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Add this, SpaceX's constellation (maybe), and a bazillion other current and pending small and micro satellites and how long will it be before a Kessler syndrome cascade? Don't know. Space is awfully big. Hopefully, the time is near where you'll be able to get low latency broadband access out in the sticks.
After delays, OneWeb launches its first six low-Earth broadband satellites
OneWeb has big plan for low-latency Internet, but won't meet goal of 2019 rollout.
28 Feb 2019
https://arstechnica.com/information...-satellites-pledges-global-broadband-in-2021/
OneWeb yesterday launched the first six low-Earth orbit satellites for its planned global broadband network, saying it will provide worldwide broadband access by 2021. The satellites are test units, which OneWeb will evaluate over the next half-year to make sure they work properly.
"OneWeb is about a year behind schedule and watched as Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a pair of test satellites for a rival space Internet service last year," Bloomberg wrote. "The startup was also under pressure to have a successful launch before the end of November, when its right to valuable spectrum would have expired."
Low orbits to allow cable-like latency
Both SpaceX and OneWeb are launching satellites in much lower orbits than traditional satellite broadband networks, potentially allowing for cable-like latencies of about 25ms to 30ms.
In October 2017, Wyler told a US Senate committee that OneWeb would make "low-latency broadband available for every citizen in Alaska" in 2019. Obviously, that won't happen given OneWeb's latest projections.
Wyler also said in October 2017 that OneWeb would offer "peak speeds of 500Mbps" in the first iteration of its network, and 2.5Gbps speeds in a "second constellation, planned for 2021." But now the first version is slated for global coverage in 2021—if OneWeb keeps to its latest public timeline.
OneWeb has raised more than $2 billion in funding from Virgin, SoftBank, Qualcomm, Airbus, and others. OneWeb said its business model will be to "provide service indirectly through reseller partners, or directly to the end customer, in the case of airlines or vessel operators, for example."
SpaceX has US approval to deploy up to 11,943 broadband satellites. FCC rules require the launch of 50 percent of satellites within six years of authorization and all of them within nine years unless a waiver is granted. Musk fired several managers from his satellite project in mid-2018 in order to keep on schedule and provide Internet service in 2020.
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Soyuz rocket launches first of six OneWeb satellites. On Wednesday, a Soyuz rocket launched the first six satellites in a constellation that could one day number close to 2,000. Fortunately, all went well. Soyuz rockets have experienced four anomalies in 19 months, Space News reports, so OneWeb changed the number of satellites from 10 to six, opting to hold some back in the event of an issue with the rocket.
Other rockets eyed ... The launch and the completion of in-orbit testing paves the way for an additional 20 Soyuz launches, each carrying up to 36 spacecraft. However, OneWeb said some satellites will also fly on Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, and Arianespace also announced after the launch that OneWeb fly satellites on the inaugural flight of its Ariane 6 booster. This could occur in 2020.
Manufacturing facility shown - necessary when you're cranking out 900 satellites at two satellites per day.
https://onewebsatellites.com/
OneWeb Satellites factories are based in Toulouse (France) and Merritt Island, Exploration Park (Florida, USA).
The assembly line is made of 4 modules where the different parts of the Satellites are assembled and tested.
These module are then assembled and tested on the Final Assembly Line to deliver a tested and completed satellite.
The satellites are also prepared for a fast installation on the dispenser at the Launch site.
After delays, OneWeb launches its first six low-Earth broadband satellites
OneWeb has big plan for low-latency Internet, but won't meet goal of 2019 rollout.
28 Feb 2019
https://arstechnica.com/information...-satellites-pledges-global-broadband-in-2021/
OneWeb yesterday launched the first six low-Earth orbit satellites for its planned global broadband network, saying it will provide worldwide broadband access by 2021. The satellites are test units, which OneWeb will evaluate over the next half-year to make sure they work properly.
"OneWeb is about a year behind schedule and watched as Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a pair of test satellites for a rival space Internet service last year," Bloomberg wrote. "The startup was also under pressure to have a successful launch before the end of November, when its right to valuable spectrum would have expired."
Low orbits to allow cable-like latency
Both SpaceX and OneWeb are launching satellites in much lower orbits than traditional satellite broadband networks, potentially allowing for cable-like latencies of about 25ms to 30ms.
In October 2017, Wyler told a US Senate committee that OneWeb would make "low-latency broadband available for every citizen in Alaska" in 2019. Obviously, that won't happen given OneWeb's latest projections.
Wyler also said in October 2017 that OneWeb would offer "peak speeds of 500Mbps" in the first iteration of its network, and 2.5Gbps speeds in a "second constellation, planned for 2021." But now the first version is slated for global coverage in 2021—if OneWeb keeps to its latest public timeline.
OneWeb has raised more than $2 billion in funding from Virgin, SoftBank, Qualcomm, Airbus, and others. OneWeb said its business model will be to "provide service indirectly through reseller partners, or directly to the end customer, in the case of airlines or vessel operators, for example."
SpaceX has US approval to deploy up to 11,943 broadband satellites. FCC rules require the launch of 50 percent of satellites within six years of authorization and all of them within nine years unless a waiver is granted. Musk fired several managers from his satellite project in mid-2018 in order to keep on schedule and provide Internet service in 2020.
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Soyuz rocket launches first of six OneWeb satellites. On Wednesday, a Soyuz rocket launched the first six satellites in a constellation that could one day number close to 2,000. Fortunately, all went well. Soyuz rockets have experienced four anomalies in 19 months, Space News reports, so OneWeb changed the number of satellites from 10 to six, opting to hold some back in the event of an issue with the rocket.
Other rockets eyed ... The launch and the completion of in-orbit testing paves the way for an additional 20 Soyuz launches, each carrying up to 36 spacecraft. However, OneWeb said some satellites will also fly on Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, and Arianespace also announced after the launch that OneWeb fly satellites on the inaugural flight of its Ariane 6 booster. This could occur in 2020.
Manufacturing facility shown - necessary when you're cranking out 900 satellites at two satellites per day.
https://onewebsatellites.com/
OneWeb Satellites factories are based in Toulouse (France) and Merritt Island, Exploration Park (Florida, USA).
The assembly line is made of 4 modules where the different parts of the Satellites are assembled and tested.
These module are then assembled and tested on the Final Assembly Line to deliver a tested and completed satellite.
The satellites are also prepared for a fast installation on the dispenser at the Launch site.
