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Jun 15, 2013: Codenamed Project Loon, Google has released helium filled balloons into the sky in the heart of New Zealand's South Island as part of an experiment to get the planet online by beaming the internet down to earth. The balloons, which are fifteen metres in diameter when inflated, fly twice as high as a commercial plane, and are able to send internet access to the ground below with similar speeds to most 3G networks, local media has reported. Google X, the team behind Google Glass and driverless cars, is the brains behind the project The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. Google believes that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides Internet access to the earth below. Since its initial launch in 2013, Google's Project Loon has undergone several tests and trials to refine the technology and increase its efficiency. In early 2021, Google announced that it was winding down the project and would no longer be investing in the balloons.

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