OneWeb Signs With SpaceX For Launch Services

Another 53 SpaceX Starlink satellites reached orbit on March 19 following launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The company plans to begin deploying OneWeb's broadband constellation as well.
Credit: SpaceX
Eighteen days after OneWeb decided to suspend launches of its broadband satellites from Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company has signed with SpaceX. With 428 satellites—about 66% of its constellation—already in orbit, OneWeb said on March 21 it hopes to resume flights this...
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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