OneWeb has now launched over half of its LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity.
OneWeb launched 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. This latest launch brings OneWebs total in-orbit constellation to 358 satellites, over half of OneWebs entire 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity.
OneWebs satellites were separated from the rocket in nine batches over a period of three hours 52 minutes with the signal acquisition on all 36 satellites confirmed.
With this successful launch, OneWeb celebrates the start of service demonstrations which showcase the networks hardware and capabilities across an array of applications. OneWeb has demo centres open at the companys headquarters in London and at the Westcott Venture Park Innovation Centre in Buckinghamshire, as well as in the US in Talkeetna, Alaska and Germantown, Maryland.
In the past month, the company has announced partnerships with Galaxy Broadband, as well as the completed acquisition of the company formerly known as TrustComm, now OneWeb Technologies, together with the announcement of funding from Hanwha Systems and additional funding from Eutelsat.
OneWeb is now over the halfway point toward delivering global service by 2022 and is seeing growing demand from telecommunications providers, ISPs, and governments worldwide to offer its low-latency, high-speed connectivity services. OneWeb has raised $2.7bn since November 2020, with no debt issuance.
Neil Masterson, CEO of OneWeb, said: Now is a truly exciting time for OneWebs global communications network. Our talented team and partners across the globe have made enormous strides while remaining sharply focused on delivering our network. As we continue to expand and solidify new agreements, we see major demand for our services from global customers. I am incredibly proud of the team and all our partners for delivering another successful launch and taking our satellite constellation past the halfway mark.
