Loon balloons provided a 4G Internet destroyed after Peru earthquake

In June 2013, Google launched an interesting experiment Google Loon. A lot of balloons on solar batteries to be cruising in the stratospheric winds at an altitude of 20 km. the Winds at that altitude are constant, steady and often blow parallel to the equator, so that the balls shall revolve around the planet on the same parallel with the speed of 8-30 km/h. due to the large number of balls can provide complete covering of the Internet of the earth's territory for a specific parallel. At least in theory.

The experiment is still ongoing, and recently one of the balls managed to show an incredible result. By varying the height and jumping in different stratospheric flow, the balloon Ibis-167 was able to go around the Earth in just 22 days!

At the end of may 2019 in Peru, a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 — in some regions, completely shut down the Internet, while thousands of people needed to know the status of their loved ones. To establish the network, the government and local Telecom operator Tefónica appealed for help to the company Loon (like Google, is a holding company Alphabet), so she gave the Internet with the help of his balloons. Extra to repair the Internet failed within 48 hours.

The tremors occurred on Sunday morning, and received a request for assistance, the company Loon immediately redirect their balloons from Puerto Rico to Peru. To move them, as usual, used the force of the wind, the balloons can rise and fall and catch the wind flows in the direction in which they need to move. To overcome more than 3000 kilometers of the devices took two days.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»