OneWeb Resumes Satellite Launches With Soyuz Flight

Maxim Pyadushkin Irene Klotz December 19, 2020
A Soyuz-2.1b lifts off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome carrying 36 OneWeb satellites.
Credit: Arianespace
MOSCOW—Russia’s Roscosmos State Corp. successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-lift rocket from Vostochny spaceport in the country’s far east on Dec. 18, returning OneWeb satellites to orbit after the company emerged from bankruptcy. The Fregat booster with 36 OneWeb satellites separated from the...
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.

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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