boards, radio antennas, solar panels, batteries,
GPS, and devices to monitor weather conditions.

The circuit boards control the overall balloon

system
and
radio
antennas
are
for
communications.

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EQUIPMENT USED

Batteries

A Google Project Loon

Balloon

Solar panel used to

charge batteries in
balloon

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ADVANTAGES
Lower Cost
Availability of Information
Education
Health and Medicine
Use of Renewable Energy
Weather Surveillance
Collaboration

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DISADVANTAGES
Hardware Failure
internet privacy
Not a replacement of satellite communication.
International politics

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CONCLUSION
Project Loon is an ambitious project and the world will highly
benefit from it.
Project Loon, an initiative to help fill in those internet gaps
through the use of networked balloons.
The goal is to provide broadband-like internet for the twothirds of the world that doesnt have access to a reliable
internet connection by balloon.
It is still in experimental phase.

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REFERENCES
[1] Levy, Steven (14 June 2013)."How Google Will Use High-Flying Balloons to
Deliver Internet to the Hinterlands".Wired. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
[2]"Google to beam Internet from balloons".Agence France-Presse. Google. 15 June
2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
[3] "Google launches Project Loon".The New Zealand Herald. 15 June 2013.
Retrieved 15 June 2013.
[4] Lardinois, Frederic (14 June 2013)."Google X Announces Project Loon: BalloonPowered Internet For Rural, Remote And Underserved Areas".TechCrunch.
Retrieved 15 June 2013.
[5] Mack, Eric (14 June 2013)."Meet Google's 'Project Loon: Balloon-powered net
accesses".CNET. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
[6] Brodkin, Jon (14 June 2013)."Google flies Internet balloons in stratosphere for a
network in the sky . ArsTechnica. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
[7] Sharma, Amol (20 February 2008)."Floating a New Idea For Going Wireless,
Parachute Included".The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
[8] Perry, Nick; Mendoza, Martha (15 June 2013)."Google launches Internet-beaming
balloons".The Associated Press. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
[9] "How Loon Works".Google. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

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