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only-mobile project-hero__image__sizer"><div class="image&#10; only-mobile" role="img" aria-label="A large white Loon internet balloon floating over a snowy mountain range in New Zealand " lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/usJz6-e318EUpViw3uOxUwZjL4g5r-B08PgOc2QDg4ixS-_A52SBchMlyHECJgzG1BIxF8UrtA0t7yvPbOL1Lg=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-as-background="true" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/></div></div></div><div class="project-hero__status"><span class="text"> DISCONTINUED </span></div></div><div class="project-hero__chapter" inview=""><div class="project-hero__title"><span class="only-screenreaders">Loon</span><span class="text" type-effect="" type-effect-inview="" type-effect-start-on-line="1" aria-hidden="true"> Loon </span></div><div class="project-hero__body"><span class="text"> Expanding internet connectivity with stratospheric balloons </span></div></div></div></div><div class="beacon&#10; beacon--project-page " ng-controller="BeaconController as beaconCtrl"><div class="beacon__inview" beacon-inview="" inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2"><div class="beacon__nav__bk"><div class="beacon__nav__bk__inner"/></div><div class="beacon__nav" beacon-nav=""><div class="beacon__nav__nob"/><div class="beacon__nav__intro"><div class="beacon__nav__intro__title">Challenge</div></div><div class="beacon__nav__content" beacon-content=""><div class="beacon__nav__title" beacon-content-title="" aria-level="2" role="heading">Challenge</div></div></div><div class="beacon__modules" beacon-modules=""><div lazy-image-trigger="" class="module&#10; "><div id="detail-1" data-module-id="detail-1" data-module-partial="project-detail" data-module-label="Project Detail" ng-controller="ProjectDetailController as projectDetailCtrl" class="project-detail " beacon-color-change="&quot;theme&quot;"><div class="project-detail__sections"><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><h2>Billions of people across the globe still don’t have reliable, affordable access to the internet</h2></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>The internet has transformed the way the world communicates, learns, governs, and exchanges ideas, but billions of people across the globe lack reliable, affordable access. Loon was a radical approach to expanding internet connectivity. Instead of trying to extend the internet with traditional ground-based infrastructure like fiber optics cables or cell phone towers, Loon took to the sky with a network of balloons. Loon's balloons traveled along the edge of space to expand internet connectivity to rural areas, fill coverage gaps, and improve network resilience in the event of disaster.</p></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><h1>Loon spent nine years developing technologies to deliver connectivity from the stratosphere</h1></div></div></div></div><div lazy-image-trigger="" class="module&#10; "><div class="full-width-image " beacon-color-change="transparent" inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2" inview-selector="[add-inview]"><div class="full-width-image__image" inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2" effect-image=""><div class="image-parallaxer" viewport-css-parallax="{&quot;settings&quot;: {&quot;debug&quot;: false, &quot;lerp&quot;: 1, &quot;damp&quot;: 1, &quot;mobileBreakpoint&quot;: 769, &quot;lerpMobile&quot;: 1, &quot;dampMobile&quot;: 1, &quot;clamp&quot;: false, &quot;elementBaselineFromTopToBottom&quot;: true}, &quot;interpolations&quot;: [{&quot;id&quot;: &quot;--image-scale&quot;, &quot;progress&quot;: [{&quot;from&quot;: 0, &quot;to&quot;: 1, &quot;start&quot;: 1.15, &quot;end&quot;: 1.15}]}, {&quot;id&quot;: &quot;--image-y&quot;, &quot;progress&quot;: [{&quot;from&quot;: 0, &quot;to&quot;: 1, &quot;start&quot;: &quot;-15%&quot;, &quot;end&quot;: &quot;15%&quot;}]}]}"><div class="image-parallaxer__inner"><div class="image-background-image-sizer&#10; only-desktop-tablet full-width-image__image__sizer"><div class="image&#10; only-desktop-tablet" role="img" aria-label="A view of a Loon internet balloon flying over Earth from outer space" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/r-lbAUZR1BdV0ZLsWrtBPAZwrKCAta9NN9wWYoDpUhu-_eAlsuCFBptih1jq4NZWVz00rFKofcK6mIW0cMUqSw=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-as-background="true" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/></div></div></div><div class="image-parallaxer" viewport-css-parallax="{&quot;settings&quot;: {&quot;debug&quot;: false, &quot;lerp&quot;: 1, &quot;damp&quot;: 1, &quot;mobileBreakpoint&quot;: 769, &quot;lerpMobile&quot;: 1, &quot;dampMobile&quot;: 1, &quot;clamp&quot;: false, &quot;elementBaselineFromTopToBottom&quot;: true}, &quot;interpolations&quot;: [{&quot;id&quot;: &quot;--image-scale&quot;, &quot;progress&quot;: [{&quot;from&quot;: 0, &quot;to&quot;: 1, &quot;start&quot;: 1.15, &quot;end&quot;: 1.15}]}, {&quot;id&quot;: &quot;--image-y&quot;, &quot;progress&quot;: [{&quot;from&quot;: 0, &quot;to&quot;: 1, &quot;start&quot;: &quot;-15%&quot;, &quot;end&quot;: &quot;15%&quot;}]}]}"><div class="image-parallaxer__inner"><div class="image-background-image-sizer&#10; only-mobile