Half Of OneWeb Constellation Now In Orbit After 10th Arianespace Launch

Roscosmos
A Soyuz 2.1b rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with a 10th batch of OneWeb satellites.
Credit: Roscosmos
MOSCOW—Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate successfully conducted a 10th launch for satellite broadband provider OneWeb, sending a Russian-made Soyuz 2.1b medium-lift rocket into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The booster, operated by Roscosmos, lifted off at 11:07 p.m. local...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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