SpaceX Delivers 40 OneWeb Satellites Into Orbit

Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from here on Jan. 9 to deliver 40 satellites into low Earth orbit for OneWeb, a competitor to the SpaceX-owned Starlink service in the fast-growing broadband-via-satellite industry. The launch was the 16th devoted to deploying OneWeb’s initial 648...
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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