Eutelsat OneWeb (formerly OneWeb) is a satellite communications company aiming to bridge the digital divide by providing high-speed, low-latency broadband internet services globally via a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. As a subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, it focuses on delivering connectivity solutions to governments, enterprises, and communities in underserved areas, as well as to the maritime and aviation sectors. Key partners include distribution partners, Airbus (through OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture for satellite manufacturing), and technology providers like Microsoft Azure and AWS for network peering.
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DARPA plans to buy commercial satellite buses from manufacturers such as SpaceX or OneWeb for Blackjack.
Since 2016 the FCC has approved three large low-Earth-orbit broadband constellations: 117 satellites for Telesat, 720 satellites for OneWeb, and 4,425 satellites for SpaceX.
OneWeb expected its first 10 satellites to launch in the coming months from the article's 2018 timeframe.
Isotropic Systems is developing an antenna designed to fit within a $300 to $700 price range stipulated by OneWeb.
Hughes shipped the first ground gateway that will work with OneWeb pilot satellites scheduled to launch at the end of the year or early next year.
Isotropic Systems is developing a user terminal compatible with OneWeb’s planned broadband constellation.
OneWeb raised $1,700,000,000 from investors, of which $1,000,000,000 came from SoftBank.
Four additional Arianespace customers with Soyuz missions scheduled 2018 or next include OneWeb, OneWeb’s base in the Channel Islands, SES of Luxembourg, the Italian Space Agency, and the European Space Agency.
OneWeb purchased 21 Soyuz missions from Arianespace to carry between 690 and 720 satellites to low Earth orbit.
OneWeb built a factory in Florida for mass-producing its satellites.
OneWeb previously projected per-satellite mass-production costs of less than $500,000 and later committed to a per-spacecraft cost below $1,000,000.
Startups like OneWeb and established companies like Telesat and SpaceX are developing LEO broadband constellations.
OneWeb and other planned low Earth orbit constellations will require complex, geographically distributed ground networks.
Hughes intends to combine high-throughput satellites in geostationary orbit with low Earth orbit capability from OneWeb to support low-latency applications.
Hughes invested in and is developing the ground segment for OneWeb's low Earth orbit constellation.
OneWeb set a 2015 goal to build 900 satellites at $500,000 each or less and estimated the total cost of building, launching, and operating the constellation at $3,500,000,000.
The initial batch of OneWeb satellites built in Toulouse is scheduled to launch in December or early 2019 depending on Soyuz launch availability with Arianespace.
OneWeb has raised $1,700,000,000 in equity since 2015, with SoftBank providing $1,000,000,000 of that total.
OneWeb planned to complete the remainder of its financing needs by borrowing after its late-2016 SoftBank-led round, but as of 21 months later the company had not revealed any debt financing.
OneWeb intends to shift satellite production to a new factory in Exploration Park, Florida after building the first 10 satellites in Toulouse.