September 2018
Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with nanosatellites
... Falcon 9 rockets for launch. It plans to offer global internet coverage and to have the network operating by 2024. OneWeb has an 800-satellite constellation planned for 2020, again focused on global broadband, while Google and Samsung...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... currently operational launchers such as Electron and Pegasus. While the bulk of constellation business (for example OneWeb) may be met by ramping up production of some existing launchers that deliver small satellites, dedicated small launchers...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... up new business opportunities. Smallsats are also set to transform the communications sector, with companies such as OneWeb and SpaceX proposing constellations of hundreds to thousands of smallsats placed in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide near...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
...-effective solutions to connectivity which respond to consumer need. With large players such as Amazon, SpaceX, Telesat and OneWeb investing heavily in low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellations, it’s clear that satellite has the potential to take...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... success. Among the dozen or so projects for Internet-related satellite constellations, we find those of Boeing and OneWeb, and a similar initiative being prepared by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. However, everything...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
.... We even scaled this up to 200N for an autonomous rocket-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Artist’s rendition of the OneWeb constellation, which will ultimately total more than 900 satellites. Other companies have similar, if not greater...
