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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Eutelsat expects the combined company with OneWeb to generate about $1,200,000,000 in revenue for its 2023 fiscal year ending 2022-06-30.
OneWeb’s 2021 Innovation Challenge selected five industrial winners: IRT Saint Exupéry, Mbryonics, Morpheus Space, Oledcomm, and R3-IoT.
OneWeb has been investing heavily to deploy a constellation estimated to cost $5,000,000,000 in total.
Eutelsat announced plans in July to take over OneWeb in an all-share transaction valuing OneWeb at $3,400,000,000.
OneWeb CFO Srikanth Balachandran said the operator will spend a final $500,000,000 over the next 12 months to cover the constellation’s remaining costs.
OneWeb CEO Neil Masterson expects the startup to record $50,000,000 in revenues for the 12 months to 2023-06-30.
Eutelsat would nearly double annual sales in five years to around $2,000,000,000 if its OneWeb merger is approved.
Intelsat operates a fleet of GEO satellites and has a distribution alliance with OneWeb for LEO broadband capability.
Greg Wyler founded NGSO broadband operator OneWeb, which builds its satellites at a high-volume facility in Florida via a joint venture with Airbus.
SpaceX, OneWeb, and other new players plan to provide inflight connectivity services from non-geostationary orbit.
Beyond Gravity provided dispensers that Arianespace used to deploy 428 of OneWeb’s planned 648 satellites on Soyuz launch vehicles.
Intelsat signed a global distribution deal with OneWeb to provide multi-orbit inflight connectivity solutions for airlines by 2024.
New Space India Limited and SpaceX have signed agreements for two and three OneWeb launches, respectively, that are slated to complete before the 2023-03-31 to give OneWeb global coverage.
The 36 OneWeb satellites were delivered to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India last month from a factory in Florida.
Beyond Gravity required only a minor adaptation to make the dispenser used for OneWeb’s Soyuz launches compatible with GSLV 2022-03-03.
Arianespace reached a settlement deal with OneWeb and will support upcoming launches, including providing satellite dispenser services from India.
ELSA-m is designed to de-orbit more than one satellite in a single mission using a capture mechanism that relies on magnetic docking plates similar to those on OneWeb satellites.
The ELSA-m mission is slated to launch in 2024 in partnership with the UK Space Agency, OneWeb, and the European Space Agency.
OneWeb will launch its superyacht service with Kymeta’s u8-based LEO terminal, with first deliveries starting in early 2023.
OneWeb and Kymeta committed to develop and bring to market by early 2023 a dual u8-based LEO terminal offering tailored for onboard superyacht applications because of easy installation and low-profile design.