Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Indian billionaire telecoms tycoon and executive chairman of OneWeb, which is in the process of merging with Paris-based Eutelsat, said a secondary listing in London was a plan “we will deliver”. “The benefit is that you have a varied investor base to address to, but this is more a requirement of […]
An Indian rocket successfully placed 36 OneWeb satellites into their transfer orbits on March 26th at 9.00am local time. The launch means there are now 618 OneWeb craft in orbit. OneWeb needs only 588 for global coverage. The remainders will act as ‘in orbit spares’ in case replacements are needed. By the year-end, OneWeb will […]
OneWeb’s upcoming launch of 36 satellites is being readied by India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It has moved the launch rocket and its 36-craft cargo to the launch pad. The actual launch, subject to the usual weather conditions, is scheduled for this coming Sunday, March 26. It will be the 18th launch for OneWeb, and […]
OneWeb’s CEO Neil Masterson has largely given up in trying to retrieve satellites worth some $50 million in a dispute related to the Ukraine conflict. Russia’s space agency Roscosmos – in essence – confiscated a batch of 36 satellites that had been delivered ahead of a planned launch from Baikonur and as retaliation to the […]
March 26th, subject to the usual weather constraints, should see an Indian rocket lift-off with 36 OneWeb satellites, and place them into their transfer orbits. This launch, taking place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, will be OneWeb’s 18th launch to date and its third in 2023, completing its first generation LEO constellation, […]
Low Earth orbit satellite communications company OneWeb, and aerospace manufacturer and satellite Internet Service Provider mu Space and Advanced Technology have agreed a multi-million, multi-year deal to deliver OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions across mainland Southeast Asia, also known as Indochina, which includes Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia. As one of OneWeb’s […]
OneWeb has signed a Letter of Intent with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to explore providing cloud-based connectivity. “OneWeb and AWS will work together to expand both horizontal and vertical services to provide customisable and integrated solutions for edge-to-edge operations. Teaming-up global satellite broadband connectivity with AWS cloud services and edge computing capabilities, OneWeb can create […]
Flat panel satellite terminal specialist Kymeta and OneWeb used the Washington Satellite 2023 show to unveil the Kymeta flat-panel ‘Hawk u8’ terminals which are being supplied to OneWeb. Kymeta says that delivery of the first consignment of units to OneWeb has been made and are in use commercially. “This is a major milestone that gives […]
SpaceX delivered one of its textbook launches for OneWeb on March 9th. OneWeb later confirmed that all was well with the batch of 40 craft. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 mission took off from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 9, at 2:13 pm Florida-time (19.13 UTC). The satellites were deployed to low-Earth […]
Eutelsat has signed a multi-orbit agreement with Intelsat to enhance connectivity solutions over Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific, including OneWeb services. Under this new seven-year, multi-million-euro capacity agreement with a progressive roll-out of assets over 2023, leveraging Eutelsat’s High-throughput satellites (HTS) in the Ku-band including the recently launched EUTELSAT 10B satellite and OneWeb’s […]