Category: OneWeb

India Successfully Launches Rocket Carrying 36 Satellites Into Orbit

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said Sunday that it had successfully launched its heaviest rocket carrying 36 satellites owned by London-based satellite company OneWeb into orbit. The LVM3 rocket was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 12:07 a.m. local time carrying 36 OneWeb satellites and weighing 5,796 kilograms in total,…


OneWeb to Launch Satellites With SpaceX After Suspending Ties With Russian Agency

OneWeb will resume satellite launches with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the British satellite communications company said on Monday after it suspended launches from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. OneWeb did not disclose the terms of the new launch agreement. Earlier in March, OneWeb, said it would halt launches after Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos demanded guarantees that…


UK Government-Backed OneWeb Suspends Satellite Launch at Russian-Run Spaceport

A satellite launch by a communications firm with UK government backing will not go ahead after the company’s board suspended use of a Russian-operated spaceport. OneWeb was due on Friday to launch 36 broadband satellites in Kazakhstan, in an operation that would have used Russian Soyuz rockets and have been overseen by the Russian space…