Soyuz-STB/Fregat-M (VS21) - OneWeb (x6) - (21:37 UTC) February 27, 2019

[Jester]

without you know what in hi-res

[Bean Kenobi]

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 !

Names finally announced by Oneweb :
- SherpaSat (Nepal)
- ChinghizSat (Kyrgyzstan)
- IcyerekezoSat (Rwanda)
- ChusigSat (Ecuador)
- LempiraSat (Honduras)
- NanuqSat (Alaska, USA)

[Jester]

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 !

Names finally announced by Oneweb :
- SherpaSat (Nepal)
- ChinghizSat (Kyrgyzstan)
- IcyerekezoSat (Rwanda)
- ChusigSat (Ecuador)
- LempiraSat (Honduras)
- NanuqSat (Alaska, USA)

Thanks, but which is which and a source link ?

[Steven Pietrobon]

Thanks, but which is which and a source link ?

https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.762.txt

OneWeb arranged for schoolchildren in six schools around the world to
give names to the satellites:

  OneWeb-0006 SherpaSat  - named by students from Khairkola, Nepal after
            Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (1961-1993), the first woman to climb Everest.
 
  OneWeb-0007 ChinghizSat - named by students from Kotur-Suu, Kyrgyzstan after
            Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928-2008), Kyrgyz novelist and diplomat.
 
  OneWeb-0008 IcyerekezoSat - named by students from Nkombo Island, Rwanda
    aftger the Kinyarwanda word for 'vision'.

  OneWeb-0010 ChusigSat - named by students from Santa Cruz, Ecuador,
    after Eugenio Espejo (1747-1795), journalist, lawyer and activist;
    Espejo is thought to have had the Kichwa name Chusig,

  OneWeb-0011 LempiraSat - named by students from Siguatepeque, Honduras
    after Lempira (1499?-1537), leader of the Lenca people.

  OneWeb-0012 NanuqSat - named by students from Anchorage, Alaska after
    a divine polar bear from Inupiaq legend.

[Bean Kenobi]

Jester, my source was Oneweb's Twitter posts :

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1103039417521000448

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1103495257893818368

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1103716071264141312

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1103932624102289408

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1104030467597176833

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1104062322237231105

Note that posts are numbered from 1/6 to 6/6.

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post:

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1146168460059316224

Mission Update: Corks popped from UK to VA last week as we hit an exciting milestone. All our satellites reached final mission orbit of 1,200 km & are communicating with our ground systems. Learn more about our satellites at: http://bit.ly/2ROPw78  🛰️  #ConnectivityEverywhere