19 July 2018
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One of Loon's balloons, still in the lab
Balloons flying as high as 60,000 feet will provide coverage across areas of 2,000 square miles each
Loon, a new company spun out by Google's parent company, Alphabet, announced today that it will launch its internet-providing balloons in rural and remote parts of Kenya next year. The deal, between...
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