OneWeb Gets $1.2 Billion To Mass-Produce Spacecraft
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Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. is set to provide $1 billion of a $1.2 billion capital fund for OneWeb Ltd. to use in developing technology and building a constellation of at least 720 low Earth (LEO) orbit communications smallsats to extend Internet connectivity worldwide. OneWeb said Dec. 19 that its...
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