Author Topic: Eutelsat OneWeb: Constellation - General Thread (Read 682233 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #1620 on:** 10/12/2021 12:03 pm »

We are thrilled to be collaborating with @NewSpaceIndia. The collaboration brings potential for #OneWeb to use the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle as platforms to launch our satellites from 2022.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1447848570653188102

Rondaz · « **Reply #1621 on:** 10/12/2021 06:54 pm »

“Can LEO Meet the Changing Arctic’s Connectivity Needs?” #OneWeb Head of Government Services, @DylBrowne, appears in @Via_Satellite discussing the importance of LEO in the Arctic, underscoring our mission to bring connectivity to remote areas.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1447968651869659138

Joseph Peterson · « **Reply #1622 on:** 10/12/2021 09:38 pm »

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OneWeb looking to India for launches
Meanwhile, OneWeb — which counts India’s Bharti Global as its largest shareholder — announced a letter of intent Oct. 11 with NewSpace India Limited, the commercial arm of India’s space agency ISRO, to launch OneWeb satellites on PSLV and GSLV Mark 3 rockets as soon as 2022. The letter is non-binding, but OneWeb said it and NewSpace India would work to turn it into a binding contract. OneWeb is deploying its initial constellation using Soyuz rockets through a contract with Arianespace.

OneWeb’s letter of intent was highlighted during Modi’s event. “We are delighted to have OneWeb looking into how our launch capabilities can help meet their global ambition to connect people everywhere,” said ISRO Chairman K. Sivan. “We are making tremendous progress and India is advancing its space capabilities and we look forward to working together.”

https://spacenews.com/indias-pm-vows-broader-public-private-cooperation-for-exponential-innovation-in-space-sector/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1623 on:** 10/13/2021 09:58 am »

The third starting day at the Vostochny cosmodrome

10/13/2021 09:15

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, intensive preparations are continuing for the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage and 36 new OneWeb spacecraft. Today, a joint crew of specialists from subsidiaries of the State Corporation Roscosmos has started to perform operations on the third launch day.

The day before, work was carried out according to the schedule of the second launch day, which ended with general tests - checking the functioning of the systems of the launch complex with an imitation of the separation of the launch vehicle, its flight to the separation of the orbital block. The main content of the work today is the pouring of the filling system with highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide and the cooling of the fuel.

At 04:30 Moscow time (10:30 local time), the initial state and charge of the batteries of the OneWeb spacecraft were monitored. At 08:10 Moscow time, the pouring of the refueling system with highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide began, then the attachment of the refueling hoses to the Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat / OneWeb space rocket and the final operations.

On Thursday morning, a meeting of the State Commission will take place, where decisions will be made on refueling the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with propellants and launching at the appointed time. The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 36 OneWeb spacecraft is scheduled for October 14, 2021 at 12:40 Moscow time. This will be the sixth fully commercial launch from Vostochny, carried out under contracts between Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) and the European launch services provider Arianespace, Starsem, for OneWeb from this cosmodrome. OneWeb spacecraft are designed to create a space communications system that provides high-speed Internet access anywhere on Earth.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32944/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1624 on:** 10/13/2021 10:22 am »

At the # Vostochny cosmodrome , preparations for the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with #OneWeb spacecraft continue.

Today, Roskosmos specialists have started operations on the third launch day:

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448192769911054336

Rondaz · « **Reply #1625 on:** 10/14/2021 04:47 am »

A Russian Soyuz rocket loaded with 36 OneWeb internet satellites is set to launch Thursday from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.

Launch is set for 5:40am EDT (0940 GMT) on a four-hour mission to deploy the 36 satellites into polar orbit.

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1448476279574081538

Rondaz · « **Reply #1626 on:** 10/14/2021 11:47 am »

3.. 2.. 1.. LIFTOFF!

The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle together with the Fregat booster and 36 @OneWeb communication satellites lifted off from the #Vostochny cosmodrome.

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448584623680856066

Rondaz · « **Reply #1627 on:** 10/14/2021 11:50 am »

There is a separation of the first four #OneWeb satellites from the Fregat upper stage. Satellite

If you missed today's launch from the # Vostochny cosmodrome , then we have prepared a short video

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448607499830054917

Rondaz · « **Reply #1628 on:** 10/14/2021 11:51 am »

The second batch of four #OneWeb satellites also routinely separated from the Russian upper stage "Fregat" at 14:17 Moscow time.

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448609097172013057

Rondaz · « **Reply #1629 on:** 10/14/2021 12:19 pm »

The State Commission decided to launch from Vostochny on October 14

10/14/2021 07:58

At the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region, a meeting of the State Commission was held, at which the issues of the readiness of the space rocket as part of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle of the Fregat upper stage and 36 new OneWeb vehicles in the framework of mission 49 were considered. of the passed tests, the members of the commission decided to refuel the launch vehicle and launch it at 12:40:10 Moscow time on October 14, 2021.

In accordance with the pre-launch schedule, Roscosmos specialists at 08:10 Moscow time will begin work on refueling the rocket with propellants: highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide, liquid oxygen and nitrogen, as well as kerosene. After that, at 10:45 Moscow time, the final operations will begin at the launch complex: withdrawal of the maintenance cabin into the niche of the launch structure, an automatic pre-launch cycle of the control system, withdrawal of the mobile maintenance tower, as well as restoration of the spacecraft separation system to the flight configuration.

