Tag: OneWeb
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SpaceX files FCC application for internet access network with 4,425 satellites
SpaceX celebrated the announcement of a Seattle-area satellite operation by lighting up its logo at Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center. (GeekWire photo) SpaceX has laid out further details about a 4,425-satellite communications network that’s expected to provide global broadband internet access, with its Seattle-area office playing a key role in its development. The plan is…
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SpaceX speaks up for its Seattle satellite operation after months of low-key work
SpaceX’s Redmond office is the center for its satellite operations. (GeekWire photo by Kevin Lisota) SpaceX has provided a rare update on its Seattle-centric plans to develop a multibillion-dollar Internet satellite network, saying that the work is now at a “critical stage.” That assessment is part of the company’s argument against giving away the bandwidth…
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Florida factory to mass-produce satellites at record pace
Artist’s concept of the OneWeb factory at Exploration Park, Florida. Credit: OneWeb OneWeb officials Tuesday unveiled plans for a factory just outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that will churn out up to 15 satellites per week to populate low Earth orbit and beam broadband Internet signals worldwide. Repurposing aircraft assembly…
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OneWeb launch deal called largest commercial rocket buy in history
File photo of a Soyuz launch from French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Backed by a fresh capital infusion and regulatory rights to a valued slice of satellite communications spectrum, the space-based Internet company OneWeb has contracted with Arianespace and Virgin Galactic to deploy hundreds of refrigerator-sized spacecraft around…
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OneWeb selects Airbus to build 900 Internet satellites
Artist’s concept of a OneWeb satellite. Credit: OneWeb Airbus Defense and Space and OneWeb, a startup backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and wireless tech giant Qualcomm, announced Monday plans to set up a joint venture for the construction of 900 Internet broadcasting satellites for launches beginning in 2018. OneWeb’s selection of Airbus comes after…