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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OneWeb plans to offer commercial maritime service from January 2023.
Eutelsat is seeking to merge its geostationary business with OneWeb to compete more effectively in connectivity markets.
OneWeb currently has 428 satellites in low Earth orbit, representing almost 70% of its planned fleet.
OneWeb will continue launches during 2022–2023 to enable the company to offer global connectivity services from the end of 2023.
OneWeb and Arianespace signed a new agreement that follows an earlier suspension of launches on 2022-09-13.
Airbus OneWeb Satellites manufactures satellites for the OneWeb commercial constellation and for Airbus customers in Merritt Island, Florida.
Arianespace had aimed to perform six more Soyuz missions under a 19-launch contract to complete OneWeb’s constellation, including a launch of spare satellites for in-orbit backup capacity.
OneWeb has a deal to use a launch vehicle being developed by Relativity Space for missions that could start as soon as 2025.
Arianespace reached a settlement deal on 2022-09-13 that could revive its launch services agreement with OneWeb.
OneWeb had five launches contracted to take place before the end of spring, as of 2022-09-12.
Arianespace is supporting OneWeb’s upcoming launches by providing satellite dispenser services for two missions to be performed by NewSpace India Limited, part of ISRO.
OneWeb took a $229,000,000 charge in the current year linked to the canceled Soyuz launches and the 36 satellites left stranded in Kazakhstan after their ride was called off.
Arianespace used Russia’s Soyuz rocket to deploy 428 of OneWeb’s planned 648 broadband satellites before its launch campaign for OneWeb halted in March.
Eutelsat and OneWeb announced in July their intent to combine operations in an all-stock transaction that values OneWeb at $3,400,000,000.
OneWeb has deployed about two-thirds of the 648 LEO satellites in its current generation constellation.
Eutelsat and OneWeb plan to combine their networks to achieve synergies between GEO and NGSO systems.
OneWeb and Eutelsat plan to provide more details about the cost of Gen 2 in mid-October.
The British government and Indian conglomerate Bharti Global bought OneWeb out of bankruptcy later in 2020 for about $1,000,000,000.
OneWeb’s LEO network offers reduced latency and pole-to-pole coverage while Eutelsat’s GEO satellites can deliver more capacity to congested areas.
OneWeb will launch some of its Gen 2 satellites on a launch vehicle being developed by Relativity Space as soon as 2025.