Project Loon
Jaettu julkisesti -Is it possible to smoothly and reliably launch a tennis-court sized balloon every 20 minutes?
This is the exact question our launch engineering team began to tackle back in 2014. At that time, winds blowing too heavily or in the wrong direction could cause significant delays for our balloon launches - and even with favourable winds, it could take scores of launch specialists hours to launch just one balloon into the stratosphere. With the goal of eventually launching enough balloons to provide Internet connectivity anywhere in the world, the team had to rethink the entire launch process for the balloons. In this video, engineering manager Paul Frey and launch engineer Joe Benedetto explain how we’ve addressed these challenges with the development of our custom-built autolauncher.
This is the exact question our launch engineering team began to tackle back in 2014. At that time, winds blowing too heavily or in the wrong direction could cause significant delays for our balloon launches - and even with favourable winds, it could take scores of launch specialists hours to launch just one balloon into the stratosphere. With the goal of eventually launching enough balloons to provide Internet connectivity anywhere in the world, the team had to rethink the entire launch process for the balloons. In this video, engineering manager Paul Frey and launch engineer Joe Benedetto explain how we’ve addressed these challenges with the development of our custom-built autolauncher.
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