full-width-image__image__sizer"><div class="image&#10; only-mobile" role="img" aria-label="A view of a Loon internet balloon flying over Earth from outer space" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oF4ZsdAay1kbD_orFckQv1tmsnwzH0iJUaaTK4WXGmDiB6NnK1jyZUFjjZ3HtNU7oXn2wmKGfkidxXsA9DrZ=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-as-background="true" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/></div></div></div></div><div class="full-width-image__body" effect-up="" effect-up-delay-2="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> Loon balloons traveled along the edge of space to deliver internet to the ground below </span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="beacon&#10; beacon--project-page beacon--project-page-white " ng-controller="BeaconController as beaconCtrl"><div class="beacon__inview" beacon-inview="" inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2"><div class="beacon__nav__bk"><div class="beacon__nav__bk__inner"/></div><div class="beacon__nav" beacon-nav=""><div class="beacon__nav__nob"/><div class="beacon__nav__intro"><div class="beacon__nav__intro__title">Journey</div></div><div class="beacon__nav__content" beacon-content=""><div class="beacon__nav__title" beacon-content-title="" aria-level="2" role="heading">Journey</div></div></div><div class="beacon__modules" beacon-modules=""><div lazy-image-trigger="" class="module&#10; "><div id="detail-2" data-module-id="detail-2" data-module-partial="project-detail" data-module-label="Project Detail" ng-controller="ProjectDetailController as projectDetailCtrl" class="project-detail " beacon-color-change="&quot;theme-white&quot;"><div class="project-detail__sections"><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><h2>Connecting the unconnected</h2></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>The Loon team began with a question: Could a network of stratospheric internet-beaming balloons be the radical idea that might finally bring abundant, affordable internet access, not just to the next billion, but to the last billion? To the last unconnected communities and those least able to pay?</p></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>To explore this idea the Loon team started out flying (and chasing) early prototypes <a href="https://www.wired.com/2013/06/google-internet-balloons/">through California's central valley</a> to see if the idea had promise. In 2013 the team found some <a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/google-launches-project-loon/GFHWZAK4J2KNWU6IEPVC35TBIY/">friendly New Zealanders</a> who were the first in the world to connect to the internet via a stratospheric balloon. These early tests demonstrated Loon’s promise, and after more development, the team beamed the first LTE connection from the stratosphere <a href="https://youtu.be/z0r6XS2yW1w/">to a school in Brazil</a>, showing that it was possible for balloons to connect directly to people’s phones. Over the years Loon knocked over one technical hurdle after another, doing things previously thought impossible — like using lasers to <a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/02/google-shot-laser-60-miles-just-send-copy-real-genius/">beam connectivity (and a copy of the film Real Genius) between balloons</a> in the stratosphere, or creating a <a href="https://x.company/blog/posts/1-connection-7-balloons-1-000-kilometers/">mesh network in the sky.</a></p></div></div></div></div><div lazy-image-trigger="" class="module&#10; "><div data-modal-id="carousel-carousel1"><div class="carousel-lightbox" ng-controller="CarouselLightboxController as carouselLightboxCtrl" ng-init="carouselLightboxCtrl.init()"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel" carousel=""><div scroll-track=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="An early prototype of Loon equipment" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Lyn92Ofmuk6Ftadj93TMHRvCEjxWdVTJw9z1TA29eLoa03JOQF9CPrSVkaF6GKt6d8Cf6qyrirlvRu1_3-HF6qSSz8B_rGZrT8c=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="An early prototype of Loon equipment" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_5s3BjMdnQGRYoFbB5HJ0Um8fWl4Y_1SzBzd9uCG8fOUHS-RRjF8id7gbWrC-AdQnstwR3s1ENyiAoq6j7O0lf5LJr1Tla-HyuQb=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Scrappy prototype </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> One of the team’s earliest prototypes, 2011 </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="The Loon team preparing to launch balloons at dawn in New Zealand" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2rNDxiT0XwiVCbEmqhBZSHWV1v2pJc5PXGul9QDwB-QaFFECvkmgyajHOJK2AuK-v9lNWER4hE5CD4amiXz9tybgCZFqj9-XXA=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="The Loon team preparing to launch balloons at dawn in New Zealand" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PDTW2GCEZG7AvyuWGqAVgpIvoX5U_nmlEcjvHUOTxo9GvuJ0RF2ip-lSBK_oP2HHS-y7Hq4G-c7lSBKIPNdmsHjtGcVr1wRqTzCr=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Launch at dawn </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> Preparing Loon balloons at dawn for launch in New Zealand, 2013 </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="A Loon internet balloon floating high above New