{"id":22274,"date":"2022-03-05T21:53:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T13:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/oneweb-pulls-out-of-baikonur-after-russias-space-director-held-its-satellites-hostage\/"},"modified":"2022-03-05T21:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T13:53:56","slug":"oneweb-pulls-out-of-baikonur-after-russias-space-director-held-its-satellites-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/oneweb-pulls-out-of-baikonur-after-russias-space-director-held-its-satellites-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"OneWeb pulls out of Baikonur after Russia\u2019s space director held its satellites hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OneWeb was expecting to launch its 14th batch of satellites into orbit from Russia\u2019s spaceport in Kazakstan Friday, March 4. However, tensions between the UK and India-backed company with Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine make Rogozin make some unprecedented demands before launching the rocket.<\/p>\n

First, Rogozin demanded that the UK government sell off its company shares before it would be allowed to launch. These shares came from an investment in 2020 of $500 million to bring the company back from bankruptcy. The UK government stated it had no plan to sell its shares, so Rogozin demanded that OneWeb wouldn\u2019t allow its service for military operations. OneWeb\u2019s response was to pull the plug on launching via Kazakstan.<\/p>\n

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