Google balloon in Chile crashed, official response: not out of control-Project Loon, Google, balloons, Google-IT information

On April 26, the foreign media reports, Google used to provide Internet services in a hot air balloon on Saturday in Chile crashed on a farm, now Chile police are investigating the matter.

Police have cordoned off the scene and related technicians to investigate hot-air balloon crashed. In addition, Chile civil aviation authority will investigate. And Google to the local media, said: "the hot air balloon has successfully completed a test flight. "Google says:" it was a controlled landing. ”

Google Project Loon is a very large project, aimed at the use of hot air balloons for rural, remote and underdeveloped areas with cheap Internet access. Google has said that Project Loon project is deployed, which can produce and send thousands of hot-air balloons. These hot air balloon at an altitude of 20 km or more to form a communications network, and network signal coverage to the Earth's surface.

After the incident, Google went on to explain: "the balloon is made from polyethylene plastic, fully expanded width of 15 meters, 12 meters high. When a balloon ready to retire, and internal gas is released, and then gradually decline. The balloons will not suddenly fall quickly, because the top is equipped with a parachute. ”

In June 2013, the Project first Loon project in New Zealand test, responsible for sending the balloon in the air for a few days of WiFi signals, successfully provides a high-speed network for ground receiving station (3G standard).

Then Google the balloons were further optimized, a balloon number is Ibis-167 also created around the world in 22 days feat. Google also said that future travel time more than 100 days.

谷歌气球在智利坠毁，官方回应：没有失控 - Project Loon,谷歌气球,谷歌 - IT资讯

4月26日，国外媒体报道，谷歌公司用来提供互联网服务的一个热气球上周六在智利的一个农场坠毁，目前智利警方正在调查此事。

警方已封锁出事地点，并有相关技术人员对坠毁的热气球进行调查。此外，智利民航局也将对此展开调查。而谷歌则向当地媒体表示：“该热气球已经成功完成测试飞行。”谷歌还称：“这是一次受控制的降落。”

谷歌Project Loon是一个非常庞大的项目，旨在利用热气球为农村、偏远和不发达地区提供廉价的互联网接入服务。谷歌曾表示，Project Loon项目即将部署完成，届时能生产和发送成千上万的热气球。这些热气球将在20公里以上的高空组成一个通信网络，然后将网络信号覆盖到地球表面。

该事件发生后，谷歌进一步解释道：“这些气球由聚乙烯塑料制成，完全膨胀后宽15米，高12米。当一个气球准备退役时，内部的气体会被释放，然后逐渐下降。这些气球不会突然快速下降，因为它的顶部配有降落伞。”

2013年6月，Project Loon项目最先在新西兰展开测试，负责发送WiFi信号的气球在空中飞行了数日，成功地为地面接收基站提供了高速网络(3G水准)。

随后，谷歌对这些气球进行了进一步的优化，一个编号为Ibis-167的气球还创造了环游世界22天的壮举。谷歌还表示，未来的停留时间将超过100天。