# clm_07CFA9143932

subject: Alphabet Inc. (/record/alphabet.md)  
predicate: subsidiary  
value: Loon  
valid_from: undated  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-06  
confidence: 0.80  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-07  
checked: 2026-11-06 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Project Loon began as a ‘moonshot’ idea under Google’s X skunkworks lab in 2011 before being spun out in a separate business unit under parent company Alphabet in 2018.

What https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/alphabet-shuts-down-internet-balloon-subsidiary-project-loon/ says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20800404 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/alphabet-shuts-down-internet-balloon-subsidiary-project-loon/ (secondary, datacenterdynamics.com)

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