Loon is working to connect people everywhere by inventing and integrating audacious technologies. The project started as a project of Google[x] in 2013 and became an independent business within Alphabet in 2018.
Using a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, Loon is making it possible to extend internet access to the billions who currently lack it. To date, Loon’s balloons have traveled more than 30 million kilometers around the world.
Following Hurricane Maria, Project Loon and AT&T helped to deliver basic internet connectivity to more than 200,000 people in Puerto Rico. Luis Arocho, CIO for Puerto Rico and Evelyn Howe, Director of Communications for the city of Humacao share what it was like to lose connectivity and how L...
Project Loon provides connectivity to some of the hardest places to reach through stratospheric balloons. Find out more about the project in this interview with Leonard Bouygues, Head of Aviation Strategy at Loon.
This interview was conducted during DRONE ENABLE 2019.
Loon explores a new way of providing internet access to more people around the world by using a network of high-altitude unmanned free balloons. Loon's technology has the potential to expand existing internet connectivity options, especially for people in rural and remote areas, as well as in tim...
