A SpaceX rocket launches 40 Internet satellites of the OneWeb network

The American company SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket with 40 broadband satellites of its rival communications company OneWeb.

SpaceX reported that twitterReports Ukrinform.

Take off! pic.twitter.com/xYOwyBucPi

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 10, 2023

The launch took place from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:50 PM EST on Monday (6:50 PM Kyiv time).

The company said the first reusable stage of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle has landed at Landing Zone 1 at the Cape Canaveral Space Center.

Later SpaceX approvedsatellites were deployed.

As Ukrinform reports, SpaceX launched 40 OneWeb satellites into orbit for the first time in early December.

OneWeb is building a network of 648 satellites that will provide Internet services to customers around the world. The London-based company has already launched 502 satellites using Russian Soyuz rockets, mostly operated by the French company Arianespace.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb signed launch agreements with SpaceX and NewSpace India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Source: Ukrinform

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