Author Topic: Eutelsat OneWeb: Constellation - General Thread (Read 682283 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #1300 on:** 06/08/2021 08:21 pm »

Our Head of Maritime @CarolePlessy speaks to @gCaptain about OneWeb’s journey, and the importance of delivering reliable, fibre-like LEO connectivity to the international #shipping and #offshore industries.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1402339646483410944

Rondaz · « **Reply #1301 on:** 06/08/2021 08:38 pm »

A train with blocks of two Soyuz-2.1b missiles arrived at Vostochny

06/08/2021 20:21

A special train delivered two Soyuz-2.1b carrier rockets and two head fairings to the Ledyanaya railway station near the Vostochny cosmodrome. Specialists of the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) delivered the cargo to the unified technical complex of the cosmodrome.

The launch vehicles will be used in two forthcoming commercial launches from the Vostochny cosmodrome. The launches for the satellite company OneWeb using the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicles are carried out by the European launch services provider Arianespace.

In accordance with the comprehensive work schedule, on June 9, 2021, the technical group will begin assembling the blocks of one of the arrived launch vehicles into a "package" (first and second stages). The second launch vehicle will be in storage mode.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31397/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1302 on:** 06/10/2021 01:16 am »

Our fifth launch in the Five to 50 campaign is almost here. Thank you to @OnewebSatellit1 team for another successful production of 36 OneWeb satellites - we’re channeling our Florida team’s excitement as we get closer to launch day!

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1402679707284520961

Rondaz · « **Reply #1303 on:** 06/10/2021 11:44 am »

Work on the Soyuz-2.1b rocket started at Vostochny

06/10/2021 08:49

Specialists of the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities) and the Progress Rocket and Space Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) carried out operations to unload the components of the launch vehicle in the assembly and test building of the launch vehicle. Soyuz-2.1b "and started assembling them into a" package "(first and second stages).

This rocket is intended for the upcoming commercial launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome. Upper stage "Fregat" for this mission is at the refueling station at the refueling and neutralization station.

On the eve, blocks of two Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicles, as well as two head fairings intended for commercial launches, arrived at Vostochny on a special train. The specialists of the Vostochny Space Center transported them to the Unified Technical Complex. The joint launch crew has begun work with parts of one of the arrived launch vehicles, the second will be in storage mode until the start of work.

The launch of the next batch of 36 OneWeb spacecraft from the Vostochny cosmodrome will be the fifth fully commercial launch carried out by the French company Arianespace for OneWeb from the Russian cosmodrome and the tenth from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31410/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1304 on:** 06/10/2021 08:33 pm »

Another batch of OneWeb satellites arrived at Vostochny

06/10/2021 21:00

On Thursday, June 10, 2021, a new batch of 36 OneWeb spacecraft was delivered to the Ignatievo airport (Blagoveshchensk) by the An-124-100 aircraft. Specialists of the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of TsENKI - the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) delivered them to the cosmodrome, where a joint technical calculation began preparations for the upcoming launch using the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage.

This work is being carried out as part of the contracts between Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roscosmos State Corporation) with the European launch services provider Arianespace (operator of the OneWeb spacecraft launch using the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle) and Starsem. Representatives of the Progress Rocket and Space Center, the S.А. Lavochkin, TsENKI and Glavkosmos (all enterprises of Roskosmos) work side by side with foreign customers.

To date, the constellation of OneWeb satellites in low Earth orbit numbers 218 spacecraft, with hundreds of others planned to be launched. The upcoming launch should bring the number of OneWeb satellites in orbit to 254. OneWeb LEOs are designed to provide high-speed Internet for terrestrial consumers.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31413/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1305 on:** 06/10/2021 09:47 pm »

We are thrilled to be partnering with @AlaskaComm, a provider of communications to Alaskans for more than 100 years. They know where the gaps are, and we look forward to adding the OneWeb network to their offering starting this year.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1403089968990502917

Rondaz · « **Reply #1306 on:** 06/12/2021 03:13 am »

We are proud to be bringing high-speed connectivity to Alaska, with some of our LEO satellites on site in the small town of Talkeetna!

