Author Topic: Soyuz-STB/Fregat-M (VS21) - OneWeb (x6) - (21:37 UTC) February 27, 2019 (Read 42464 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #140 on:** 02/27/2019 10:03 pm »

Drone shot of launch.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #141 on:** 02/27/2019 10:15 pm »

Confirmation of separation!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #142 on:** 02/27/2019 10:16 pm »

Hugs all round.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #143 on:** 02/27/2019 10:16 pm »

Success!

Thanks again to Steven for the awesome coverage!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #144 on:** 02/27/2019 10:18 pm »

Arianespace CEO.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #145 on:** 02/27/2019 10:24 pm »

OneWeb CEO.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #146 on:** 02/27/2019 10:26 pm »

Group photo.

Airbus Defence and Space President.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #147 on:** 02/27/2019 10:31 pm »

Next launches are PRISMA on 14 March and O3b on 29 March.

New agreement with OneWeb. Maiden flight for Ariane 62 to launch OneWeb satellites.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #148 on:** 02/27/2019 10:33 pm »

Mission accomplished!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #149 on:** 02/27/2019 10:35 pm »

Wrapping up webcast.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #150 on:** 02/27/2019 10:38 pm »

End of webcast.

Congratulations to Arianespace and OneWeb for the successful first launch of the OneWeb constellation!

Bean Kenobi · « **Reply #151 on:** 02/27/2019 11:05 pm »

Does anybody managed to catch the names of the 6 satellites launched tonight ?

They spoke about them during the launch, starting at T+17:00.

I caught these ones :
- Nanuq Polar Oso (Alaska, USA)
- Icyerekezo (Rwanda)
- Sherpasat (Nepal)

But I didn't clearly heard the names of the 3 others :
- Lampirasat ?? (Honduras)
- Tchousigsat ?? (Ecuador)
- Tchingusat ?? (Kyrgyzstan)

Thanks !

jacqmans · « **Reply #152 on:** 02/28/2019 06:02 am »

February 27, 2019

Connecting everyone, everywhere: Arianespace orbits the first six OneWeb satellites on its latest Soyuz success

Arianespace played a significant role in improving global connectivity with today’s Soyuz launch that deployed the initial six satellites in OneWeb’s constellation – which will provide affordable high-speed internet access for users around the world.

The cluster of spacecraft – produced by the OneWeb Satellites joint venture of OneWeb and Airbus – was successfully deployed into a circular low Earth orbit on Arianespace’s first Soyuz mission of 2019 (and the launch services company’s second mission overall this year).

Lifting off from the Spaceport precisely at the scheduled 6:37 p.m. launch time in French Guiana, the workhorse medium-lift vehicle delivered its payload during a flight lasting 1 hour and 22 minutes. Total payload lift performance was estimated at 1,945.2 kg.

After an initial powered phase of Soyuz’ three lower stages, the flight – designated VS21 in Arianespace’s numbering system – included two burns of the Fregat upper stage to place its passengers at their targeted deployment point.

An ambitious partnership becomes a reality

Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël congratulated OneWeb in his post-launch comments from the Spaceport and underscored the importance of today’s Soyuz success for both companies: “This initial mission makes our ambitious partnership – built around the launch of more than 600 OneWeb satellites – a reality.”

OneWeb is building the world’s largest and highest throughput satellite system to connect everyone, everywhere – by land, air, sea with a vision to bridge the digital divide once and for all. The first six spacecraft will operate at an altitude of 1,200 km. in a constellation that will deliver extremely low latency for customers and provide communications access to the entire world with fiber-quality internet connectivity.

The initial constellation will be compromised of approximately 650 satellites and will scale to more than 900 spacecraft as it grows to meet demand around the world. OneWeb signed a contract with Arianespace in 2015 for a total of 21 Soyuz flights from three launch bases (the Spaceport in French Guiana; Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and Vostochny in Russia), to be performed through 2020.

Following today’s launch success, Stéphane Israël announced that Arianespace and OneWeb have reached an agreement that completes the current launch services order. This agreement is for OneWeb’s use of Ariane 6’s inaugural flight in its A62 version, as well as options for two future Ariane 6 missions.

Connecting the world

The OneWeb constellation will support a wide range of markets, including aeronautics, maritime, backhaul services, community Wi-Fi, emergency response services and more. The operator also is focused on connecting unconnected schools and working to bridge the digital divide for people everywhere.