Zealand" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rLsM2xyfJtnKcQFcLqYYvdwkNfaU5lIOwyo8zYNRsEqOYNCiLZ_2QZvWUMbZYasvyp-lTuioEH3MYoH5L_JZv-CnIPi0vyySzUCx=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="A Loon internet balloon floating high above New Zealand" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AQGcRgoh62mYRI1t_s9wt-TC4YvucgKHjhYO_GwePJrnOIoqoxoqjDKFEqoZGVILJkYrDyoChysQKYN_9TpHIxegs5DoTtSnnPZu=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Flying high in New Zealand </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> A balloon aloft in New Zealand, 2013 </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="Testing Loon internet balloons in a classroom in Brazil" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oShWwQO9flaJIe2tnOQLI5l_Hc9zTfk0KVnvuhjhRPS1Y2fK0UmgptT8IhU5gkqqXvWhEMbpYisjcvzh-iAc6mKpG4YVX3lIgy0=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="Testing Loon internet balloons in a classroom in Brazil" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iIYEFcvEWPkdAabsM5N4VslBJrbnJvYbvI1kAHUrvxrpew6EQRsoR_frIJaMfukLyn1k4FVL4u7zLQ0-5Bc9hR3PMljNxlM3XreH=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Testing in Brazil </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> Using Loon balloons to connect a classroom in Brazil, 2014 </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="Testing free optical communications in the Loon lab" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/E9-xQzD6q8bsKCzl3hItco80jpNno_9FxcCTwlNrceDgiYfGt_Wf-q-1nXxzkEyC4I91uFff7cfgoGPNq7UhGUTN7SPP2GheHrY=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="Testing free optical communications in the Loon lab" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/n1YkS2I20Nbq0nwo43QwBeeZpxiqphHCSpc4dIrBeH5vKCXjIubqHvtbgrMFD9Ah2V7fd10-JuhMgEM3W94USEDBbXnJH7tPF5aJ=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Balloon-to-balloon communication </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> Testing free space optical communications in the lab. This technology became the basis for Project Taara, 2014 </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="The Loon team performing disaster response in Peru" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Epsxox2L2dhPzYW1mOJ1Op5pAgapJ8VMs3_183rEjIf5vW6wOcIJQFe2KbPKAqEVZKtxRPTfgOjhaYBogGh9EMpCgPiMFIDyhw=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="The Loon team performing disaster response in Peru" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uXjGTXyHJRvbUHuoK-X2PRHhDMXnwOn-rR6lvNsMBq68paGEpzN97qCknxk_haGAxD_NnY4Hn8kdasRMw9nd5_RTPUQd3WhQv0g=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Disaster response in Peru </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> The Loon team working to bring ground stations back online to connect balloons after flooding in Peru, 2017 </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="The Loon team launch site in Puerto Rico" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4xFMaZAcj_WQo3DjkhuEjNnSFfLPYIA_Cnn8-qt-aZQh-bvnCbxBKUxCl4xy8VkmNoVLkIlsFRZCThEWcY5Iy-d29wp4vzZBi3o=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="The Loon team launch site in Puerto Rico" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ExyKL5XLhSrIBmHzf59TLl-gxmZfAC9P5t9tPM8w6LuTYqXmD-i40Zq1iVvuWDl0KxukDykVSDKh-ubM3zoSIVoHr25KQt0L4A=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Puerto Rico launch site </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> Loon begins providing emergency connectivity services to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, 2017 </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="Looking at Loon internet balloons in the sky in Kenya" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ad-u1DeQIdmlXLNNw9pIEwJpjqozr07C8Krjcpm_hwqVW8-ZQHQU5w6qnG0cx9HFBEW7vL6Y__vBXovBybpsol-gglHdAqieCFo=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="Looking at Loon internet balloons in the sky in Kenya" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9f7Rvx3RrAPY4Lhd8x8O_TsLkW9M-ufpOlv9oSeS1FD7ReuzMaceofdiF3cAE8gRMjll-Q_aLLESXGkfuFriZ099DlLI4LwCQI5s=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Looking at Loons in Kenya </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> Loon delivers internet-by-balloon to customers in Kenya, July 2020 </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div 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lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wq7O68eMlnE_aBJMfruOmV4lGfPQ8R9j0p10I__DE-sHJ_LDVuji3amMmXfIWkmZFdULPMH_oLmDJhBEKrk4EGRbHZ6Xr-SWWHk=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Loon equipment </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> The Loon equipment used to deliver connectivity in Kenya, 2020 </span></div> </div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__progress"><div class="carousel-lightbox__progress__count"><div>1</div><div>2</div><div>3</div><div>4</div><div>5</div><div>6</div><div>7</div><div>8</div><div>9</div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__progress__divider">/</div><div 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"><div id="detail-3" data-module-id="detail-3" data-module-partial="project-detail" data-module-label="Project