The first OneWeb satellites intended for launch from Baikonur should arrive at this cosmodrome in the third quarter, as reported by the online publication RIA Novosti.
The OneWeb project, we recall, provides for the formation of a global satellite infrastructure to provide broadband Internet access around the world. Hundreds of small spacecraft will be responsible for data transmission.
The first six OneWeb satellites successfully launched into orbit on February 28 this year. The launch was from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana using the Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle.
Subsequent launches will be carried out from the Baikonur and Vostochny cosmodromes. Thus, the first launch from Baikonur within the framework of the OneWeb project is planned to be carried out in the fourth quarter of this year, and the first launch from Vostochny - in the second quarter of 2020.
“Delivery of OneWeb satellites will begin at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in late summer - early autumn 2019, and to the Vostochny Cosmodrome at the beginning of 2020,” informed people said. Thus, OneWeb devices will arrive at Baikonur in August–September.
Each OneWeb satellite weighs about 150 kg. The devices are equipped with solar panels, a plasma propulsion system and an on-board GPS satellite navigation sensor.
Source: 3dnews.ru