OneWeb nadal rozwija konstelację 18.12. o 12:26:26 z Wostocznego wystrzelona została RN Sojuz-2.1b/Fregat-M, która wyniesie pomiędzy T+1h 14' 11" a T+3h 48' 26" na orbitę o przybliżonych parametrach: hp=450 km, ha=450 km, i=87,4° 36 satelitów konstelacji OneWeb.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n201216.htm#03Arianespace@Arianespace Soyuz will deliver its payload of 36 @OneWeb constellation satellites during a flight sequence lasting just under 3 hours, 52 minutes from liftoff to the final separation sequence. #ST29 #OneWebLaunch
1:30 PM · 18 gru 2020
https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1339910801050759170Soyuz-2.1b launches OneWeb 41053 wyświetlenia•18 gru 2020
Arianespace@Arianespace Fast facts for rocketeers! We’re performing two Soyuz missions this month from locations that are 13,600 km. apart! Both sites – the #Spaceport in French Guiana and Russia’s #Vostochny Cosmodrome – have purpose-built mobile gantries that are used during pre-launch preparations.
2:07 PM · 18 gru 2020
https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1339920175899045888Запуск спутников OneWeb с космодрома Восточный18.12.20 14:40
Сегодня, 18 декабря 2020 года, в 15:26:26 по московскому времени стартовыми расчетами дочерних предприятий Госкорпорации «Роскосмос» с космодрома Восточный выполнен пуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1б» с разгонным блоком «Фрегат» и 36 новыми космическими аппаратами OneWeb на борту. По данным телеметрической информации, старт и отделение разгонного блока от третьей ступени носителя прошли в штатном режиме.
Предстоящий пуск станет первым полностью коммерческим запуском космических аппаратов с российского космодрома Восточный. Кроме того, он также станет первым запуском, реализуемым французской компанией Arianespace для компании OneWeb с данного космодрома. В настоящее время группировка спутников OneWeb на низкой околоземной орбите насчитывает 74 космических аппарата, планируется запуск сотен других.
https://www.roscosmos.ru/29695/OneWeb resumes deployment of 650-satellite broadband networkDecember 18, 2020 Stephen Clark
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket takes off Friday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with 36 OneWeb internet satellites. Credit: Roscosmos(...) London-based OneWeb said ground teams established contact with the 36 spacecraft, verifying the satellites were alive after launch.
“We’ve confirmed signal acquisition for all 36 satellites,” OneWeb tweeted. “We’re grateful to all our team and partners for making today a success.”
The new OneWeb satellites, built in Florida by a joint venture between OneWeb and Airbus, join 74 spacecraft launched on three previous Soyuz rocket missions. The first six OneWeb satellites launched on a Soyuz from the European-run Guiana Space Center in South America in February 2019, and two Soyuz flights from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan each delivered 34 OneWeb payloads to orbit in February and March of this year.
The next 36 OneWeb satellites were encapsulated inside the Soyuz rocket’s payload fairing before launch Friday. Credit: RoscosmosThe launch Friday was the first purely commercial Soyuz mission from Vostochny, Russia’s newest launch site. It was the sixth Soyuz flight from Vostochny since launches there began in 2016. The five previous missions from Vostochny were part of Russia’s federal space program.
“Congratulations to all teams who made this first commercial mission from the Vostochny Cosmodrome a success,” said Stéphane Israël, Arianespace’s CEO. “This launch confirms Arianespace’s ability to deploy the OneWeb constellation through the use of three different Soyuz launch sites — in French Guiana, Kazakhstan and Russia.
“I sincerely want to thank OneWeb for their trust,” Israël said in a statement. “I am delighted that Arianespace and Starsem have contributed — for the fourth time — to this client’s ultimate ambition of providing internet access to everyone, anywhere, at any time.”
The mass-produced OneWeb satellites each weigh about 325 pounds (147.5 kilograms), featuring xenon-fed ion thrusters, Ku-band and Ka-band antennas to link with customers and ground stations, and deployable solar array wings. The OneWeb satellites will use their ion thrusters to raise altitude to 745 miles (1,200 kilometers) over the next three months, where controllers will ready the spacecraft for service.
“It’s a fantastic moment for us to be back,” said Maurizio Vanotti, senior director of space infrastructure development at OneWeb.
After the launch Friday, 15 more Soyuz launches from Vostochny, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana will complete the sequence of missions to place around 650 OneWeb satellites in orbit.
OneWeb’s original launch contract with Arianespace was for 21 Soyuz launches. That contract amended during OneWeb’s bankruptcy now covers 19 Soyuz missions.
In 2019, OneWeb and Arianespace agreed that OneWeb satellites would fly on the inaugural launch of the next-generation Ariane 6 rocket. OneWeb is no longer planning to launch its satellites on the first Ariane 6 mission. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/18/oneweb-resumes-deployment-of-650-satellite-broadband-network/https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/17/oneweb-satellites-awaiting-launch-on-soyuz-rocket-friday/http://russianspaceweb.com/oneweb4.htmlhttps://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/12/arianespace-launch-oneweb-for-uk/AA
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3543.msg154875#msg154875OneWeb (1-36)
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/oneweb.htm