Detail" ng-controller="ProjectDetailController as projectDetailCtrl" class="project-detail "><div class="project-detail__sections"><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>In 2017, when <a href="https://x.company/blog/posts/helping-out-in-peru/">flooding in Peru</a> and a <a href="https://x.company/blog/posts/turning-on-project-loon-in-puerto-rico/">major hurricane in Puerto Rico</a> knocked out critical ground infrastructure, the Loon team navigated balloons to the disaster regions and provided emergency connectivity to hundreds of thousands of people. In 2018 Loon became an <a href="https://x.company/blog/posts/graduation-day:-loon-and-wing-take-flight/">independent business within Alphabet</a> and in 2020 the team co-founded the <a href="https://hapsalliance.org/&quot;">HAPS Alliance</a> which aims to accelerate innovation and connectivity efforts in the stratosphere. In 2020, Loon launched the world’s first <a href="https://x.company/blog/posts/loon-is-live-in-kenya/">internet-via-balloon service</a> with partners to people in unserved regions of Kenya.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="beacon&#10; beacon--project-page " ng-controller="BeaconController as beaconCtrl"><div class="beacon__inview" beacon-inview="" inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2"><div class="beacon__nav__bk"><div class="beacon__nav__bk__inner"/></div><div class="beacon__nav" beacon-nav=""><div class="beacon__nav__nob"/><div class="beacon__nav__intro"><div class="beacon__nav__intro__title">Design</div></div><div class="beacon__nav__content" beacon-content=""><div class="beacon__nav__title" beacon-content-title="" aria-level="2" role="heading">Design</div></div></div><div class="beacon__modules" beacon-modules=""><div lazy-image-trigger="" class="module&#10; "><div id="detail-4" data-module-id="detail-4" data-module-partial="project-detail" data-module-label="Project Detail" ng-controller="ProjectDetailController as projectDetailCtrl" class="project-detail " beacon-color-change="&quot;theme&quot;"><div class="project-detail__sections"><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><h2>Building a balloon that lasts</h2></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>The Loon team had a lofty goal: designing a balloon that could last for hundreds of days in the harsh conditions of the stratosphere, where winds can reach 100 km/hour and temperatures can drop to -90 degrees Celsius — all while delivering constant connectivity. The team spent years refining their designs, and eventually set a record with a <a href="https://youtu.be/ev_r4DfSCiQ">balloon that flew more than 300 days</a> before it came down to Earth.</p></div></div></div></div><div lazy-image-trigger="" class="module&#10; "><div data-modal-id="carousel-carousel2"><div class="carousel-lightbox" ng-controller="CarouselLightboxController as carouselLightboxCtrl" ng-init="carouselLightboxCtrl.init()"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel" carousel=""><div scroll-track=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="The Loon forensics team using a light table and polarizing filters to inspect a recovered balloon" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Y0jMAwosDSL6F2duykFQVbFwhBAxIpGuD0rulEs8RQytT62MOSpK_ZkEPkvAdD3nmhxxtnxZGFP2a_SF0gVKUQ4=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="The Loon forensics team using a light table and polarizing filters to inspect a recovered balloon" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nlGy7LsrYyz1OHUJJeYTIlmazuFEkM-jDAjjA4YWv6SW0YSipEHJK-afR9iv40oEVjHRSCh-A2sSDFV0QrNZ=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Balloon inspection </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> The Loon team inspect a balloon in the lab in Mountain View, CA </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-mobile" alt="A recovered balloon is prepared for analysis on a custom flatbed scanner in the Loon forensics lab" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VOWMUrp7ey0COrQwmX9Thrd9r1ByIpEs0zLkhP5wKBItWTAzNvJKxMW0fiYlglJgnp2a841aJR2nFG59ISjK=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" alt="A recovered balloon is prepared for analysis on a custom flatbed scanner in the Loon forensics lab" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1UN5sUckfHDeaKpU6I8T8vmxhomD95axgMcrVXgOPCpsU22Kkwf4YhNs_QAARiKIXlIsoufQAe5W1PJ2yfUNTQ=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"/><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Loon inspection lab in Mountain view, CA </span></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> A recovered balloon is being prepared for analysis on a custom flatbed scanner in the Loon Forensics Lab. </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide" scroll-item=""><div class="carousel-lightbox__carousel__slide__inner" scroll-inner=""><div class="image&#10; 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Information from these inspections helped the team build longer-lasting balloons. </span></div> </div><div class="carousel__chapter__inner__inner"><div class="carousel__chapter__inner__bk"/><div class="carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Identifying tiny holes in the balloon </span></div><div class="carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> A