What is it ?
- Google Loon is project of Google’s to provide Internet via aircraft-sized balloons could mean to provide internet connectivity to rural and remote areas. The company wants to reach out to the ‘two in three Indians’ who don’t have access to the Internet.
- Google Loon refers to a network of about a thousand balloons which will surf the stratosphere and stand in for telecom towers to beam Internet to underserved regions.
- Balloons will inflate to the size of a small aircraft. They come attached with antennae, solar panels and a host of electronics that will allow their movement to be controlled on the ground by Google.
- The balloons fly 20 kilo-meters above the ground in the stratosphere. landed within 500 meters.
- The tough part is in getting the balloons to land on appropriate wind currents that will take them to pre-programmed destinations.
- Google will crunch the humongous weather data freely available using its vast computational resources.
- Project Loon can deliver 10 Mb/sec speeds, compared to 3G networks in India that offer about 2 Mbps on average.
Why is important ?
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- It will help to Provide Internet Access to all.
- Its cost effective and easily to reach remote places and difficult terrain such as jungles and mountains. Providing service from the sky in regions where infrastructure development on the ground is challenging can be a viable option.
- Solve a problem of service disruption due to a natural calamity as seen in the recent Chennai floods -the balloons can be shifted around quickly to ensure that communication systems remain operational.
What are the Issues ?
- Instances of balloons falling out of the sky onto power lines, shutting off electricity. Countries feel that there may be national security risks with objects hovering over their air space.
What Is Google Loon
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