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 launch full commercial services in 2022.
Airbus is part of the OneWeb Satellites joint venture that is producing satellites for the OneWeb constellation.
OneWeb is conducting alpha testing of its network and plans to move into beta testing in fall 2021 with a target to begin service for paying customers by the end of 2021.
Intellian Technologies and Collins Aerospace unveiled a briefcase-sized user terminal called OW1 for OneWeb on 2021-08-24.
Hanwha invested $300,000,000 in OneWeb.
Kymeta is working with supply chain partners to buy forward in higher quantities to meet demand expected from OneWeb and other LEO constellations in 2022–2023.
Kymeta’s electronically steered flat-panel u8 terminal is currently serving undisclosed customers in geostationary orbit and aims to be ready for OneWeb mobility customers by mid-2022.
OneWeb has 288 satellites in orbit and aims to deploy a constellation of 650 satellites to provide global communications services.
OneWeb plans to launch partial services in the Northern Hemisphere in the coming months and full global services later in 2022.
OneWeb has teamed with antenna manufacturer Kymeta to develop an electronically steered flat panel antenna designed to communicate with geostationary satellites using government modems and with OneWeb’s LEO satellites.
On 2021-09-07, Kymeta successfully tested its u8 broadband terminal on OneWeb’s low-Earth-orbit constellation, achieving 200 megabits per second downlink speeds.
OneWeb signed an insurance policy worth more than $1,000,000,000 to cover the remaining 10 launches for its broadband constellation.
OneWeb has raised $2,700,000,000 in equity from an international mix of investors, which is $300,000,000 more than the company estimated it needed to fund its initial satellite deployment.
Marsh won the tender to provide insurance cover for the remaining 56% of OneWeb’s 648-satellite constellation after the program was put to market.
OneWeb unveiled the OW1 briefcase-sized electronically steered user terminal on 2021-08-24 during the 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Intellian Technologies and OneWeb have signed three contracts since 2019, in December 2019, March 2021, and August 2021.
The three contracts between Intellian Technologies and OneWeb have a combined value of nearly 113.4 billion won ($97,000,000).
OneWeb plans to provide global services for enterprise and government customers in 2022.
OneWeb launched a batch of 36 satellites on 2021-07-01, completing coverage of Earth’s northern latitudes.
OneWeb is on track to deploy its full fleet of satellites by 2022.