OneWeb confirms
successful deployment of 40 satellites launched with
SpaceX
January 10, 2023
OneWeb confirmed the successful
deployment of 40 satellites launched by SpaceX from
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This launch is
OneWeb’s 16th to-date, with only two more launches
remaining to complete its first-generation
constellation enabling global connectivity in 2023.
Lift-off took place on Sunday,
9 January 2023 at 11:50 p.m. ET (local). OneWeb’s
satellites separated successfully from the rocket
and were dispensed in three phases over a period of
1 hour and 35 minutes, with signal acquisition on
all 40 satellites confirmed.
With 542 satellites now in
orbit, OneWeb has more than 80% of its
first-generation constellation launched. With this
launch, OneWeb kicks-off its ‘Countdown to Global
Connectivity’ campaign marking the final launches
remaining to complete its first-generation LEO
satellite constellation that will offer high-speed,
low-latency connectivity solutions.
OneWeb has connectivity
solutions active today with its distribution
partners in Alaska, Canada, the UK, Greenland and
wider Arctic area, with expanded services coming
online soon across the U.S, southern Europe,
Australia, Middle East and more. With each new area
covered, OneWeb and its partners can provide
internet connectivity to a greater number of
unserved and underserved rural and remote
communities and businesses.
Neil Masterson, Chief Executive
Officer of OneWeb, commented: “Today’s launch is a
thrilling way to start 2023 and at OneWeb, this
launch brings us even closer to completing our
constellation and launching connectivity services
around the world. OneWeb believes that connection
everywhere changes everything and each of these
launches provides us with more capacity to help our
partners connect communities, businesses, and
governments around the world. I want to thank SpaceX
for their continued support, which has now brought
about two successful launches. Every launch is a
team effort, and we are grateful to everyone who
makes these incredible moments possible.”
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