Tag: Arianespace
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OneWeb files for bankruptcy
Illustration of OneWeb’s satellite network. Credit: Airbus OneWeb — three launches into a series of nearly 20 missions to deploy 650 satellites to provide global Internet service — has announced it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reduced its workforce after unsuccessful negotiations for more cash from its largest investor. Headquartered in London with…
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Soyuz rocket successfully launches 34 more OneWeb satellites
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with 34 more OneWeb satellites. Credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage lifted off Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivering 34 more satellites to orbit for OneWeb’s space-based Internet network in the company’s second launch this year. The Russian…
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34 satellites go into orbit for OneWeb’s broadband constellation, amid questions about finances
OneWeb’s third batch of satellites for its broadband internet constellation was lofted into orbit today on a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from Kazakhstan with the aid of Europe’s Arianespace consortium. Liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is leased by Russia for Soyuz launches, came at 10:06 p.m. local time (10:06 a.m. PT). The 34 satellites…
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Amid bankruptcy reports, OneWeb plans launch of 34 more satellites
The base of the Soyuz-2.1b booster set to launch 34 more OneWeb satellites is seen Wednesday as the rocket was erected vertical on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos OneWeb is gearing up for launch of 34 more satellites for its broadband Internet network Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
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Soyuz launch preps in Kazakhstan proceed despite travel restrictions
Technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome assemble the Soyuz rocket slated to launch Saturday with 34 OneWeb satellites. Credit: Roscosmos While Arianespace missions from French Guiana have been suspended in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the company says a Soyuz rocket launch from Kazakhstan is set to go ahead Saturday with 34 more OneWeb broadband satellites.…
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Launches from French Guiana suspended due to coronavirus
File photo of an Ariane 5 rocket on its launch pad in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon Launch campaigns at the European-run spaceport in French Guiana — a home base for Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega rockets — have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, Arianespace…
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Italian maker of Vega rocket says launch remains on track for later this month
The Italian-built Zefiro 23 second stage for the next flight of the European Vega rocket is raised into the mobile gantry on a launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in South America. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron The head of Italian rocket-maker Avio said Thursday that preparations are…
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Soyuz ST-A Falcon Eye-2 launch delayed by a month
The launch of the Soyuz ST-A flight VS-24 carrying the Falcon Eye-2 satellite has been delayed from it’s March 6 launch date due to a malfunction on the Fregat-M upper stage. It is understood the mission will be delayed a month in total, with a preliminary launch target noted as April 6. Falcon Eye-2 is…
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Soyuz launch with UAE surveillance satellite facing one-month delay
File photo of a Soyuz rocket rolling out to its launch pad in French Guiana before a previous mission. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon Russian and European teams at the Guiana Space Center in South America plan to detach a UAE spy satellite from its Soyuz launcher to replace…
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Arianespace begins stacking Vega ahead of March Return To Flight
Arianespace’s Vega rocket is on track to conduct its Return To Flight (RTF) mission in March after stacking operations began at the European Spaceport in French Guiana. Vega suffered the first failure of her career during the July 2019 launch of Falcon Eye-1. Vega’s return will involve the lofting of numerous satellites, with the manifest…