Project Loon is Google's initiative to provide internet access to rural and remote areas using high-altitude balloons. The balloons float in the stratosphere twice as high as airplanes, and are carried around by wind currents which can be used to steer them. Each balloon can connect people within a 40km diameter area. The first pilot test took place in 2013 over New Zealand using 30 balloons to beam the internet to test users. The project aims to eventually form a network of balloons to expand internet access globally.