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==Background==
 
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On the 15th December 2014, it was announced that the French Space Agency [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNES CNES] had formed a partnership with Google on Project Loon.<ref>[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/22161/20141215/google-project-loon-teams-french-space-agency-develop-next-generation.htm Google partners with French space agency for Project Loon] Techtimes, retrieved 17th December 2014.</ref>
 
On the 15th December 2014, it was announced that the French Space Agency [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNES CNES] had formed a partnership with Google on Project Loon.<ref>[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/22161/20141215/google-project-loon-teams-french-space-agency-develop-next-generation.htm Google partners with French space agency for Project Loon] Techtimes, retrieved 17th December 2014.</ref>
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Revision as of 16:22, 20 April 2016

Project Loon is a project at Google that aims to provide internet access; it focuses on developing countries, rural and remote areas and areas that have suffered natural disasters. It plans to use high-altitude balloons to create large-scale 3G wireless networks.[1]

Background

On the 15th December 2014, it was announced that the French Space Agency CNES had formed a partnership with Google on Project Loon.[2]

References

  1. Google Loon Retrieved 16th December 2014.
  2. Google partners with French space agency for Project Loon Techtimes, retrieved 17th December 2014.