A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted 40 OneWeb broadband relay satellites into orbit helping the London-based company expand its fleet in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted 40 OneWeb broadband relay satellites into orbit Thursday, helping the London-based company expand its fleet in the wake of Russia's, western sanctions and Russia's subsequent cancellation of previously planned Soyuz launches.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center carrying 40 OneWeb internet satellites. Both SpaceX and OneWeb are deploying space-based broadband relay satellites, but the companies are targeting different segments of the communications marketplace with the former selling Starlink service direct to consumers while the latter focuses on government agencies and businesses.
While SpaceX's fast-growing Starlink system also provides space-based broadband internet services, Massimiliano Ladovaz, OneWeb's chief technology officer, had nothing but praise for the California rocket builder, saying the two companies are targeting different segments of the data communications marketplace.."The launch people are really focused on getting the job done. We have very good relations with SpaceX in general.
Released into an initial 373-mile-high orbit tilted 87 degrees to the equator, the 40 satellites launched Thursday will use onboard xenon ion thrusters to reach their operational altitude of about 745 miles.A dramatic long-range tracking camera view of the Falcon 9 second stage heading to orbit on the power of its single engine while the first stage restarts three engines to reverse course and begin heading back for landing at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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