Watch the live broadcast of prelaunch operations, launch and flight of the launch vehicle on the official pages of the State Corporation Roscosmos in social networks and in the section "Live broadcasts" from 11:30 Moscow time.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32952/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1630 on:** 10/14/2021 12:22 pm »

The 11th launch of the OneWeb program took place

10/14/2021 12:50

Today, October 14, 2021, at 12:40:10 Moscow time, the launching crews of the subsidiaries of the State Corporation Roscosmos at the Vostochny cosmodrome launched a space rocket as part of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle, the Fregat upper stage and 36 OneWeb spacecraft as part of mission 49. After 562 seconds, at 12:49:32 Moscow time, the upper stage on a suborbital flight trajectory separated from the third stage of the rocket. This launch was the 17th launch of Russian space rockets in 2021.

According to telemetry information from the Central Information Center of Roskosmos, the launch, separation of stages and the orbital block were fully completed in normal mode. After that, the Fregat upper stage continued to put 36 vehicles into orbit. To launch them into a target circular orbit with an altitude of 450 kilometers, an "accelerator" produced by the S.А. Lavochkin (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) will turn on the main engine twice. In accordance with the flight cyclogram, the separation of satellites is planned in nine stages at different points of the orbit in the interval from 13:58 Moscow time to 16:31 Moscow time on October 14, 2021. With this launch, the OneWeb LEO constellation will increase by another 36 satellites and will reach 358.

Today's launch was the sixth commercial launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome, implemented under contracts between Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) with the European launch services provider Arianespace (operator of OneWeb spacecraft launches using Soyuz-2 launch vehicles) and Starsem for the satellite operator. group OneWeb from the Russian cosmodrome.

The Soyuz-2 launch vehicle was developed on the basis of the Soyuz-U serial rocket. The lead developer is the Progress Rocket and Space Center (Samara, part of Roscosmos). Upgraded propulsion systems and modern control and measurement systems are used on launch vehicles of the Soyuz-2 family, which improves technical and operational characteristics. Structurally "Soyuz-2", like all missiles of the "Soyuz" family, is made according to the scheme of longitudinal-transverse division of rocket stages. In combination with the Fregat upper stage, it is intended for launching spacecraft into low-earth orbits of various heights and inclinations, including geo-transfer and geostationary orbits, as well as departure trajectories.

Liquid-propellant rocket engines RD-107A and RD-108A are used at the first and second stages of the launch vehicle, and at the third stage, the four-chamber RD-0124. With the help of RD-107 and RD-108 developments of the Scientific and Production Association "Energomash" named after academician V.P. Glushko (Khimki, part of Roscosmos) reliably ensures the implementation of the domestic program of manned flights and spacecraft launch. To date, work has been carried out to modernize the basic RD-107 engines for the first stage and RD-108 engines for the second stage - 18 modifications for various programs.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/32954/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1631 on:** 10/14/2021 12:23 pm »

OneWeb Spacecraft Launch October 14: Highlights

Rondaz · « **Reply #1632 on:** 10/14/2021 01:07 pm »

Plus #OneWeb 16 satellites in Earth orbit! We have just received confirmation of the separation of four more batches of spacecraft from the satellite company #OneWeb.

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448630963114811393

Rondaz · « **Reply #1633 on:** 10/14/2021 01:07 pm »

The seventh batch of #OneWeb satellites in normal mode has just separated from the Fregat upper stage produced by the S.А. Lavochkin!

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448633257461964810

Rondaz · « **Reply #1634 on:** 10/14/2021 01:14 pm »

@OneWeb launch tracker.

https://twitter.com/Megaconstellati/status/1448590886363881475

Rondaz · « **Reply #1635 on:** 10/14/2021 01:36 pm »

Seventh separation confirmed! We now have released 28 @OneWeb’s satellites.

https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1448634006644330497

Rondaz · « **Reply #1636 on:** 10/14/2021 04:03 pm »

All 36 communication satellites #OneWeb have successfully separated from the Russian upper stage "Fregat" and launched into target orbits! // All 36 @OneWeb communications satellites successfully separated from the Russian Fregat upper stage!

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448654203501506566

Rondaz · « **Reply #1637 on:** 10/14/2021 04:04 pm »

The #OneWeb satellites are in the normal mode in a target circular orbit with an altitude of 450 kilometers. The satellites will carry out the further transition to an orbit with an altitude of 1200 kilometers with the help of their engines.

And this is how today's launch looked like from various angles

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448656963739394058

Rondaz · « **Reply #1638 on:** 10/14/2021 04:06 pm »

Mission success! All 36 #OneWeb satellites reached their target orbits! Congratulations, @roscosmos, @Arianespace, @OneWeb,
@ProgressSamara, @laspace_ru and #TsENKI!

https://twitter.com/glavkosmosJSC/status/1448659451733372933

Rondaz · « **Reply #1639 on:** 10/14/2021 04:07 pm »

Now the #OneWeb constellation in orbit comprises 358 of the planned 648 satellites.

They are intended to create a space communications system that provides high-speed Internet access anywhere in the world.

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1448661119006957573