nine month hiatus
Indo-English constellation spread OneWeb for the global internet has been dead for nine months, with the last launch on February 10th, using the launcher soyuz implemented since Guyana Space Center.
The next batch is supposed to launch on March 4th from the cosmodrome Baikonurin Kazakhstan, still in Soyuz.
But he canceled after Dmitry Rogozingeneral manager Roscosmosthe state agency in charge of Russia’s space activities, has launched surreal ultimatumdemanded that Britain withdraw from the OneWeb capital, and that the constellation satellites have no military application.
Two fallbacks
In April, two replacement operators were selected by OneWeb to carry out the mission left by Russia at the end of the first quarter of 2023: SpaceX on one sideand NSIL (NewSpace India Limited), a commercial subsidiary of the Indian Space Agency (isro), Besides that.
Return of GLSV
NSIL who opened the ball on 22 October, calling for a chance on Isro’s heavy thrower, the LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark 3).
OneWeb India Mission 1 launch takes place from space center Satish Dhawanon Sriharikotaon the east coast of India.
All 36 payloads were successfully deployed at an altitude of 601 km, with an inclination of 87.4°.
Thus, the OneWeb constellation now has 464 first-generation satellites in orbit, out of the required 648.
The next batch will be launched in December by Falcon 9 from SpaceX.
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