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British OneWeb launches Internet satellites for the first time without the help of a Russian launch vehicle

  • October 23, 2022
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India’s launch vehicle GSLV has launched 36 internet satellites from London-based OneWeb. This was reported by the BBC, Ukrinform reports. It took an hour and a half to

British OneWeb launches Internet satellites for the first time without the help of a Russian launch vehicle

British OneWeb launches Internet satellites for the first time without the help of a Russian launch vehicle

India’s launch vehicle GSLV has launched 36 internet satellites from London-based OneWeb.

This was reported by the BBC, Ukrinform reports.

It took an hour and a half to evacuate all the satellites 600km high, as the rocket carrying the British Internet satellites was launched from the Indian island of Sriharikota, but it will take a few more weeks to put them into space. operational 1200 km polar orbit.

The BBC points out that Sunday’s launch brought OneWeb’s satellites in orbit to 462, more than 70% of the total the company needed to achieve worldwide coverage with the first-generation constellation.

The launch of these satellites into orbit was the first for OneWeb company not to be accomplished with the help of a Russian launch vehicle. OneWeb’s cooperation with Roskosmos was halted in March due to Russia’s war against Ukraine and Western sanctions against the Russian Federation.

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Source: Ukrinform

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