In Indonesia, the Google Internet Balloons Will Fly in This Region

Project Loon will visit Indonesia to spread Internet access to remote areas difficult to reach. Beginning in 2016, the trial implementation of the Internet bubble began to run.

In testing the technical, Loon Project in collaboration with three major operators in Indonesia. Telkomsel, XL Axiata, and Indosat.

Indonesian territory that became the inaugural test event is Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Papua, as stated in the press release of Telkomsel and collected Nextren, Thursday (10/29/2015). Rather, there is a five-point spread in these three areas.

Looking ahead, the Loon Project is projected to supply Internet access to all corners are difficult to access. According to Project Leader Project Loon in Google X, Mike Cassidy, Google takes hundreds of balloons to make it happen.

Therefore, Indonesia has a vast area of land with a size of approximately 750,000 square meters.

"The balloons that will not be settled in one place, but keep moving. We will control if there is one that is out of range, immediately replaced by another," said Cassidy told journalists Nextren Wicak Hidayat of Mountain View, California.

The plan, Project Loon trials will be done using the 4G LTE network at 900 MHz Telkomsel, Indosat, and XL.

It took about a year to test the Loon Project. As for implementation of commercialization will take two to three years after the trial.

Could be hit by a plane?

If Google's balloons in the sky so taking off Indonesia, what about the impact on air traffic in the country?

Cassidy explained that Google would balloon taking off at an altitude of 60,000 feet (about 20 km) above sea level.

While traffic maximum commercial air flights fly at altitudes of 35,000 to 40,000 feet, or nearly half,

Thus, we can be sure that Google's hundreds of balloons will form a series of rings around the earth it will not interfere with traffic commercial flights.

Flying at an altitude of 20 km above sea level, Google Loon balloons are in the stratosphere. According to Google, the balloon Loon designed to move along with the wind in the atmospheric layers. The balloons will form a communication network that will transmit the Internet access to the surrounding area.

Each balloon in the Project Loon has a radius of 40 km. According to Project Leader Project Loon in Google X, Mike Cassidy, Google takes hundreds of balloons to cover the entire territory of Indonesia.

Must be licensed

At an altitude of 60,000 feet, flying vehicle that does not require control of air traffic controllers (Air Traffic Control / ATC), because the area they inhabit in the sky are "unregulated".

However, according to consultants and observers from Indonesia flights, Gerry Soejatman, balloons Google will still require a permit passing sovereign territory of Indonesia.

"So there must be diplomatic and security clearance and flight approval, even though he (balloon Google) flew over the control of ATC boundaries Indonesia," said Gerry when contacted Nextren, Thursday (10/29/2015).

Air sovereignty borders Indonesia and used by the Department of Transportation itself according to Gerry is up to a limit of 100 kilometers.

In addition, unmanned flying vehicle, including here is a balloon, which flew in the region of Indonesia today by Gerry also must have permission from DoT.

"So yes taxable still (have to get permission)," he said.

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