Author Topic: Eutelsat OneWeb: Constellation - General Thread (Read 682258 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #1400 on:** 07/28/2021 11:24 pm »

.@OneWeb's injection altitude is around 450km (), they haven't had any in-orbit failures yet, they did not commit to any injection altitude, they do have grappling fixtures for removal and they've a lower risk profile due to significantly less satellites.

https://twitter.com/Megaconstellati/status/1420513620878929927

Robotbeat · « **Reply #1401 on:** 07/28/2021 11:46 pm »

Quote from: Rondaz on 07/28/2021 11:24 pm

.@OneWeb's injection altitude is around 450km (), they haven't had any in-orbit failures yet, they did not commit to any injection altitude, they do have grappling fixtures for removal and they've a lower risk profile due to significantly less satellites.

https://twitter.com/Megaconstellati/status/1420513620878929927

This is the account run by that one SpaceX-hating consultant, right? If OneWeb has a collision, the debris will be up there for a MUCH longer time.

Rondaz · « **Reply #1402 on:** 07/29/2021 08:18 pm »

Our LEO satellite network will soon be able to support existing connectivity to bring about maritime’s #digitaltransformation.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1420781315465613313

Rondaz · « **Reply #1403 on:** 07/30/2021 06:12 pm »

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is preparing to launch #OneWeb : https: // roscosmos.ru/32054/

All work is carried out as part of the # Glavkosmos contracts with the European launch services provider #Arianespace and #Starsem

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1421158730201174020

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1421158767199244297

Rondaz · « **Reply #1404 on:** 07/31/2021 01:10 pm »

The next launch of Soyuz-2.1b with 36 OneWeb satellites is scheduled from the Baikonur cosmodrome on August 20.

https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/1421450137658957826

Rondaz · « **Reply #1405 on:** 08/02/2021 08:18 pm »

In July's update of the conjunctions involving #Starlink & #OneWeb as predicted by #SOCRATES (http://celestrak.com) we can see the continuing (exponential) rise in the number of close passes < 1 km. Now approaching 500 per week for #Starlink (80 per week for #OneWeb) [1/n]

https://twitter.com/ProfHughLewis/status/1422223536308035584

Rondaz · « **Reply #1406 on:** 08/03/2021 09:35 pm »

Prime Minister, @BorisJohnson, sheds light on exciting new developments occurring in the British Space industry. At OneWeb, we are incredibly proud to be helping the UK achieve their connectivity ambitions, as well as providing “invaluable services for people around the world”.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1422600950334820353

Rondaz · « **Reply #1407 on:** 08/03/2021 09:38 pm »

I haven't done an update on the OneWeb internet megaconstellation for a while. Orbit raising is now almost complete for Launch 5, with Launch 6 and 7 on the way. Sats 41 and 50 did not complete orbit raising; 50 is performing orbit maintenance burns

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1422568285099409418

Rondaz · « **Reply #1408 on:** 08/05/2021 09:38 am »

OneWeb satellites to be launched from Kourou spaceport on December 29.

OneWeb’s agreement with the French Arianespace that acts as the launch operator stipulates the lift-off of 16 Russian Soyuz carrier rockets in 2020-2022.

4 AUG, 15:16

MOSCOW, August 5. /TASS/. The launch of a Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rocket with British OneWeb communications satellite from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana is scheduled for December 29, 2021, a source in the space sector told TASS on Thursday.

"A Soyuz-ST carrier rocket with OneWeb satellites from the Kourou spaceport is scheduled for December 29," the source said.

The first six OneWeb satellites were orbited by a Soyuz-ST carrier rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on February 28, 2019. Another 34 satellites were delivered into outer space on February 7, 2020 and the same amount on March 21 from the Baikonur spaceport.

OneWeb satellites were launched from the Vostochny spaceport for the first time in December 2020. A total of 36 space vehicles were put into orbit. Further launches took place from the Vostochny space center on Marcch 25, April 26, May 28, and July 1, 2021.