Watch and read the full report from @Alaskanewssource:

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1403396861570990080

Rondaz · « **Reply #1307 on:** 06/13/2021 11:10 am »

Source: 36 OneWeb communication satellites can be launched from Vostochny.

03:15 13.06.2021

MOSCOW, June 13 - RIA Novosti. The launch of 36 British communication satellites OneWeb can be carried out in October from the Vostochny cosmodrome in case of a delay in sending the Russian automatic station Luna-25 to the Moon , a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin told RIA Novosti that the launch of Luna-25 from Vostochny could be postponed from October 2021 due to delays in the supply of instruments and testing of the station. He later clarified that the start can be postponed to the beginning of 2022.

"If the start of Luna-25 is shifted from October 2021 to May 2022, then on October 7 a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with 36 OneWeb satellites will be launched from Vostochny," the source said.

Another agency source confirmed this information.

The contract between Arianespace and OneWeb for 21 launches of Soyuz rockets from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes was signed in June 2015. In September 2020, OneWeb announced that the number of contracted Soyuz launches had been reduced to 19. Seven had already been completed: two from Baikonur, four from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 218 satellites were launched into orbit.

OneWeb intends to begin providing commercial satellite communications services in late 2021, and by the end of 2022, it intends to deploy a constellation of 648 first-generation satellites, which will provide broadband Internet access to users around the world thanks to full coverage of the Earth's surface .

Luna-25 should become the first station in the history of modern Russia launched to the Moon. The previous Luna-24 spacecraft was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976.

The launch of Luna-25 is planned from the Vostochny cosmodrome by a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage. Approximately 10 days after launch, the station should make a soft landing in the vicinity of the south pole of the moon. The main area is located north of the Boguslavsky crater, and the reserve area is located southwest of the Manzini crater.

https://ria.ru/20210613/kosmos-1736814636.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #1308 on:** 06/13/2021 11:29 am »

.@OneWeb signs two Alaskan partners:https://satellitetoday.com/broadband/2021/06/11/alaska-communications-to-distribute-onewebs-leo-connectivity/and https://deltadiscovery.com/pacific-dataport-signs-strategic-distribution-partnership-with-oneweb/

Their pre-bankruptcy deal with Pacific Dataport included Hawaii: https://circleid.com/posts/20170824_oneweb_satellite_internet_project_status_update/

They will compete against microgeo operator https://astranis.com and @Telesat

https://twitter.com/larrypress/status/1403772491030405121

Rondaz · « **Reply #1309 on:** 06/15/2021 10:23 am »

At Vostochny, a "package" of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket was assembled for the fifth commercial launch

06/15/2021 12:45

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, specialists from subsidiaries of the State Corporation Roscosmos - the Center for Operations of Ground Space Infrastructure Facilities and the Progress Rocket and Space Center - completed the mechanical assembly cycle of the "package" (first and second stages) of the Soyuz launch vehicle in accordance with the comprehensive preparation schedule. -2.1b ". The "package" of the rocket was put into storage mode until the start of the launch campaign.

The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle is intended for the fifth commercial launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome. It is being implemented by the European launch services provider Arianespace for OneWeb. Upper stage "Fregat" for this mission is located at the refueling and neutralization station. Refueling works according to the schedule will take place until June 18, 2021. 36 OneWeb spacecraft arrived at the launch site on June 10. They are currently preparing for the upcoming launch at Vostochny.