specialized polarizing filter was used to identify tiny holes in the balloon. Information from these inspections helped the team build longer-lasting balloons. </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="carousel__chapter-mobile"><div class="carousel__chapter__inner"><div class="carousel__chapter__title"><span class="text"> Identifying tiny holes in the balloon </span></div><div class="carousel__chapter__body"><span class="text"> A specialized polarizing filter was used to identify tiny holes in the balloon. Information from these inspections helped the team build longer-lasting balloons. </span></div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div lazy-image-trigger="" class="module&#10; "><div id="detail-3" data-module-id="detail-3" data-module-partial="project-detail" data-module-label="Project Detail" ng-controller="ProjectDetailController as projectDetailCtrl" class="project-detail " beacon-color-change="&quot;theme&quot;"><div class="project-detail__sections"><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><h2>Launching the balloons</h2></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>While prototyping and refining their balloons, the team were also focused on another big challenge: how to get them up in the air reliably, safely and quickly? To achieve this the team designed and custom-built autolaunchers that they affectionately called Chicken Little and Big Bird. 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With the aid of these algorithms, the balloons could accurately sail the winds over thousands of kilometers to reach a desired location and remain clustered around those destinations in order to deliver consistent connectivity below.</p></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10; project-detail__section--caption-image&#10;&#10; "><div class="project-detail__caption-image" inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2" effect-image=""><div class="image&#10; image--contain only-desktop-tablet" role="img" aria-label="A diagram showing how predictive models help move each Loon balloon into a layer of wind blowing in the right direction" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://storage.googleapis.com/madebygoog.appspot.com/grow-ext-cloud-images-uploads/Project-detail_Loon_journey_wind-diagram_desktop-large_B4D39E46.svg" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-as-background="true"><svg style="visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 1063 704"/></div><div class="image&#10; 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"><h1>The Loon balloon: Delivering connectivity from the stratosphere</h1></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10; project-detail__section--diagram&#10;&#10; "><div class="project-detail__diagram " inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2" inview-selector="[add-inview]"><div class="project-detail__diagram__image" effect-image="" add-inview=""><div class="image-background-image-sizer&#10; all"><div class="image&#10; image--contain all" role="img" aria-label="A technical diagram showing how Loon balloons work" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CfFTU9Q7flG-bl3ZhHua6NffVEICTEOWY4xjCh99PTJKADlceHSBaVsOPJIsznLRNatFpbaNrafdFYwxpzqP6mY=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-as-background="true" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"><svg style="visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 1240 2114"/></div></div></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanations"><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanation"><div class="project-detail__diagram__title" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> ROUGH CONDITIONS </span></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__body" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> While in the stratosphere, balloons encountered 150°C temperature swings, with temperatures reaching as low as -90°C </span></div> </div><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanation"><div class="project-detail__diagram__title" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> SCALE </span></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__body" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> Each tennis-court-sized, polyethylene balloon was built to survive for hundreds of days in the stratosphere’s harsh conditions </span></div> </div><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanation"><div class="project-detail__diagram__title" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> ALTITUDE CONTROL </span></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__body" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> Changing the airflow into a smaller inner balloon called the ballonet would cause a balloon to change altitude and — by catching a different wind current — its direction as well </span></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10; project-detail__section--break&#10;&#10; "><div class="project-detail__break" inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2" effect-up=""/></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><h1>Expanding internet coverage: The Loon communication