OneWeb’s renewed agreement with the French Arianespace that acts as the launch operator stipulates the lift-off of 16 Russian Soyuz carrier rockets from the Kourou, Vostochny and Baikonur spaceports in 2020-2022. Each launch can put between 34-36 OneWeb satellites into orbit.

https://tass.com/science/1322791

Rondaz · « **Reply #1409 on:** 08/05/2021 01:54 pm »

Preparation of the launch complex has begun at the Baikonur cosmodrome

08/05/2021 16:52

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, preparations have begun for the Vostok launch complex of site No. 31 under the Oneweb spacecraft launch program. On the morning of August 2, 2021, a joint calculation of specialists from the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for the Operation of Ground Space Infrastructure Objects, part of the State Corporation Roscosmos) took place.

The participants of the upcoming launch were assigned the tasks of preparing the launch equipment and systems. After that, the specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center proceeded to perform technological operations in accordance with the integrated schedule for the OneWeb spacecraft launch program.

The event took place taking into account all the sanitary and epidemiological measures taken to prevent and limit the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32093/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1410 on:** 08/05/2021 02:00 pm »

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, preparations have begun for the Vostok launch complex of site No. 31 under the #OneWeb spacecraft launch program .

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1423281876194643969

Rondaz · « **Reply #1411 on:** 08/05/2021 02:08 pm »

In the latest edition of @ShipTechMag, OneWeb’s head of #maritime, Carole Plessy, explores how next generation #satcomms will drive sustainability & enhance operational performance by supporting the use of digital #technologies.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1423282757245935616

Rondaz · « **Reply #1412 on:** 08/05/2021 11:11 pm »

Sources have named the date of the next launch of "Soyuz" from the Kuru cosmodrome.

Sources said that the next launch of the Soyuz rocket from the Kuru cosmodrome is planned for the end of November.

01:05 08/06/2021

MOSCOW, August 6 - RIA Novosti. The next launch of the Russian Soyuz carrier rocket from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for late November, another launch is expected before the New Year, but it may be postponed until 2022, two sources in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

"On November 23 from the Guiana Space Center, it is planned to launch two European Galileo navigation satellites with a Soyuz-ST rocket," the agency's source said.

According to him, another launch of Soyuz-ST is scheduled for December 29 with 34 British communication satellites OneWeb , but it may be postponed until January 2022.

Another source confirmed this information, adding that the OneWeb satellites were originally supposed to fly first in November, and the Galileo launch was planned in December.

Since October 2011, 25 Russian Soyuz-ST missiles have been launched from the Kuru cosmodrome. One of the launches in August 2014 ended with the launch of the European navigation satellites Galileo into an off-design orbit due to the accident of the Fregat upper stage.

https://ria.ru/20210806/soyuz-1744601593.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #1413 on:** 08/06/2021 10:10 am »

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, the refueling of the "Fregat" has been completed

08/06/2021 11:57

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, the filling of the Fregat upper stage with fuel and compressed gases has been successfully completed. The work was carried out by specialists from the Center for Testing Fueling Complexes of the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Objects, part of the State Corporation Roscosmos).

Technological refueling operations lasted seven days at the refueling station of site No. 31. At present, the Fregat was transported to the assembly and test building of site No. 112 for final operations before the assembly of the spacecraft (OneWeb vehicles, upper stage, head fairing).

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with 34 OneWeb spacecraft is scheduled for August 20, 2021 from the Vostok launch complex of the Baikonur cosmodrome.

The Fregat upper stage, manufactured by the Lavochkin Research and Production Association (part of Roskosmos), ensures the effective implementation of all tasks to launch one or more satellites into working orbits or trajectories departing from the Earth. The entire process of launching is carried out autonomously, the control algorithm is capable of overcoming abnormal situations. The highest reliability and almost perfect launching accuracy provide the upper stage with undeniable competitive advantages in the global launch services market.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32114/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1414 on:** 08/07/2021 01:03 am »

Sources have named the date of the next launch of "Soyuz" from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Sources said that the next launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome is planned for mid-October.

