hmmm…. Look what I found being tracked.
Project Loon. Altitude 60,300 ft. Speed 33 knots.
They’re all over the place in South America.
Billions of people around the world are still without internet access. Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, delivering connectivity to people in unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Well that’s good.
Never heard of it before. Interesting.
Interesting they come up on Plane Finder.
Peak Warming Man said:
Interesting they come up on Plane Finder.
Yes, I just found 21 flights using Flightradar24
it’ll spell the end of 5G.
> Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, delivering connectivity to people in unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Michael V said:
Never heard of it before. Interesting.
Um, two problems.
One is that balloons on the edge of space don’t stay there. They lose gas and come crashing down over a period of a week or two. They lose gas during the day when hot and come down at night when the gas has cooled.
The other is batteries. If unpowered like Echo 1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Echo) then they’re not much use.
If powered to operate as transceiver, then weight becomes a big issue doesn’t it?
https://loon.com/technology