LEO OneWeb spacecraft are designed to provide terrestrial consumers with high-speed Internet. To date, the constellation of OneWeb satellites in low Earth orbit numbers 218 spacecraft, with hundreds of others planned to be launched. The upcoming launch should bring the number of OneWeb spacecraft in orbit to 254.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31476/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1310 on:** 06/15/2021 10:25 am »

At Vostochny, a "package" of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket was assembled for the fifth commercial launch

Rondaz · « **Reply #1311 on:** 06/16/2021 10:58 am »

OneWeb are not doing as much of this plane-drift, but they have more height to raise (higher final orbit), with somewhat the same result: a bit over 4 months to raise orbit.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1404960631997046784

Rondaz · « **Reply #1312 on:** 06/17/2021 01:28 pm »

Refueling of the Fregat upper stage completed at Vostochny

06/17/2021 15:00

Specialists of the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities) and the S.А. Lavochkin (part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos") at the Vostochny cosmodrome have successfully completed the operation of refueling the upper stage "Fregat" with propellants and compressed gases.

The upper stage was transported from the hall of the refueling and neutralization station to the assembly and testing building of spacecraft for preparation for assembly of the Soyuz-2.1b space rocket. "Razgonnik" is intended for a mission under a contract with a foreign customer from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

The launch of the fifth batch of 36 OneWeb spacecraft from the Vostochny cosmodrome will be the fifth fully commercial from the Vostochny cosmodrome, implemented by the French company Arianespace for OneWeb from the Russian cosmodrome.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31517/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1313 on:** 06/17/2021 01:29 pm »

Refueling of the Fregat upper stage completed at Vostochny

Rondaz · « **Reply #1314 on:** 06/21/2021 12:57 am »

Source: One of the OneWeb satellite launches from Baikonur postponed.

03:09 06/21/2021

Source: one of the OneWeb satellite launches from Baikonur was postponed to 2022 for the sake of economy

MOSCOW, June 21 - RIA Novosti. One of the four launches of British communications satellites OneWeb from the Baikonur cosmodrome , planned in 2021, has been postponed until next year to save money, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

In April, another agency source reported that launches on behalf of OneWeb from Baikonur this year are slated for August 2 and 26, September 18 and the end of December.

"Now the schedule is as follows: August 2, September 9 and the end of December. One launch has been postponed until 2022 in order not to pay additional money to Kazakhstan for using the area of the fall of the first stage of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle," the agency's source said.

Another source confirmed this information, adding that the deployment of the OneWeb grouping will not be affected by this, since the missing launch is planned to be carried out from the Vostochny cosmodrome on October 7.

In June 2021, it became known that the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved the ratification of an agreement with Russia on cooperation in the implementation of launches from Baikonur with Soyuz-2 missiles of OneWeb satellites in the northern direction to circumpolar orbits. It regulates the procedure for the use by the Russian side of the area of the fall of the first stage of the Soyuz-2 in the Kostanay region of Kazakhstan . According to it, the fee for using the fall area number 120A will be 460 thousand dollars per year, taking into account no more than three launches, and in the case of additional launches, the payment is made in the amount of 50 thousand dollars for each additional launch.

The contract between Arianespace and OneWeb for 21 launches of Soyuz rockets from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes was signed in June 2015. In September 2020, OneWeb announced that the number of contracted Soyuz launches had been reduced to 19. Seven had already been completed: two from Baikonur, four from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 218 satellites were launched into orbit.

OneWeb intends to begin providing commercial satellite communications services in late 2021, and by the end of 2022, it intends to deploy a constellation of 648 first-generation satellites, which will provide broadband Internet access to users around the world thanks to full coverage of the Earth's surface .

https://ria.ru/20210621/sputnik-1737834226.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #1315 on:** 06/21/2021 05:31 pm »

Connecting the entire polar region will provide the critical missing link in the Arctic between growth and responsible regulation. Read our white paper on #sustainability and #development in the Arctic here: https://bit.ly/3gIlVu8

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1407023180758360082

Rondaz · « **Reply #1316 on:** 06/23/2021 01:39 pm »

At Vostochny, a "package" of the Soyuz-2 rocket is assembled for the sixth commercial launch

06/23/2021 14:18

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, specialists from subsidiaries of the State Corporation Roscosmos - the Center for Operation of Ground Space Infrastructure Facilities and the Progress Rocket and Space Center - completed the mechanical assembly cycle of the "package" (first and second stages) of the Soyuz launch vehicle in accordance with the complex preparation schedule. -2.1b ". It was put into storage mode until the start of the launch campaign.

