Project Loon is a Google project that aims to provide internet access to rural and remote areas using high-altitude balloons. The balloons float in the stratosphere and work together to form a wireless network with long-range radio links. This network is used to beam an internet connection to users on the ground with special antennas. The balloons are steered by rising and falling to different wind layers to remain over desired regions. The goal is to give more of the world access to broadband-like internet using renewable energy through a network of balloons.

1. GOOGLE PROJECT LOON
UnderThe Guidance of : Submitted by:
Dr.Yashpal Singh Suraj Kumar
Department of InformationTechnology R.No: 1204313907

2. CONTENTS
 Introduction
 What is project Loon
 Working principle of project Loon
 Technology Used
 Equipment used
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
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3. INTRODUCTION
 Project Loon is a research and development project being developed
by Google with the mission of providing Internet access to rural and 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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4. WHAT IS PROJECT LOON
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
(32 km) up in the air for providing connectivity to
truckers and oil companies in the southern United
States, but didn't do so.[7]
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5. CONTINUE…
Unofficial development on the project
began in 2011 under incubation
in Google X with a series of trial runs
in California's Central Valley. The
project was officially announced as a
Google project on 14 June 2013.[1]
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6. CONTINUE…
 On 16 June 2013, Google began a pilot
experiment in New Zealand where about 30 balloons
were launched in coordination with the Civil Aviation
Authority from theTekapo area in the South Island.
 About 50 local users in and around Christchurch and
the Canterbury Region tested connections to the
aerial network using special antennas.[1]
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7. WORKING PRINCIPLE OF PROJECT LOON
 Each super-pressure balloon is massive with a whopping 15-meter
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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8. CONTINUE…
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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.

9. CONTINUE
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10. CONTINUE…
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11. 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 an Internet
service provider (ISP).
 The system aims to improve communication during natural
disasters to affected regions.[5][6]
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12. CONTINUE…
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13. 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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14. CONTINUE…
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16. EQUIPMENT USED
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A Google Project Loon
Balloon
Batteries
Solar panel used to charge
batteries in balloon

17. ADVANTAGES
 Lower Cost
 Availability of Information
 Education
 Health and Medicine
 Use of Renewable Energy
 Weather Surveillance
 Collaboration
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18. DISADVANTAGES
 Hardware Failure
 internet privacy
 Not a replacement of satellite communication.
 International politics
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19. 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 two-thirds of the
world that doesn’t have access to a reliable internet connection by balloon.
 It is still in experimental phase.
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20. [1] Levy, Steven (14 June 2013). "How GoogleWill 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: Balloon-Powered 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 GoingWireless, Parachute
Included". TheWall 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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