UK satellite company will use SpaceX rockets after Russian ban

📆 22/03/2022 22:09:00
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The deal comes in the wake of the Russian demand that OneWeb guarantee not to use its satellites for military purposes.

OneWeb, a satellite company partly controlled by the U.K. government, has announced a new partnership with SpaceX after being banned from using Russian rockets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine .

Under the new deal, SpaceX will launch an unspecified number of OneWeb satellites later this year, adding to its growing constellation of 428 of the planned total of 648 low- Earth orbit satellites. OneWeb's program, similar to SpaceX's Starlink initiative, aims to create a mega-constellation of…

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