Tag: OneWeb
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Bankrupt OneWeb files with FCC to put 48,000 broadband satellites in orbit
An artist’s conception shows a constellation of satellites in orbit. (Credit: OneWeb) Even though the OneWeb satellite venture is going through bankruptcy and a potential sale, it filed an application overnight with the Federal Communications Commission to expand its planned broadband internet constellation to as many as 48,000 satellites. OneWeb has launched 74 satellites into…
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Amazon reportedly registers interest in bankrupt OneWeb’s broadband satellite constellation assets
An artist’s conception shows one of OneWeb’s satellites in orbit. (OneWeb Satellites Illustration) Amazon is among the players in a bankruptcy bidding game with the assets of the OneWeb satellite venture at stake, according to Space Intel Report. Quoting unnamed industry officials, Space Intel Report’s Peter B. de Selding says other potential bidders include two…
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Report: Amazon joins other satellite constellation ventures in checking out bankrupt OneWeb’s assets
An artist’s conception shows a constellation of satellites in orbit. (Credit: OneWeb) London’s Telegraph newspaper reports that Amazon is understood to be among the entities sifting through the assets of OneWeb, a venture that began building a constellation of broadband internet satellites but filed for bankruptcy in March. Amazon’s interest has to do with its…
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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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OneWeb files for bankruptcy amid coronavirus chaos, leaving satellite network’s fate up in the air
An artist’s conception shows a OneWeb satellite in space. (OneWeb Satellites Illustration) OneWeb, the London-based venture that launched its latest batch of broadband internet satellites last weekend, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York today. “The company intends to use these proceedings to pursue a sale of its business in order to maximize…
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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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Arianespace, Starsem launches new batch of OneWeb satellites
On Saturday, Arianespace – in conjunction with its Starsem affiliate – launched a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M rocket with 34 OneWeb Internet satellites to low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Site No. 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan occurred at 1:06 pm EDT (17:06 UTC). The launch of this mission saw the continued use of the Baikonur…
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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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Coronavirus concerns force closure of NASA center, some space industry events canceled
File photo from the Satellite 2019 conference in Washington. Credit: Satellite 2019 An annual meeting of planetary scientists near Houston has been canceled due to concerns about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, and NASA has instructed its 1,200 employees at a field center in California to work from home until further notice after a worker there…
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The 50th Arianespace, Starsem mission completes OneWeb launch
The European launch services provider Arianespace — in conjunction with the European-Russian Starsem company — conducted the launch of a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with 34 OneWeb space-based internet satellites. The mission launched from Site No. 31/6 at 16:42 EST (21:42 UTC) in an instantaneous launch window. The mission lasted 5…