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The interesting part mentioned about the deployment of the balloons: > The Loon balloons actually have quite the journey to make to get to the area it will ser
by rajnathani 7y ago
The interesting part mentioned about the deployment of the balloons:
> The Loon balloons actually have quite the journey to make to get to the area it will service in Kenya, taking off from either Puerto Rico or Nevada, as Loon CTO Sal Candido explains in a Medium post. From there, they navigate on air currents to make their way to their target destination, using “the fastest route that drifting on the stratospheric winds allow,” to traverse upwards of 6,800 miles through a somewhat circuitous route, which is determined by Loon’s automated navigation software.
The link of the blog post by Loon's CTO which shows a map of the balloon travel from Puerto Rico to Kenya for the deployment: https://medium.com/loon-for-all/take-me-to-kenya-23221c3f80d https://medium.com/loon-for-all/take-me-to-kenya-23221c3f80d