Proposed OneWeb global satellite network acquires 60 rocket launchers
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028989
BBC : An ambitious satellite project to provide global internet service recently acquired 60 rocket launchers. Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson has promised at least 39 LauncherOne rockets to the OneWeb satellite network, and the European multinational Arianespace will provide another 21 Soyuz launchers. The Russian-made Soyuz rockets are capable of launching as many as 36 satellites at a time. Despite numerous high-level business partners, including European aerospace giant Airbus, Coca Cola, and Intelsat, OneWeb is still raising the necessary funds and trying to lower the cost of each of the some 700 satellites that will eventually form the network.
