Alphabet hires satellite broadband industry vet Tom Moore as VP at X and GM of Project Loon; Project Loon head Mike Cassidy moves to new research projects
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Google's Project Loon head Mike Cassidy says RF used to connect balloons to one another, gimbal direction must be precise to enable sending of data across 80km
EmTech Digital: Project Loon Head Details How the Balloons Interact — Project Loon, Google's plan for Internet via floating balloons …
Google partially automates launches of Project Loon balloons, expands range by reducing reliance on ground stations by relaying signals between balloons
Google Details New Project Loon Tech to Keep Its Internet Balloons Afloat — Google's Mike Cassidy describes two advancements …
Google partially automates launches of Project Loon balloons, expands their range by passing Internet signals between them
Google Details New Project Loon Tech to Keep Its Internet Balloons Afloat — Google's Mike Cassidy describes two advancements that could help Project Loon become commercial as soon as next year
One year on, Loon balloon flight times increase 10X, download speeds reach 5-20 Mbps with LTE
Google's Balloon Internet Experiment, One Year Later — Earlier this month, Mike Cassidy, a project director at Google's high-risk research division X, woke before dawn in the Northwest Brazilian sta...
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