03:05 08/07/2021

MOSCOW, August 7 - RIA Novosti. The next launch of the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome is scheduled for mid-October with 36 British communication satellites OneWeb, two sources in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

"The next rocket" Soyuz-2.1b "with 36 OneWeb satellites should fly from Vostochny . The launch is expected on October 14," the source said.

Another source confirmed this information.

Earlier, the press service of the Glavkosmos company (an enterprise of Roscosmos) told RIA Novosti that in 2021, eight to ten launches of Soyuz rockets with OneWeb satellites are planned from the Baikonur , Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes , of which four have already been completed. According to sources in the rocket and space industry, another launch in the interests of OneWeb from Vostochny is scheduled for October, three launches are also expected from Baikonur in August, September and December, and one launch from Kuru in December.

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. Eight have already been completed: two from Baikonur, five from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 254 satellites have been launched into orbit.

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

The Vostochny cosmodrome began work in 2016. During this time, ten launches were carried out from it, including one emergency in 2017.

https://ria.ru/20210807/pusk-1744787689.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #1415 on:** 08/07/2021 08:18 pm »

Despite EU member state "broadly supporting" L€O funding is still uncertain. @ThierryBreton sees conflict of interest after @Eutelsat_SA investment in @OneWeb but not on part of @Airbus despite @OneWebSatellit1 JV. OneWeb chairman proposes EU partnership.

https://twitter.com/Megaconstellati/status/1424037435059720201

Rondaz · « **Reply #1416 on:** 08/08/2021 09:55 am »

Baikonur city enterprises participate in the launch of the Soyuz-2 - OneWeb launch campaign

08/08/2021 12:50

Last week, the OneWeb spacecraft for mission 35 arrived at the Krainy airport of the Baikonur cosmodrome by an An-124-100 aircraft. Specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) unloaded and delivered spacecraft to the technical complex of the cosmodrome, where they will be further prepared for the launch, scheduled for August 20, 2021.

This work will be carried out as part of the contracts between Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roskosmos) and the European launch services provider Arianespace (operator of the OneWeb spacecraft launch using the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle) and Starsem. Earlier, in the assembly and testing building of site No. 31, the assembly of the "package" (1st and 2nd stages) of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket and its reloading to the workplace for further general assembly of the space rocket were completed. The launch of OneWeb satellites from Baikonur is scheduled for August 20.

The city enterprises of Baikonur are also involved in supporting the launch campaign. The State Unitary Enterprise "Production and Energy Association" Baikonurenergo "is entrusted with the functions of supplying the cosmodrome facilities with electricity. The State Unitary Enterprise "Production Association" Gorvodokanal "performs the tasks of providing cold water of drinking quality to the objects of the ground space infrastructure of the cosmodrome. The State Unitary Enterprise "Housing Industry" carries out work on the maintenance and repair of roads of the cosmodrome.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32108/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1417 on:** 08/08/2021 05:10 pm »

Also worth remembering is that @OneWeb and @IridiumComm signed an MoU to integrate L and Ku band services in a single offering already in Sept 2019: "This is the first time that LEO operators have collaborated to deliver services in L-band and Ku-band."

https://twitter.com/Megaconstellati/status/1424363091102425090

Rondaz · « **Reply #1418 on:** 08/10/2021 10:32 am »

Things are back in full swing again at our #Titusville production facility, where we manufacture the structures for the
@OneWebSatellit1 constellation! Currently 40 #satellite panels are leaving our facility every week, check out the short movie!

https://twitter.com/RuagSpace/status/1424784288512454661

Rondaz · « **Reply #1419 on:** 08/10/2021 11:30 am »

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, the assembly of the space warhead consisting of 34 #OneWeb vehicles, the Fregat upper stage and the nose fairing has been completed. The next stage of preparation for launch on August 20 is transportation to a technical complex for general assembly with a launch vehicle

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1425052733632094233