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’s new investment was made on the same terms as its $550,000,000 investment in OneWeb announced in April that would have given Eutelsat a 24% stake.
OneWeb’s next 36 satellites are slated to launch 2021-10-14 aboard a Soyuz rocket lifting off from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Eutelsat’s exercise of the call option increased its OneWeb shareholding from 17.6% to 22.9%.
Eutelsat exercised a call option on a portion of the latest funding round subscribed by Bharti to increase its OneWeb stake from 17.6% to 22.9%.
Bharti committed an additional $500,000,000 to OneWeb, completing the funding of OneWeb’s first-generation constellation.
Intellian contributed to developing the OW1 briefcase-sized electronically steered user terminal that OneWeb unveiled on 2021-08-24 during the 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Intellian has established a position as a major supplier to OneWeb and has signed three contracts with OneWeb since 2019 totaling roughly 113 billion won combined.
In April, Eutelsat agreed to pay $550,000,000 to acquire a 24% stake in OneWeb, a low-Earth-orbit broadband operator.
OneWeb and Intellian created the smallest flat panel antenna for their LEO constellation, aimed at enterprise and government customers in 2022.
OneWeb is collaborating with various antenna manufacturers to target multiple verticals.
Companies such as SpaceX, Amazon Kuiper, and OneWeb are targeting the FPA market.
The U8 antenna serves customers in GEO orbit and will also serve OneWeb’s mobility customers in 2022.
Kymeta’s U8 antenna successfully interoperated with OneWeb’s LEO constellation.
RUAG Space supplies thermal protection for the OneWeb constellation of 322 telecommunications satellites currently on orbit.
OneWeb plans to provide connectivity services from low Earth orbit later 2021 and expects customer takeup to be faster than previously forecast once services come online.
OneWeb is working with QuadSAT to verify its ground segment antennas ahead of the global rollout of its LEO constellation.
NGSO satellites accounted for 97 percent of the supply added in 2020 from satellites launched by Starlink and OneWeb.
OneWeb is using drones from Danish startup QuadSat to accelerate ground segment tests for its low Earth orbit broadband constellation.
OneWeb has two gateways that are almost completed and another 16 under construction.
OneWeb is constructing more than 40 gateways worldwide, with each having 15 to 30 antennas that require calibration and testing.