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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Telesat’s LEO satellites will be larger than OneWeb’s satellites, which weigh 150 kg, although Telesat has not provided an exact weight.
OneWeb will launch its initial constellation of 650 satellites in monthly batches of 34 to 36 each starting in December on Soyuz rockets.
SoftBank has invested more than $1,000,000,000 into OneWeb.
OneWeb’s first six satellites are fully operational and demonstrated the ability to provide broadband access at 400 megabits per second with a latency of about 30 milliseconds.
OneWeb is targeting a per-satellite production cost of "$1,000,000 and under" after an initial 2015 target of $500,000 per satellite.
The OneWeb Satellites factory is designed to build satellites for OneWeb at a rate of two per day.
Land across the street from the OneWeb Satellites factory will host a groundbreaking later 2019 for a Firefly Aerospace launch vehicle factory.
OneWeb’s first six satellites were built at an Airbus factory in Toulouse, France and launched in February on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana.
OneWeb Satellites formally opened a 9,750-square-meter factory in Merritt Island, Florida on 2019-07-22.
The factory will build the first set of 34 OneWeb satellites scheduled to launch in December on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
OneWeb’s first six satellites reached data speeds above 400 megabits per second with less than 40 milliseconds of signal lag.
OneWeb is pursuing an initial constellation of 650 satellites with plans to expand to 1,980 satellites over time.
SpaceX and OneWeb are building and launching thousands of satellites for global internet connectivity services.
Inmarsat’s latest satellite order will leverage some of the industrial preparations Airbus made to build OneWeb’s planned 648-satellite constellation.
OneWeb is partnering with ESA and Astroscale to advance Active Debris Removal concepts, technologies, and business strategies.
OneWeb Satellites’ new $85,000,000 factory in Florida’s Exploration Park is set up to build two satellites a day when it reaches full-scale operations.
OneWeb launched the first six of at least 648 planned satellites in February.
OneWeb and SpaceX plan to build thousands of satellites, with OneWeb targeting up to 2,000 satellites and SpaceX targeting up to 12,000 satellites.
OneWeb intends to continue using Soyuz rockets to deploy the bulk of its constellation in batches of 35 satellites at a time.
Virgin Orbit asserts that OneWeb still owes $46,320,000 related to the canceled launches.