Author Topic: Eutelsat OneWeb: Constellation - General Thread (Read 682243 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #1560 on:** 09/15/2021 10:51 am »

With Flight ST35 for OneWeb, Arianespace sets a new mark by successfully putting more than 1,000 satellites in orbit since its foundation.

September 14, 2021

- Soyuz Flight ST35 placed 34 more satellites into orbit. Following this 10th launch for OneWeb, Arianespace has deployed 322 satellites for the global connectivity constellation.

– Ninth successful launches and sixth Soyuz operated by Arianespace and Starsem since the start of the year.

– With this launch, Arianespace will have deployed 1,021 satellite since its incorporation in 1980.

Performed on Tuesday, September 14, at precisely 11:07 p.m. local time at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome (06:07 p.m. UTC), Soyuz Flight ST35 lifted-off with 34 OneWeb satellites onboard, bringing, after the successful deployment, the size of the fleet in orbit to 322. Flight ST35 was the 60th Soyuz mission carried out by Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate, and the tenth mission to the benefit of OneWeb.

The mission lasted three hours and 45 minutes. The 34 satellites were deployed during nine separation sequences, at an altitude of 450 km. It was also the ninth successful launch operated by Arianespace’s teams this year, bringing to 1,021 the total number of spacecraft orbited since the start of company’s operations.

“Congratulations to all the teams who made this 60th launch with Soyuz, the 10th for OneWeb, a success. We are living a great moment today as we pass the step of our 1,000th satellite launched to space while our customer OneWeb is hitting a new pace with more than 300 satellites in orbit. This 1,000th satellite was named XiliaSat by our community in reference of the meaning of 1,000 in ancient Greek in a contest on our social media,” said Stéphane Israël, CEO of Arianespace. “This launch illustrates the recent acceleration in space operation – one third of these 1,000 Arianespace-launched satellites orbited over the 20 past months – and thus it is incumbent upon us, as leaders in the space sector, to embrace our responsibility to promote sustainable space operations.”

To date, Arianespace has launched 322 OneWeb satellites with ten Soyuz launches. Arianespace will perform nine more Soyuz launches for OneWeb through 2021 and 2022. These launches will enable OneWeb to complete the deployment of its full global constellation (650 satellites) in low Earth orbit by year-end 2022.

OneWeb’s mission is to create a global connectivity platform through a next-generation satellite constellation in Low Earth Orbit. The OneWeb constellation will deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity to a wide range of customer sectors, including aviation, maritime, enterprise and government. Central to its purpose, OneWeb seeks to bring connectivity to the hardest to reach places, where fiber cannot reach, and thereby bridge the digital divide.

The satellite prime contractor is OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture of OneWeb and Airbus Defence and Space. The satellites were produced in Florida, USA, in its leading-edge satellite manufacturing facilities that can build up to two satellites per day on a series production line dedicated to spacecraft assembly, integration, and testing.

The launch of the satellites was operated by Arianespace and its Euro-Russian affiliate Starsem under contract with Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency.

Arianespace is responsible for the overall mission and flight-worthiness, with the support of Starsem for launch campaign activities including management of its own launch facilities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

RKTs-Progress (the Samara Space Center) is responsible for the design, development, manufacture and integration of the Soyuz launch vehicle as well as for the 3-stage Soyuz flight. NPO Lavotchkin is responsible for the launch preparation operations and flight of the Fregat orbital vehicle.

https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/flight-st35-success-oneweb/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1561 on:** 09/15/2021 11:09 am »

All 34 OneWeb satellites put into designated orbit.

The first six OneWeb satellites were orbited by a Soyuz-ST carrier rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on February 28, 2019.

14 SEP, 16:38

MOSCOW, September 15. /TASS/. All 34 OneWeb communications satellites, launched atop a Soyuz-ST carrier rocket on Tuesday evening, have been put into the designated orbit, Russian state-run space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement released on Wednesday.

"All 34 OneWeb communications satellites successfully separated from the Fregat booster and reached their designated orbits," the statement says.

It was the 100th mission for Russia’s Fregat booster. After completing its mission, the booster will be de-orbited and sunk in non-navigational area of the Pacific Ocean.

The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 21:07 Moscow time on Tuesday. The launch is to bring the number of British satellites to 322.

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 space center.

OneWeb satellites were launched from the Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s Far East 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 March 25, April 26, May 28, and July 1, 2021, and from Baikonur on August 22, 2021. The next launch is scheduled for October 14 from Vostochny.

