Their launch is planned in the 3rd quarter of 2020 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle.
Another scheduled launch date firmed-upGlonass-M from Plesetsk, Feb 28
The launch of the Express-80 and Express-103 telecommunications satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome using the Proton-M launch vehicle is planned for April, the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company (Roskosmos enterprise) said.
January 30, 2020OneWeb Confirms Launch Date from Baikonur, KazakhstanLondon, UK, 30 January 2020 - OneWeb, the global communications company with a mission to bring connectivity to everyone everywhere, today confirms its upcoming launch of 34 satellites has been scheduled for Thursday 6 February at 2142 (GMT) / Friday 7 February 0242 (local time) from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.This marks the start of a regular launch campaign during 2020 that will rapidly grow OneWebs first phase constellation of 648 satellites and represents one of the largest civilian satellite launch campaigns in history. Each satellite forms an integral part of the high-speed global satellite broadband network and together will activate OneWebs first customer demos by the end of 2020 to provide full commercial global services for sectors such as maritime, aviation, government and enterprise in 2021.
MOSCOW, January 31. / TASS /. The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Meridian military satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome was tentatively postponed to February 14. This was announced on Friday by TASS a source in the rocket and space industry.
The launch will be postponed to February 14, if the cause of the malfunction in the onboard cable network is established, or to February 28 (then Glonass will move to March) if it is necessary to deliver a new third stage or a new launch vehicle
"The specialists in Plesetsk were not able to pinpoint the cause of the malfunction in the cable network of the third stage of the Soyuz-2 rocket, so it was decided to deliver a new third stage to the cosmodrome," the source said.According to him, in this regard, the launch is tentatively scheduled for February 20. Accordingly, the launch scheduled for February 28 from the Plesetsk navigation satellite Glonass-M had to be moved around March 15, the source added.
After this first launch from Baikonur, OneWeb is planning to launch around 30 satellites with Soyuz rockets every month.
Steckel reported on his readiness to launch 34 satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Feb. 7, 2020, as part of the One Web global satellite network. In total, this year it is planned to carry out 8 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The global satellite network will consist of 504 satellites in 12 orbit planes at an altitude of 1,200 km. Full commissioning of the satellite network in the operation and maintenance of the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan is expected at the end of 2021.
February 6 - OneWeb (34 sats) - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M February - OneWeb (34 sats) - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M (x/x) - Baikonur, 31/6March - OneWeb (34 sats) - Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M (x/x) - Baikonur, 31/6April - OneWeb (34 sats) - Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M (x/x) - Vostochniy, 1SMay - OneWeb (34 sats) - Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M (x/x) - Vostochniy, 1SJune - OneWeb (34 sats) - Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat-M (x/x) - Vostochniy, 1S
But instead of launching at least 30 more satellites each month until achieving global coverage sometime in 2021, OneWeb now says it intends to pause its launch campaign for a month after one more launch planned for March. Additional short pauses are envisioned after launches planned for May and June expand the constellation to around 140 satellites....After the launches now planned for March, May and June, OneWebs launch schedule gets hazy.
https://spacenews.com/oneweb-plans-april-launch-break-to-tweak-satellite-design/
QuoteSteckel said the number of satellites launched per Soyuz mission is determined by the location of the launch site. Soyuz launches from French Guiana or Kazakhstan will carry 34 satellites, while launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russias far east will carry 36 satellites, he said. Arianespaces Ariane 6 flight, now targeted for sometime between October and December, will carry 30 OneWeb spacecraft. Steckel said OneWeb still hasnt decided if it will build 900 first-generation satellites, as planned in 2016, or if it will halt at 648 before starting a second generation.
Steckel said the number of satellites launched per Soyuz mission is determined by the location of the launch site. Soyuz launches from French Guiana or Kazakhstan will carry 34 satellites, while launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russias far east will carry 36 satellites, he said. Arianespaces Ariane 6 flight, now targeted for sometime between October and December, will carry 30 OneWeb spacecraft. Steckel said OneWeb still hasnt decided if it will build 900 first-generation satellites, as planned in 2016, or if it will halt at 648 before starting a second generation.
Quote from: PM3 on 02/06/2020 07:49 pmhttps://spacenews.com/oneweb-plans-april-launch-break-to-tweak-satellite-design/From same source; cross-post re: OneWeb payload capacities, by LV and location:Quote from: Salo on 02/06/2020 09:16 pmQuoteSteckel said the number of satellites launched per Soyuz mission is determined by the location of the launch site. Soyuz launches from French Guiana or Kazakhstan will carry 34 satellites, while launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russias far east will carry 36 satellites, he said. Arianespaces Ariane 6 flight, now targeted for sometime between October and December, will carry 30 OneWeb spacecraft. Steckel said OneWeb still hasnt decided if it will build 900 first-generation satellites, as planned in 2016, or if it will halt at 648 before starting a second generation.
...Steckel said the company will take an indefinite launch hiatus once it has 588 satellites in low Earth orbit the minimum needed to provide global service. Reaching that milestone is expected to take 17 or 18 launches, including the ones scheduled for February, March, May and June. We need 588 for service, and then we have spares, he said. The question is how quickly we want to get those spares up.
The next launch of 34 communications satellites of the British company OneWeb using the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle (LV) and the Frigate upper stage (RB) from the 31st platform of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is scheduled for March 18, 2020, subject to timely delivery of vehicles to the cosmodrome ... Sending satellites from a plant in Florida (#USA) to Baikonur is scheduled for February 17 ...
MOSCOW, Feb 10 - RIA News. The launch of the fourth Resource-P Earth remote sensing satellite, planned at the end of 2020, has been postponed to 2021 due to a delay in its production, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.
