OneWeb Launches 36 Communication Satellites To Dominate World Internet Network, Operates In 50 . North Latitude

OneWeb, launched 36 communications satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (photo: twitter)

JAKARTA – UK-based technology company OneWeb launched 36 communication satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, December 27 which was also broadcast live on their channel.

As reported by Reuters, OneWeb has launched a satellite into orbit as part of its plans to provide high-speed internet access globally.

"Launch #12 is the last in a sequence of eight launches scheduled for 2021 by OneWeb with launch partner Arianespace," the company said on its website. French global launch services company Arianespace, OneWeb, and Russian space agency Roscosmos all broadcast the launch live.

Mission Success!

We are thrilled to have ended the year with another successful launch, with contact received from all 36 satellites. We have now launched over 60% of our constellation!

Thanks to all our team and distribution partners for a great year!https://t.co/jn9YhCSlJe pic.twitter.com/vue4UBQW4I

— OneWeb (@OneWeb) December 27, 2021

Earlier this year, OneWeb said a launch from Russia's Far East would allow it to offer internet connectivity everywhere, north of the 50-degree latitude.

OneWeb has listed the United Kingdom, Alaska, Northern Europe, Greenland, Iceland, continental US, Arctic Ocean, and Canada as regions that must be offered for full connectivity.

The Interfax news agency said the satellites, launched on Soyuz-2.1b rockets, would be separated in stages.

OneWeb resumed flights last December after emerging from bankruptcy protection with a $1 billion equity investment from a consortium of the British government and India's Bharti Enterprises, its new owners.

They have also received investment from Softbank Japan and Eutelsat Communications, and further financing from Bharti. OneWeb has raised a total additional USD 2.4 billion (IDR 34.1 trillion).