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 launch facilities in 2020-2022. Each launch can put between 34-36 OneWeb satellites into orbit.

https://tass.com/science/1337793

Rondaz · « **Reply #1562 on:** 09/15/2021 11:19 am »

Congratulations! All 34 @OneWeb satellites successfully separated from the #Fregat upper stage! This mission became the 1️⃣0️⃣th launch for #OneWeb and the 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th for #Fregat!

https://twitter.com/glavkosmosJSC/status/1437917440038559752

Rondaz · « **Reply #1563 on:** 09/15/2021 02:16 pm »

Russia to launch three more missiles with OneWeb satellites by the end of 2021.

Ustimenko: Russia will launch three more Soyuz missiles with OneWeb satellites by the end of 2021.

16:44 09/15/2021

MOSCOW, September 15 - RIA Novosti. Russia plans to launch three more Soyuz carrier rockets with British communication satellites OneWeb by the end of 2021 , said Vladimir Ustimenko , head of the Roscosmos press service .

"On September 14, the tenth successful launch took place (according to the OneWeb program - ed.), More than 300 spacecraft are already in orbit, and by the end of the year, according to the plan, we will launch three more rockets from different cosmodromes," he wrote in his Telegram channel ...

Earlier, the press service of the Glavkosmos company 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 six have already been completed. As sources in the rocket and space industry clarified to the agency, another launch in the interests of OneWeb from Vostochny is scheduled for October 14, one launch is also expected from Baikonur on December 23 and one from Kuru on December 29.

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. Ten have already been completed: four from Baikonur, five from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 322 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 .

https://ria.ru/20210915/oneweb-1750194753.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #1564 on:** 09/15/2021 04:29 pm »

We have prepared for you another video of the flight of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the #OneWeb satellites , which took place on September 14 from the # Baikonur cosmodrome . Which angle did you like the most? Write your responses under this tweet.

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1438168146423291912

Rondaz · « **Reply #1565 on:** 09/16/2021 06:00 pm »

The OneWeb deployment strategy is currently fairly straightforward compared to Starlink - here is the current height vs time history, the different colors represent different launches

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1438555109932273670

Rondaz · « **Reply #1566 on:** 09/17/2021 12:57 am »

We are thrilled to welcome our new distribution partner @GalaxyBroadband, who will be delivering our high speed, low latency communications services across Canada and the wider Arctic Region for a fibre-like user experience.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1438502676333879297

Rondaz · « **Reply #1567 on:** 09/17/2021 01:19 am »

Russia to launch three more missiles with OneWeb satellites by the end of 2021

09/17/2021 03:40

Russia plans to launch three more Soyuz-2 launch vehicles with British communication satellites OneWeb by the end of 2021, said Vladimir Ustimenko, head of the press service of Roscosmos.

“On September 14, the tenth successful launch took place (according to the OneWeb program - ed.), More than 300 spacecraft are already in orbit, and by the end of the year, according to the plan, we will launch three more rockets from different cosmodromes,” he wrote in his Telegram channel ...
Earlier, the press service of Glavkosmos (part of Roskosmos) told RIA Novosti that in 2021, eight to ten launches of Soyuz-2 rockets with OneWeb satellites are planned from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru cosmodromes, of which six have already been completed.

The contract between Arianespace and OneWeb for 21 launches of Soyuz-2 rockets from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kuru (Guiana Space Center) cosmodromes was signed in June 2015. In September 2020, OneWeb announced that the number of contracted Soyuz launches had been reduced to 19. Ten have already been completed: four from Baikonur, five from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 322 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.

Source: RIA Novosti
September 15, 2021, 16:44

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32584/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1568 on:** 09/17/2021 03:46 pm »

Every launch brings us a step closer to global connectivity.

@Arianespace shows the steps undergone to assemble the rocket for each launch. After yet another successful launch this week, the meticulous preparation is all the more rewarding!

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1438850226538926084

Rondaz · « **Reply #1569 on:** 09/18/2021 01:41 pm »

Two dispensers and ground support equipment for #OneWeb spacecraft were delivered to Baikonur . The specialists performed their unloading and further transportation to the site No. 112 of the cosmodrome. The next stage of activities is the movement of products to the storage location

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1439219129047736325

Rondaz · « **Reply #1570 on:** 09/18/2021 02:36 pm »

Dispensers and ground equipment delivered for OneWeb devices

09/18/2021 16:23

On Friday, September 17, 2021, two dispensers and ground support equipment for OneWeb spacecraft of two upcoming missions: No. 37 and 38 were delivered to the Baikonur cosmodrome. A group of containers with technical items arrived at the Krainy airport by an Il-76 aircraft.

Specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Objects, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) performed their unloading and further transportation to site No. 112 of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The next stage of technological measures is the movement of products to the storage location.

