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Google's Loon balloon descended too soon >> Yakima Herald Republic

Kate Prengaman:

Google this: Where did one of the Internet giant's high-tech, high-atmosphere balloons land?
If Google knows, it's not saying.
But this much we do know — or at least we were told Thursday by the Federal Aviation Administration: It dropped from the sky Wednesday somewhere over Toppenish.
An FAA spokesman in Auburn told the Yakima Herald-Republic that Google notified the federal agency the device was descending so that air traffic control could track it and ensure that all aircraft stayed safely out of its path.
The fate of the falling device remains unknown.

Part of the planned 1.5m balloon systems intended to give 99% internet coverage.
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