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 operates a joint-venture satellite manufacturing facility with Airbus Space & Defense in Florida.
Airbus built an initial set of OneWeb satellites at a facility in Toulouse, France before the Florida factory opened.
Airbus-designed OneWeb satellites are currently being produced at the Airbus OneWeb Satellites facility in Florida, USA.
Airbus will offer new communication services using the OneWeb constellation to select European and UK armed forces and civil protection and security forces from the end of 2021.
OneWeb planned to start Gen 2 planning in 2022 and to build Gen 2 in the United Kingdom by 2024–25.
OneWeb’s current generation of satellites are built by a joint venture with Airbus at a factory in Florida that opened in 2019.
OneWeb expects services to be available with global Earth coverage by the end of 2022 with a constellation of 648 satellites in LEO.
Airbus and OneWeb plan to develop a complete range of secure services dedicated to the specific needs of armed forces for operations on land, at sea, and in the air.
Airbus is seeking additional customers for satellites that could be built at the Florida factory using a bus based on the design used for OneWeb.
OneWeb planned to invest $3,000,000,000 in the development of its second-generation constellation.
Airbus has identified many U.S. prospects for a standard version of its satellite bus developed from the OneWeb design.
Airbus and OneWeb signed a distribution partner agreement to provide LEO satellite communication services for military and governmental use.
Eutelsat invested $550,000,000 into OneWeb in April 2021 and later increased its stake in OneWeb by a further $165,000,000.
The Strategic Transaction Award recognized a deal in April 2021 in which French satellite operator Eutelsat invested $550,000,000 into OneWeb and later increased its stake by a further $165,000,000.
OneWeb has deployed more than half of its planned 648-satellite broadband constellation ahead of global services next year.
OneWeb, Starlink, Gwo Wang, Kuiper, and Lightspeed will account for only 10% of satellite manufacturing and launch revenues.
In August, Hanwha purchased an 8.8 percent stake in OneWeb for $300,000,000 and secured a seat on OneWeb’s board of directors.
OneWeb, Starlink, Gwo Wang, Kuiper, and Lightspeed will represent 58% of the 17,000 satellites to be launched.
Kymeta and OneWeb previously collaborated on a pilot program in Toulouse, France to test and demonstrate a LEO-GEO capable land flat panel user terminal.
Under the joint development agreement, engineering teams from OneWeb and Kymeta will collaborate to ensure the terminal meets the technical specifications required for compatibility with the OneWeb network.