LEO OneWeb spacecraft are designed to provide terrestrial consumers with high-speed Internet. The company intends 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 through full coverage of the Earth's surface.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32628/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1571 on:** 09/21/2021 02:23 pm »

Vostochny continues to prepare for the upcoming launch

09/21/2021 16:19

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, intensive preparations are continuing for the upcoming launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage and OneWeb spacecraft as part of mission 49. A special board with a ground auxiliary arrived at the Ignatievo airport in Blagoveshchensk on September 18, 2021. equipment and two dispensers of a foreign customer for devices.

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) accepted the cargo, provided support for unloading, installation on vehicles and equipment transportation to the technical complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome. On September 20, the employees of the TsENKI branch carried out unloading of blocks at the warehouse and ensured the preparation of equipment. The dispenser is an integral part of the spacecraft - it is a transitional link between the upper stage and spacecraft.

This launch will be the sixth fully commercial launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome. It is being implemented by the European launch services provider Arianespace for OneWeb. Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roskosmos) is responsible for launching OneWeb vehicles using Soyuz-2 launch vehicles under contracts with Arianespace and the Russian-French company Starsem.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32658/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1572 on:** 09/21/2021 02:27 pm »

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, intensive preparations continue for the launch of #OneWeb spacecraft as part of mission 49.

A special board with ground support equipment and two foreign customer dispensers for spacecraft arrived at Ignatievo airport.

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1440321101557469190

Rondaz · « **Reply #1573 on:** 09/21/2021 02:31 pm »

We are pleased to announce our acquisition of TrustComm Inc. As a subsidiary of #OneWeb, they will be known as OneWeb Technologies, and we are excited to work together to bring next-generation connectivity to governments and strategic partners.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1440321039116898310

Rondaz · « **Reply #1574 on:** 09/22/2021 12:39 pm »

The low-Earth satellite platform from @OneWeb will be used by @ATT to extend its broadband network past its fiber network's coverage areas to serve enterprise & govt. customers in remote areas.

https://twitter.com/SBLeaders/status/1440370489730506752

Rondaz · « **Reply #1575 on:** 09/24/2021 07:55 pm »

Launch complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome began preparations for launch

09/24/2021 21:41

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, preparations have begun for the Soyuz launch complex for the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 36 spacecraft of the OneWeb satellite company.

On the morning of September 23, 2021, a joint calculation of the preparation of the launch complex for launch took place, consisting of specialists from the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground Space Infrastructure Facilities), the S.A. Lavochkin and the Progress Rocket and Space Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation). The participants of the upcoming launch were assigned tasks to prepare the technological equipment of the launch complex and to comply with all measures and requirements to ensure safety during work.

In accordance with the schedule on September 24, a set of measures was taken to prepare the filling equipment. At the 52-meter Mobile Service Tower, replaceable equipment was inspected and tested, as well as equipment that provides personnel access to hatches and fuel necks of a space rocket.

The launch of 36 OneWeb spacecraft is scheduled for October 2021 from the Soyuz launch complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32716/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1576 on:** 09/24/2021 08:08 pm »

At Vostochny, preparations have begun for the Soyuz launch complex for the launch of 36 #OneWeb spacecraft . Today, we held activities to prepare the filling equipment. At the 52m Mobile Service Tower, replacement equipment was inspected and tested.

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1441476024684797960

Rondaz · « **Reply #1577 on:** 09/25/2021 12:06 pm »

36 OneWeb satellites delivered to Russia for launch in October.

36 OneWeb satellites delivered to Russia for launch by Soyuz rocket in October.

11:03 09/25/2021

MOSCOW, September 25 - RIA Novosti. Another 36 British communications satellites OneWeb have been delivered to Russia for launch by the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome in October, Roscosmos reported .

"A few minutes ago, a new batch of 36 OneWeb spacecraft was delivered to the Ignatievo airport ( Blagoveshchensk ) by the An-124-100 aircraft," the state corporation said on Twitter .

Earlier it was reported that the launch of satellites, which will be delivered to Vostochny during Sunday, is scheduled for October 14.

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. Ten have already been completed: four from Baikonur, five from Vostochny and one from Kuru, 322 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 .

https://ria.ru/20210925/sputniki-1751752102.html

Rondaz · « **Reply #1578 on:** 09/25/2021 12:17 pm »

A new batch of 36 @OneWeb satellites was delivered to Ignatievo airport (Blagoveshchensk, Russia) by an An-124-100 aircraft.

The specialists of the #Vostochny Space Center will transport the satellites to the cosmodrome today. The launch is scheduled for next month!

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1441663359342899205

Rondaz · « **Reply #1579 on:** 09/25/2021 12:18 pm »

A few minutes ago in Ignatievo (Blagoveshchensk) airport airplane An-124-100 delivered a new batch of 36 satellites #OneWeb

Specialists Space Center # East during the day will transport them to the spaceport. The launch is scheduled for next month!

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1441662020680552448