Launch Alert | 4x Astranis MicroGEO
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Wed Feb 27 2019
Arianespace

OneWeb F6

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

Name:

Soyuz STB Fregat

Description:

The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage. The first launch occurred from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 on 26 July 2008 with a classified military payload. The 2.1b/ST version is sometimes called Soyuz ST-B.

Soyuz STB Fregat rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • OneWeb satellite constellation is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 720 microsatellites, around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit. Eventually it can be expanded to include extra 1260 satellites, for a total of 1980.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Pad

Soyuz Launch Complex