system</h1></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10; project-detail__section--diagram&#10;&#10; "><div class="project-detail__diagram " inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2" inview-selector="[add-inview]"><div class="project-detail__diagram__image" effect-image="" add-inview=""><div class="image-background-image-sizer&#10; all"><div class="image&#10; image--contain all" role="img" aria-label="A technical diagram showing how Loon’s equipment works to transmit high-speed internet signal" lazy-image-trigger-element-selector="[lazy-image-trigger]" lazy-image-wait-for-bg-load="true" lazy-image="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bPmt1R8E3vzNmoW-1VMk6se4oKEB_UX0ULRuaP0Fzavpn-cHirf5P41bulw8qyd_phyJg-bHTpIGq4ncb0M_Iyc=" lazy-image-forward-load-scalar="3" lazy-image-as-background="true" lazy-image-google-image-autosize="true" lazy-image-google-image-try-webp="true" lazy-image-google-image-multiplier="1.2"><svg style="visibility: hidden;" viewbox="0 0 1467 1023"/></div></div></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanations"><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanation"><div class="project-detail__diagram__title" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> SOLAR PANELS </span></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__body" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> Solar panels powered the communications equipment during the day and charged onboard batteries for nighttime operation </span></div> </div><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanation"><div class="project-detail__diagram__title" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> FLIGHT AVIONICS </span></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__body" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> The avionics system contained the technical brains that controlled and commanded the balloon </span></div> </div><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanation"><div class="project-detail__diagram__title" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> PARACHUTE </span></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__body" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> An onboard parachute allowed for a controlled descent and safe landing </span></div> </div><div class="project-detail__diagram__explanation"><div class="project-detail__diagram__title" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOAD </span></div><div class="project-detail__diagram__body" effect-up="" effect-inview-delay-index="" add-inview=""><span class="text"> Transceivers and antennas relayed a high-speed internet signal across the balloon network and to people below </span></div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="beacon&#10; 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"><h2>Sharing Loon’s lessons with the world</h2></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>Despite Loon’s extraordinary technical progress, the path to commercial viability proved much longer and riskier than hoped, so in 2021 Loon’s journey <a href="https://x.company/blog/posts/loon's-final-flight/">came to an end</a>. To help further stratospheric research and innovation the team published <a href="/projects/loon/the-loon-collection/">The Loon Collection</a> — a catalog of Loon’s technical, operational, and scientific insights. The collection includes flight data from all 2,100 of Loon’s flights, including <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/5119968#.YVNdiGZKio5">sensor data</a> and <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/5144141#.YVNdn2ZKio6">electrical measurements</a>, for scientific and climate research.</p></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>Some of Loon’s technology, like the high-bandwidth optical communication links first used to beam a connection between balloons bopping in the stratosphere, lives on in <a href="https://x.company/projects/taara/">Project Taara</a>. To support ongoing innovation in the High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) communications industry, Loon transferred a number of stratospheric ballooning and networking patents to partners working in similar fields. Loon also made a <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/x-prod.appspot.com/files/Loon%20Patent%20Portfolio%20Non-Assertion%20Pledge.pdf">non-assertion pledge</a> for the free use of more than 200 other patents related to launching, navigating, fleet management and more.</p></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;html-content &#10; "><p>Just as Loon’s technology is built on the pioneering work of others, we hope that these resources will support future exploration in the skies and keep stratospheric research and innovation aloft.</p></div><div class="project-detail__section&#10;&#10; "><div class="project-detail__ctas" inview="" inview-viewport-offset="0.2" inview-selector="[add-inview]"><div class="project-detail__cta" add-inview="" effect-up="" effect-up-delay-0=""><a href="/projects/loon/the-loon-collection/" data-g-event="click" data-g-label="/projects/loon/the-loon-collection/" data-g-action="clicked" class="cta cta--arrow-square-black-white cta--text-black-to-amber " 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