Project Loon began in June 2013 with an experimental pilot in New Zealand. Thirty balloons were launched, offering fifty individuals in the Christchurch area access to internet.<ref name="nz">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNCFc00oejE Project Loon: New Zealand Pilot Test], YouTube.com. Published 2013 June 17. Retrieved 2016 April 20.</ref> They worked with the telecommunications company Telstra.<ref name="india"></ref> | Project Loon began in June 2013 with an experimental pilot in New Zealand. Thirty balloons were launched, offering fifty individuals in the Christchurch area access to internet.<ref name="nz">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNCFc00oejE Project Loon: New Zealand Pilot Test], YouTube.com. Published 2013 June 17. Retrieved 2016 April 20.</ref> They worked with the telecommunications company Telstra.<ref name="india"></ref> |