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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The OW11FL is an Electronically Scanned Array (ESA) flat panel user terminal suited for OneWeb’s LEO network.
Additional product launches are expected in the coming months to support OneWeb’s land and maritime mobility applications.
Intellian Technologies Inc. has received a contract from OneWeb for the supply of Intellian’s OW11FL user terminals.
The second ISRO launch of the year in March used India’s heaviest LVM3 to launch 36 OneWeb satellites in a purely commercial mission.
OneWeb has delivered community broadband to sites in Canada and Greenland and is scheduled to deliver to British territories in the South Atlantic.
JoeySat was developed under the Sunrise Partnership Project between the European Space Agency and OneWeb.
SatixFy Communications completed a contracted demonstration with OneWeb Technologies and the Air Force Research Lab under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) initiative.
An advanced broadband satellite departed OneWeb Florida Facilities on 2023-04-04 for a road journey across America to Vandenberg launch pad.
The Falcon 9 first stage that supported the Intelsat IS-40E mission previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, and one Starlink mission.
The Longbow bus is based on the design of the bus used for OneWeb satellites with modifications to accommodate higher-resolution, higher-stability optical missions and to provide a longer lifetime.
Eutelsat hopes to gain regulatory approvals 2023 to acquire OneWeb.
NewSpace India Limited launched 36 OneWeb satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India.
The LVM3 rocket was used to inject 36 OneWeb Gen-1 satellites into orbit.
SpaceX has launched a total of 120 satellites for OneWeb over three Falcon 9 missions since December.
Arianespace had planned to deploy OneWeb’s remaining satellites with Soyuz rockets before that contract was scrapped following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
OneWeb needs 588 of its proposed 648 satellites operating in low Earth orbit to provide global services, with any additional satellites serving as backups.
Eutelsat is seeking regulatory approvals to acquire OneWeb and aims to decide a deal and raise money by listing OneWeb shares in the United Kingdom in the coming months.
Signal acquisition was confirmed on all 36 OneWeb satellites deployed on the 2023-03-26 NSIL mission.
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched 36 OneWeb satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India on 2023-03-26 at 9:00 a.m. local time.
NSIL’s first LVM3 mission for OneWeb deployed 36 satellites on 2022-10-22, signaling the resumption of OneWeb’s launch campaign.