Elon Musk’s SpaceX Puts 40 Satellites of Rival Company OneWeb Into Orbit
In this photo made with a long exposure, a string of SpaceX StarLink satellites passes over an old stone house near Florence, Kan., on Thursday, May 6, 2021.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX has put 40 satellites of its rival in the sphere of space-based internet communications, OneWeb, into orbit, the company said on Thursday.”Mission success! We are delighted to report we have made contact with all 40 satellites from #OneWebLaunch15,” OneWeb tweeted.According to OneWeb, with this latest launch, the company has now almost 80% of its planned low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation deployed.In March, OneWeb suspended all future launches from the Russian-leased cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after Moscow demanded that the company provide guarantees for non-military use of the satellites and asked that the UK government sell its stake in the enterprise.The OneWeb satellites are designed to build a space-based communications system providing broadband internet access to any location across the globe.
