Google Loon was designed to serve the exact same purpose as…

dsflaty ·

Google Loon was designed to serve the exact same purpose as Starlink
Google officially shut down Project Loon. While both targeted the same problem
Or was Google Loon simply rebranded to Starlink 🎈

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dsflaty ·

SpaceX first launched its Starlink test satellites on February 22, 2018, followed by its first batch of 60 operational satellites on May 23, 2019.
Alphabet (Google's parent company) officially retired and shut down its Loon balloon satellite subsidiary in January 2021.

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A Two Trillion Dollar IPO for what could be a balloon 🎈 company with a big data center 🧐