OUR OneWeBsatellite internet company announced a partnership with New Space India use company rockets in satellite launch missions. The new contract of the company is another one that arose as compensation for the end of cooperation with roscosmos, Russian Space Agency, after military sanctions imposed by Putin. Previously One Web announced that it would also use rockets from SpaceXits competitor, to send its satellites into space.

British satellites launch directly from India

With partnership announcement One Webbased in England will use the Satish Dhawan Space Center located in the island city of Sriharikota in southeast India. British company and New Space India, which is a commercial contract arm of the Indian Space Agency, did not disclose how many launches will be made under the partnership. The rocket will be a Geosynchronous Satellite Launcher, the highest capacity equipment of the Indian Space Research Organization (India Space Agency).

Previously One Web launched 450 satellites using rockets Union production Russia. However roscosmos demanded that the company sever all ties with the British government in order to maintain the contract between the two parties, and also asked for guarantees that the satellites would not be used for military purposes. Measure roscosmos was given as “revenge” for the sanctions imposed on the country because of the war in Ukraine.

OneWeb also pursued its competitor

In March One Web announced a partnership with SpaceX, a competitor in satellite internet, to use the company’s rockets. The contract with a competitor was signed shortly after the British company announced the suspension of all launches from roscosmos. It has not yet been announced when One Web will conduct its next launches without Soyuz missiles.

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Source: Cosmos