Some Aalyria speculation:

https://circleid.com/posts/20220927-aalyria-a-space-internet-startup-with-nearly-a-decades-worth-of-intellectual-property-from-alphabet


https://circleid.com/posts/20221028-is-defense-innovation-units-hybrid-space-architecture-arpanet-of-space-and-will-it-run-on-aalyria-spacetime



From: Starlink <starlink-bounces@lists.bufferbloat.net> on behalf of Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2023 12:07 PM
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca>
Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>; George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net>
Subject: Re: [Starlink] apnic piece on starlink
 

Google Spinoff Aalyira salvaged Project Loon technology for US military.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/google-spinoff-aalyria-salvages-project-loon-technology-for-the-us-military/amp

Hesham

On Sat, Apr 8, 2023, 11:37 AM Michael Richardson via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
David Lang via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
    > Google shuttered project Loon (balloons to do this rather than UAVs) in
    > the last year or two

I heard that too, but also that some external entity then put up some money
and partnered to start it up again. 

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