Eutelsat and OneWeb’s planned merger requires the “strictest possible scrutiny,” a cross-party group of British government officials said in a report warning the U.K has become a “third-rank” power in space post-Brexit.Combining U.K.-based OneWeb with France’s Eutelsat poses “serious questions about the handing over of critical technology to foreign powers and the need for sovereignty,” said Tobias Ellwood, chair of the U.K’s Defence Select Committee.In a report published Oct. 19 for the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence, the committee called for a thorough review of the deal under the country’s National Security and Investment Act.
Updated the OneWeb stats pages https://planet4589.org/space/stats/owx/stats.html and the overall constellation stats https://planet4589.org/space/stats/conlist.html and https://planet4589.org/space/stats/largecon.html
While Starlink is the probable source of what people speculate to be the sat antenna on the back of the USV's running around in Crimea blowing up ships, are there any OneWeb antennas (commercially) available that would also roughly match?
Is Oneweb built-out enough to provide service that far from the poles? Sevastapol is like 44N, which would mean that if OneWeb could reach that, they could provide service down into Washington, Oregon, Montana, etc. ~Jon
There are very preliminary, unofficial, unconfirmed signals from Russia that a batch of @OneWeb satellites, taken hostage in Baikonur after Putin's invasion of Ukraine, will be finally returned to their rightful owners..https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1578078705846362112
Quote from: Rondaz on 10/07/2022 03:10 amThere are very preliminary, unofficial, unconfirmed signals from Russia that a batch of @OneWeb satellites, taken hostage in Baikonur after Putin's invasion of Ukraine, will be finally returned to their rightful owners..https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1578078705846362112What options are there for picking up the 36 OneWeb satellites from Baikonur?I can't find a civilian western cargo plane where the OneWeb containers fit through the cargo door.Apart from special solutions like Airbus Beluga. But for what a loading platform is required at the airports.I don't believe that a C5 or C17 flies to Baikonur.Only AN-124 and IL-76 remain. An IL-76 would have to fly several times.All airlines flying with Ukrainian license, will not fly to Baikonur. Antonov, Zet Avia, Maximus Air CargoIn purely formal terms, a Volga Dnepr Airline AN-124 could transport the satellites from Baikonur to India. But is that politically desirable?Several flights with a Silkway IL-76 (Azerbaijan) would perhaps be more neutral.
Quote from: GWR64 on 11/04/2022 08:41 amQuote from: Rondaz on 10/07/2022 03:10 amThere are very preliminary, unofficial, unconfirmed signals from Russia that a batch of @OneWeb satellites, taken hostage in Baikonur after Putin's invasion of Ukraine, will be finally returned to their rightful owners..https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1578078705846362112What options are there for picking up the 36 OneWeb satellites from Baikonur?I can't find a civilian western cargo plane where the OneWeb containers fit through the cargo door.Apart from special solutions like Airbus Beluga. But for what a loading platform is required at the airports.I don't believe that a C5 or C17 flies to Baikonur.Only AN-124 and IL-76 remain. An IL-76 would have to fly several times.All airlines flying with Ukrainian license, will not fly to Baikonur. Antonov, Zet Avia, Maximus Air CargoIn purely formal terms, a Volga Dnepr Airline AN-124 could transport the satellites from Baikonur to India. But is that politically desirable?Several flights with a Silkway IL-76 (Azerbaijan) would perhaps be more neutral.Truck them out?
Quote from: meekGee on 11/05/2022 02:00 pmQuote from: GWR64 on 11/04/2022 08:41 amWhat options are there for picking up the 36 OneWeb satellites from Baikonur?I can't find a civilian western cargo plane where the OneWeb containers fit through the cargo door.Apart from special solutions like Airbus Beluga. But for what a loading platform is required at the airports.I don't believe that a C5 or C17 flies to Baikonur.Only AN-124 and IL-76 remain. An IL-76 would have to fly several times.All airlines flying with Ukrainian license, will not fly to Baikonur. Antonov, Zet Avia, Maximus Air CargoIn purely formal terms, a Volga Dnepr Airline AN-124 could transport the satellites from Baikonur to India. But is that politically desirable?Several flights with a Silkway IL-76 (Azerbaijan) would perhaps be more neutral.Truck them out?OK but where to?
Quote from: GWR64 on 11/04/2022 08:41 amWhat options are there for picking up the 36 OneWeb satellites from Baikonur?I can't find a civilian western cargo plane where the OneWeb containers fit through the cargo door.Apart from special solutions like Airbus Beluga. But for what a loading platform is required at the airports.I don't believe that a C5 or C17 flies to Baikonur.Only AN-124 and IL-76 remain. An IL-76 would have to fly several times.All airlines flying with Ukrainian license, will not fly to Baikonur. Antonov, Zet Avia, Maximus Air CargoIn purely formal terms, a Volga Dnepr Airline AN-124 could transport the satellites from Baikonur to India. But is that politically desirable?Several flights with a Silkway IL-76 (Azerbaijan) would perhaps be more neutral.Truck them out?
What options are there for picking up the 36 OneWeb satellites from Baikonur?I can't find a civilian western cargo plane where the OneWeb containers fit through the cargo door.Apart from special solutions like Airbus Beluga. But for what a loading platform is required at the airports.I don't believe that a C5 or C17 flies to Baikonur.Only AN-124 and IL-76 remain. An IL-76 would have to fly several times.All airlines flying with Ukrainian license, will not fly to Baikonur. Antonov, Zet Avia, Maximus Air CargoIn purely formal terms, a Volga Dnepr Airline AN-124 could transport the satellites from Baikonur to India. But is that politically desirable?Several flights with a Silkway IL-76 (Azerbaijan) would perhaps be more neutral.
