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 is building a new generation of business broadband services powered by Low Earth Orbit satellites to create a global connectivity network to the high seas.
Rwanda invested in OneWeb before OneWeb entered bankruptcy in March 2020.
OneWeb and Marlink have partnered to deliver OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency connectivity to the maritime, energy, enterprise, and humanitarian sectors.
OneWeb has 394 satellites in Low Earth Orbit, representing more than 60% of its planned fleet.
OneWeb and Marlink plan to expand their collaboration to maritime, energy, enterprise, and humanitarian sectors on a global scale starting in January 2023.
OneWeb emerged from Chapter 11 in November 2020 under new ownership and has deployed more than half of its planned broadband constellation to date.
Intelsat and OneWeb previously announced a merger in 2017 that did not complete and both companies later filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
HCIPL is positioned to deliver services to enterprise and government customers using OneWeb capacity, especially in areas outside the reach of fiber connectivity.
The arrangement between OneWeb and HCIPL follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the companies in September 2021.
OneWeb’s satellite launch on 2021-12-27 increased the firm’s total in-orbit satellites to 394, representing 60 percent of the planned 648-satellite LEO fleet.
The Distribution Partner agreement between OneWeb and Hughes Communications India Private Ltd. follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in September 2021.
OneWeb and Hughes Network Systems LLC signed a six-year Distribution Partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit connectivity services across India.
OneWeb had deployed 394 in-orbit satellites as of 27 December 2021, representing over 60 percent of a planned 648-satellite LEO fleet.
On 2022-01-19, Australian telecom carrier Field Solutions agreed to offer OneWeb’s services to rural, regional, and remote Australia under a distribution partnership.
The remaining OneWeb satellites are slated to launch in 2022 to complete the planned 648-satellite constellation for global connectivity services.
OneWeb has deployed more than 60% of the 648 satellites in its planned constellation.
The remainder of EarthDaily Analytics’ satellites will be built in Merritt Island, Florida at an automated production factory operated by Airbus through a joint venture with OneWeb.
Loft Orbital will use modified OneWeb satellite platforms ordered from Airbus for EarthDaily Analytics’ constellation.
Loft Orbital will integrate EarthDaily Analytics’ imaging payloads with satellite buses derived from the Arrow platform used by OneWeb for its broadband constellation.
Airbus previously received public support to develop the Arrow platform and the OneWeb pilot line in Toulouse.