by Matt Wilson | Mar 30, 2020 | Finance, History, Satellites, Seradata News
OneWeb LLC, a major player in the nascent LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite communications market, put itself into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a New York court on 27 March 2020. It follows failure to negotiate additional funding, which was partly blamed on the “market... 
by David Todd | Mar 23, 2020 | Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
While COVID-19 has hobbled the launch plans of many satellite operators at other sites, Russia and China are continuing with their programmes. Thus, while Arianespace’s Soyuz launches from Sinnamary, near Kourou in French Guiana, have been suspended, its Russian... 
by Matt Wilson | Feb 7, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
Launching at 2142 GMT, 6 February 2020, a Soyuz 2-1B rocket has carried 34 OneWeb satellites to LEO. The launch, which lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, was part of a contract signed between OneWeb and Arianespace. This mission, utilising one of the... 
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News
With the Sutherland Space Port chosen for vertical launches to near-polar low Earth orbits, another UK airport was needed to act as a spaceport for horizontal, aircraft-carried launch vehicles for orbital and suborbital missions. The UK government has approved Newquay... 
by Matt Wilson | May 7, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
At the OneWeb keynote session at SATELLITE 2019, CEO Adrian Steckel, accompanied by SoftBank Managing Director Alex Clavel, gave insight into the company’s plans for the coming year. OneWeb feels ready to begin production of satellites at its new Florida manufacturing...
