A batch of 36 OneWeb satellites arrives at Vostochny
VOSTOCHNY, September 25. - A batch of 36 OneWeb communication satellites was delivered to Ignatievo airport (Blagoveshchensk) by an An-124-100 aircraft on Saturday. The specialists of the Space Center Vostochny (a branch of TsENKI, part of Roscosmos) transported the satellites to the cosmodrome. There the joint technical team that combines the specialists of Roscosmos enterprises - Progress Space Rocket Center, Lavochkin Association, TsENKI, Russian Space Systems, Glavkosmos and those of the foreign customers, started preparing the satellites for the launch on board the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage. The launch operated by the European launch services provider Arianespace is scheduled for October of 2021.
These activities are carried out under the contracts of Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roscosmos) with Arianespace and the company Starsem.
To date, the fleet of OneWeb satellites in the low Earth orbit consists of 322 spacecraft, and hundreds more are to be launched. The upcoming launch should bring the number of OneWeb spacecraft in orbit to 358.
OneWeb low Earth orbit satellites are designed to provide consumers on the ground with high-speed Internet.
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Glavkosmos, JSC is a subsidiary of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos. The main task of the company is to promote the achievements of the Russian rocket and space industry to world markets and to manage complex international projects. During its thirty-five year history, the company has successfully fulfilled over 140 international contracts, including the launch of more than 150 spacecraft as a secondary payload.
ROSCOSMOS is a State Corporation established in August 2015 to carry out a comprehensive reform of the Russian rocket and space industry. ROSCOSMOS ensures the implementation of the state policy in space activities and its normative and legal regulations, as well as places orders for the design, production and supply of space equipment and space infrastructure. Its functions also include the development of international space cooperation, as well as the establishing of environment for application of space domain achievements for the social and economic development in Russia.