The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle is intended for the sixth commercial launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome. The launch operator for OneWeb is the European provider of launch services Arianespace together with Starsem under contracts with Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roscosmos State Corporation).

LEO OneWeb spacecraft are designed to provide terrestrial consumers with high-speed Internet.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31611/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1317 on:** 06/23/2021 04:30 pm »

Baikonur prepares to launch OneWeb spacecraft

06/23/2021 18:45

In parallel to Vostochny, the planned activities under the OneWeb spacecraft launch program are continuing at the Baikonur cosmodrome. After preparing the necessary ground equipment, specialists from the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground Space Infrastructure Facilities) and the S.А. Lavochkin (part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos") began to conduct pneumatic vacuum tests of the upper stage "Fregat".

The present work is being carried out at the technical complex of the site No. 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome. They are being carried out in preparation for the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket and 34 OneWeb satellites from the Baikonur cosmodrome. It will mark the third launch of OneWeb spacecraft from Baikonur.

The launch operator for OneWeb is the European launch services provider Arianespace together with Starsem under contracts with Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roskosmos).

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The universal upper stage "Fregat" was created at NPO Lavochkin and is intended for use as part of medium and heavy launch vehicles in order to launch spacecraft into various specified orbits. The Basic Upper Stage marked the beginning of a whole family of high-performance upper stages that are and are being built around it.

The basis of the "Fregat" structural and layout scheme is a block of tanks, built according to a monoblock carrier scheme. It has a torispherical configuration, consisting of six spherical containers welded together, separated by spherical bottoms. Four of them are oxidizer and fuel tanks, two tanks are compartments for onboard instruments and equipment (one of them is sealed). One of the containers (sealed) houses a monoblock of the control system, including satellite navigation equipment and fans of the thermal regime, in the other (unpressurized) - a small instrument compartment, service blocks, as well as high-pressure balloons of the cruise propulsion system and the propulsion system for stabilization, orientation and ensuring the launch.

The upper stage "Fregat" ensures the efficient performance of all tasks related to the launching of one or several spacecraft into working orbits or trajectories departing from the Earth. The entire process of launching is carried out autonomously, without interference from the Earth. The highest reliability and almost perfect launching accuracy provide the upper stage with undeniable competitive advantages over world analogues.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31612/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1318 on:** 06/24/2021 12:54 am »

Save the date - on 1st July at 8:48AM (ET) / 1:48PM (BST), we’ll be launching our 8th set of satellites. Taking our constellation to a total of 254 satellites, this launch will allow us to provide complete coverage north of 50 degrees latitude by the end of the 2021.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1407705161586429956

Rondaz · « **Reply #1319 on:** 06/24/2021 10:50 am »

At Vostochny, the assembly of the Soyuz-2.1b space launch vehicle has been completed

06.24.2021 09:00

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, the assembly of the Soyuz-2.1b space rocket has been completed as part of the OneWeb mission No. 48. In the assembly and test building, the fairing was rolled onto the head unit and electrical tests were carried out. The space warhead is fully prepared for transportation to the assembly and test building of the launch vehicle.

In turn, the carrier has passed a full cycle of tests at the Technical Complex and is currently ready for general assembly of a space rocket. General assembly is the final operation before transporting it to the launch site.

This launch will be the fifth fully commercial from the Vostochny cosmodrome. The operator for OneWeb is the European launch services provider Arianespace together with Starsem under contracts with Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roscosmos).

https://www.roscosmos.ru/31616/