Loon LLC
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loon-llc-170-7112900
title:
Loon LLC
text:
Loon LLC was an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary working on providing Internet access to rural and remote areas. The company used high-altitude balloons in the stratosphere at an altitude of 18 km (11 mi) to 25 km (16 mi) to create an aerial wireless network with up to 1 Mbit/s speeds. A reference to the balloons used, Project Loon began as a research and development project by X in 2011, but later spun out into a separate company in July 2018. In January 2021, it was announced that the company would be
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Aerial Internet project (2011–2021)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_LLC
date created:
2013-06-15T07:27:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:44:52Z
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