by David Todd | Jul 3, 2020 | Finance, History, Military space, Satellites
OneWeb, the partially completed low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite constellation, currently moribund in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has at least for now been rescued. For having already raised (and used) US$3.4 billion to build and launch 74... by David Todd | Jun 29, 2020 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
The UK Government is reportedly providing £500 million as part of one of the bids for the partially completed OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite constellation, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. With a UK version of the EU’s Galileo... 
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...
