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OneWeb expands innovation programme with Gen2 RFI Industry Day

OneWeb, the global communications network powered from space, will release its first Gen2 RFI and host an Industry Day in association with the European Space Agency on 23-24 September at the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT). OneWeb is actively seeking mission partners with which to verify the definition, requirements and strategy for […]

July 14, 2021

Forecast: Downstream satellite worth $7.5bn by 2030

The value of DTH broadcasting is common knowledge, but there’s an enormous market elsewhere in the satellite industry. The ‘downstream’ segment is covered in a major report from Euroconsult. With the broadcast element,

July 13, 2021By Chris Forrester

OneWeb announces Innovation Challenge 2021 finalists

OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, today announced the finalists in its open Innovation Challenge 2021 to create new innovations, products, and solutions for small satellite technology. More than 300 Innovators from 19 countries took part in the challenge, in association with the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, […]

July 7, 2021

OneWeb seeks to halve terminal costs

Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises and now a major investor in mega-constellation OneWeb, said the satellite operator was in talks with Sasken Technologies, as well as a division of India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in order to reduce the costs of the antenna terminal. OneWeb is building out its satellites and plans to launch […]

July 6, 2021

OneWeb adds another 36 to fleet

A successful launch by an Arianespace Soyuz rocket placed 36 OneWeb broadband-by-satellite craft into orbit on July 1st. The launch, OneWeb Flight 8, from the Russian Far East cosmodrome at Vostochny was a complete success. Launch was at 12.48 UTC. The launch means that initial OneWeb connectivity to the planet’s norther latitudes can commence shortly […]

July 2, 2021By Chris Forrester

OneWeb fully funded with extra Bharti cash

Bharti Global has invested an extra $500 million (€420.5m) into satellite constellation OneWeb. It means that the business is fully funded at $2.4 billion. The extra cash from Bharti means that it now owns 38.6 per cent of the business. The other key investors, Eutelsat, the UK government and Softbank, are each holding 19.3 per […]

June 29, 2021By Chris Forrester

OneWeb signs up BT for rural connectivity

Mega-satellite constellation operator OneWeb has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK’s largest telco BT to explore the provision of improved digital communication services to some of the hardest to reach parts of the UK. A joint statement from the pair says that the “ground-breaking agreement” between them comes as investment in expanding […]

June 28, 2021By Chris Forrester

OneWeb heads for North Pole

On July 1st a Soyuz rocket is set to launch an additional 36 OneWeb broadband satellites into orbit. The launch will take place from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East, and handled by Arianespace and its local partner Starsem. Timings on launch day are: 13:48 BST / 8:48 AM ET / 4:48 AM Alaska […]

June 24, 2021By Chris Forrester

“No India communication” from Musk, Bezos, OneWeb

An enterprising individual in India, and quoted the Indian Express, has submitted a Right to Information (RTI) request to India’s Dept. of Telecommunications (DoT) and asking what the status was on the planet’s three giant satellite constellation operators: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or OneWeb. The RTI, surprisingly perhaps, has generated little in the way of […]

June 21, 2021By Chris Forrester

India LEO licences could cost applicants

OneWeb has formally applied for a licence to operate over India. The problem is that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, ViaSat and others are seeking or will be seeking the same permissions. India could auction off the broadband satellite frequencies. India’s Financial Express, while confirming the OneWeb move (and OneWeb is part-owned by India’s Bharti Enterprises), […]

June 16, 2021By Chris Forrester