Speaking at the Spaceport, OneWeb CEO Adrian Steckel noted the group effort of many participants, including Arianespace, that led to today’s launch. “The notion of doing good is deep in the foundations of our company – and we are looking forward to doing our part in connecting the world, together with our partners,” he explained.

Nicolas Chamussy, Executive Vice President – Space Systems at Airbus Defence and Space, acknowledged Arianespace’s important role in this first step of establishing the OneWeb constellation. “I would like to thank Arianespace and Stéphane Israël: you and your teams have delivered spot-on, providing world-class access to space,” Chamussy said.

Maintaining the Spaceport’s 2019 launch cadence

Today’s success marked Soyuz’ 21st flight from the Spaceport since this vehicle’s 2011 introduction at French Guiana, as well as the second Arianespace mission from this equatorial launch site in 2019 – following the heavy-lift Ariane 5 flight that orbited Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 and GSAT-31 on February 5.

With a busy launch schedule in 2019, Arianespace targets up to 12 missions from the Spaceport with Ariane 5, Soyuz and the light-lift Vega.

http://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/soyuz-vs21-success-oneweb/

jacqmans · « **Reply #153 on:** 02/28/2019 06:03 am »

February 27, 2019

Arianespace successfully performs the first of 21 launches for the OneWeb constellation

Flight VS21 - Arianespace’s second launch of the year - took place on Wednesday, February 27, at 6:37 p.m., (Kourou time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana (South America).

By operating this maiden flight, the first of 21 launches contracted by OneWeb in 2015, Arianespace contributes to the fulfilment of its customer’s ultimate ambition: providing Internet access to everyone, everywhere.

The maiden mission for OneWeb brought the number of constellation satellites orbited by Arianespace to 109, which demonstrates a remarkable ability to meet the needs of this market segment with its current and future family of launchers.

Stéphane Israël, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer, said: “By deploying the OneWeb constellation, Arianespace also accomplishes its mission: ‘Using space for a better life on Earth’ when participating in the build-up of a global communications network that will bridge the digital divide. The success of this first flight marks the go-ahead of 20 more Soyuz launches contracted by OneWeb in 2015, representing more than 600 satellites to be orbited in less than two years – and we take great pride in working toward such an objective!”

Arianespace at the service of global communications

As the opening launch on behalf of the satellite operator OneWeb, today’s flight VS21 paves the way for the deployment phase of its initial constellation – for which Arianespace is to operate 20 more medium-lift Soyuz launches from three spaceports (Kourou in French Guiana; Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and Vostochny in Russia) through 2020.

OneWeb’s mission is to deliver global communications through a next-generation satellite constellation that brings seamless connectivity to everyone, everywhere.

Placed in low-Earth orbit at an altitude of 1,000 km., the constellation will provide high-speed, low latency services to a wide range of markets, including aviation, maritime, backhaul services, community Wi-Fi, emergency response services and more, delivering high-speed access around the world – by air, sea and land.

OneWeb Satellites – a joint-venture between OneWeb and Airbus Defence and Space – is the constellation’s prime contractor.

OneWeb’s initial constellation will be composed of approximately 650 satellites and could expand to more than 900 as it grows to meet demand around the world. Commercial services are scheduled to begin in 2021.

Arianespace demonstrates its capacity to deploy all types of satellite constellations

With its current family of launchers (Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega) and the future family (Ariane 6 and Vega C), Arianespace is perflecly positioned for the growth market of satellite constellations – including for navigation, telecommunications or Earth observation.

Indeed, since the early 1990s, Arianespace has launched a total of 83 commercial constellation satellites; composed of 56 satellites for Globalstar, 16 for O3b, six for OneWeb, four for Planet and one for Orbcomm; as well as 26 institutional constellation satellites for the European Space Agency ESA and the European Commission as part of the Galileo program.

http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/arianespace-successfully-performs-the-first-of-21-launches-for-the-oneweb-constellation/

jacqmans · « **Reply #154 on:** 02/28/2019 06:09 am »

Lewis007 · « **Reply #155 on:** 02/28/2019 06:43 am »

Some additional launch pics
(credit: CSG/CNES facebook)

Artyom. · « **Reply #156 on:** 02/28/2019 12:49 pm »

input~2 · « **Reply #157 on:** 02/28/2019 01:34 pm »

6 objects cataloged so far 2019-010A/44057 to 2019-10F/44062

2019-010A/44057 in 988 x 1011 km x 87.77°

SMS · « **Reply #158 on:** 02/28/2019 09:10 pm »

https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/1101221736530481153

jacqmans · « **Reply #159 on:** 03/01/2019 01:03 pm »