A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted 40 OneWeb broadband relay satellites into orbit Thursday, helping the London-based company expand its fleet.
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 is launching thousands of Starlink internet satellites, OneWeb plans a fleet of"just" 648 higher-altitude relay stations. With Thursday's launch, the constellation grew to 504 satellites, with four more launches planned to complete the fleet — three aboard Falcon 9s and one atop an Indian GSLV Mark 3 rocket.
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