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 2022-12-08 launch of OneWeb 1 used a Falcon 9 first stage booster that completed its fourth launch and landing on that mission.
OneWeb expects to complete its remaining launch missions early in 2023 to provide global services by the end of 2023.
SpaceX launched the OneWeb 1 mission to low Earth orbit on 2022-12-08 at 5:27 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The 2022-12-08 launch brought OneWeb to almost 80% of its planned low Earth orbit satellite fleet.
SpaceX launched 40 OneWeb broadband satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket on 2022-12-08.
The Sidewinder multi-network terminal supports connectivity to Ku-band airtime networks, including the OneWeb low Earth orbit constellation.
OneWeb and Paratus have a multi-year agreement to build a gateway in Luanda, Angola that will be operational in the second half of 2023.
OneWeb signed a distribution partnership with Paratus Group to deliver OneWeb connectivity in Africa.
The OneWeb–Paratus distribution agreement will enable Paratus to deliver OneWeb’s low Earth orbit connectivity solutions across Africa once OneWeb’s global network coverage is activated in 2023.
New Space India Limited resumed OneWeb's launch campaign on 2022-10-22 by launching 36 satellites on the GSLV 2022-03-03 rocket.
As of 2022-12-02, all 40 OneWeb satellites had been encapsulated for a Falcon 9 launch no earlier than 5:37 p.m. Eastern from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
OneWeb completed encapsulation of all 40 satellites on SpaceX's rocket on 2022-12-02.
Arianespace had previously used Russian Soyuz rockets to deploy 32–36 satellites per launch before its launch agreement with OneWeb was suspended in March amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
SpaceX is slated to launch 40 OneWeb satellites as early as 2022-12-06 to complete almost 80% of OneWeb's low Earth orbit broadband constellation.
Eutelsat has asserted that its GEO satellites can provide more capacity to congested areas than OneWeb’s LEO network.
Thales Alenia Space is designing the Flexsat flexible satellite to accommodate the low Earth orbit network that Eutelsat stands to gain by merging with OneWeb.
ISRO’s 2022 launch campaign included a February PSLV mission that placed three satellites into low Earth orbit, a June PSLV mission that launched three satellites, the failed maiden flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) in August, and a successful Oct. launch of 36 OneWeb satellites on a GSLV 2022-03-03.
Q-KON Africa's Twoobii service aims to expand its successful Smart Satellite Services for Southern Africa using OneWeb's technology.
The OneWeb LEO satellite network will provide Q-KON Africa’s Twoobii customers access to high-speed, low-latency broadband.
The five-year distribution agreement between OneWeb and Q-KON Africa was finalized at AfricaCom.