Ibhaluni yophando yeLoon bubungakanani benkundla yentenetya.Umvuzo Inkampani yabazali bakaGoogle iAlfabhethi ivala iprojekhthi ephezulu yenyanga ebizwa ngokuba yiLoon, uyilo lokusebenzisa iibhaluni ze-helium ukuhambisa unxibelelwano lweselfowuni kwi-stratosphere yoMhlaba, emva phantse kweminyaka elishumi yophuhliso oluyimfihlo kodwa isilela ukufumana indlela yorhwebo.
I-Loon yenye yezona projekthi zihonjisiweyo phantsi kwecandelo lophando lweAlfabhethi, i-X, ilebhu eyazala uWaymo, iprojekti yokuqhuba ngokwakho ekhokelwa nguGoogle ngoku yavela njengenkxaso yeAlfabhethi, iphiko leemoto ezibhabhayo kunye nenani lobomi besayensi iinzame ngoku ezenziwa yiNyani, ikwangumbutho ophume kuGoogle.
I-Loon yaqalwa ngo-2011 njengombono wokuzisa iselfowuni kunye ne-intanethi kwezona ndawo zisemagqagaleni zehlabathi ngokuthumela iibhaluni ezinkulu ze-helium njengeenqaba zeseli ezijikelezayo kwi-stratosphere yoMhlaba. Ngo-2013, uGoogle wenza uvavanyo lweLoon kumhlaba osefama eNew Zealand ngokudibanisa ibhaluni yonxibelelwano kumakhaya amafama endawo. Ngo-2017, uLoon wakwazi ukubonelela ngongxamisekoukufikelela kwi-intanethi kubantu basePuerto Ricokulandela iNkanyamba uMaria. Iprojekthi ide yatsala utyalo-mali lwe-125 yezigidi zeedola kwiSoftBank kwi2019.
Ingcamango yeLoon ifana kakhulu ne-SpaceX ye-Starlink kunye nezinye iinkqubo ze-intanethi ezisekelwe kwi-intanethi. Nangona kunjalo, ngelixa i-Starlink kunye nabo bakhuphisana nabo benza inkqubela phambili ekwakheni amaqela abo e-intanethi akhanyayo, umbono omkhulu webhaluni kaGoogle wajika waba kude kakhulu ukuba ungasusa umhlaba.
Okulusizi kukuba, ngaphandle kwempumelelo yeqela lobuchwephesha kule minyaka ili-9 idlulileyo… indlela eya kwintengiso ibonakalise inde kwaye inobungozi kunokuba bekulindelwe. Ke sithathe isigqibo esinzima sokuvala i-Loon, u-Astro Teller, ophethe iilebhu ze-X ye-Alphabet, iposti yebhlog ngoLwesine.
Kodwa i-Alfabhethi ayikayeki kwishishini elinenzuzo le-ISP (uMboneleli weNkonzo ye-Intanethi). Enye iprojekti ye-X, ebizwa ngokuba yiTaara, ijolise kwinjongo enye yokuhambisa ukufikelela kwe-intanethi kufikeleleke hayi kubathengi abazizigidi ezilandelayo kodwa okokugqibela yezigidigidi. Kodwa endaweni yeebhaluni ezinkulu, iTaara ijonge ukubuyisela iinqaba zeseli zesiko ngeetheminali ezincinci, ezinjengeerobhothi ezinokuthi zithunyelwe ngokulula kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni.
Ngapha koko, uTaara wazuza njengelinye itekhnoloji engundoqo yeLoon, ubukhulu becala itekhnoloji yoqhakamshelwano olungenazingcingo olusetyenziswe liqela laseLoon ukumisela idatha phakathi kweebhaluni. Njengefayibha, kodwa ngaphandle kweentambo, unxibelelwano olungenazingcingo olungenazingcingo lusebenzisa ukukhanya ukuhambisa idatha enejubane eliphezulu phakathi kwamanqaku amabini njengebhanti emxinwa kakhulu, engabonakaliyo. Isiphelo seTaara sinokuhamba imigama ukuya kuthi ga kwi-20 yeekhilomitha (i-12.4 yeemayile) kwaye idlulise i-bandwidth efikelela kwi-20 Gbps, eyonxibelelwano olwaneleyo kumawakawaka abantu ukusasaza i-YouTube ngaxeshanye.
