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OneWeb

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commercialFounded 2012
www.oneweb.net
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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

OneWeb has raised more than $2,000,000,000 to date from investors including SoftBank, Intelsat, and Coca-Cola.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipDec 13, 2018OneWeb scales back baseline constellation by 300 satellites

OneWeb has an order for 1,800 star trackers from Sodern, representing two star trackers per each of the 900 small satellites OneWeb is building with Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: onewebTechnical ProductDec 10, 2018Satellite component supplier Sodern seeks to double output by 2020

Airbus Defence and Space is building 900 internet satellites for OneWeb through a joint venture and has built a factory in Florida to produce two OneWeb satellites per day.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipDec 3, 2018Maxar schedules spending break after WorldView Legion completion

Airbus and OneWeb together are building 900 small telecommunications satellites and received a DARPA study contract for the same commercial-bus assessment purpose.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductNov 29, 2018Telesat wins study contract for DARPA’s experimental constellation

Projects to build broadband mega constellations by companies like SpaceX and OneWeb have taken longer to materialize than predicted.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipNov 18, 2018Government inertia a problem for small satellite industry

OneWeb is requesting FCC approval to launch 1,980 broadband satellites to an altitude of 1,200 km and 2,560 satellites into medium Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: onewebTechnical ProductNov 15, 2018Will megaconstellations cause a dangerous spike in orbital debris?

Since 2016 the FCC has approved three large low-Earth-orbit broadband constellations: 117 satellites for Telesat, 720 satellites for OneWeb, and 4,425 satellites for SpaceX.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipNov 5, 2018Viasat shrinks MEO constellation plans

DARPA plans to buy commercial satellite buses from manufacturers such as SpaceX or OneWeb for Blackjack.

Mentioned as: onewebTechnical ProductNov 5, 2018Space Force reorganization could raise profile of DARPA’s space missions

OneWeb expected its first 10 satellites to launch in the coming months from the article's 2018 timeframe.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2018Satellite antenna companies divided on near-term feasibility of cheap flat panels

Isotropic Systems is developing an antenna designed to fit within a $300 to $700 price range stipulated by OneWeb.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipOct 24, 2018Satellite antenna companies divided on near-term feasibility of cheap flat panels

Hughes shipped the first ground gateway that will work with OneWeb pilot satellites scheduled to launch at the end of the year or early next year.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2018Pradman Kaul details Hughes’ global satellite broadband ambitions

Isotropic Systems is developing a user terminal compatible with OneWeb’s planned broadband constellation.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2018Does the satellite industry have antenna deficit disorder?

OneWeb raised $1,700,000,000 from investors, of which $1,000,000,000 came from SoftBank.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipOct 15, 2018Eric Béranger leaves OneWeb a month after demotion

OneWeb purchased 21 Soyuz missions from Arianespace to carry between 690 and 720 satellites to low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GeneralOct 11, 2018Arianespace assessing impact of crewed Soyuz failure on satellite-launching variant

Four additional Arianespace customers with Soyuz missions scheduled 2018 or next include OneWeb, OneWeb’s base in the Channel Islands, SES of Luxembourg, the Italian Space Agency, and the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductOct 11, 2018Arianespace assessing impact of crewed Soyuz failure on satellite-launching variant

OneWeb previously projected per-satellite mass-production costs of less than $500,000 and later committed to a per-spacecraft cost below $1,000,000.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductSep 26, 2018World Satellite Business Week: May the satellite industry live in interesting times

OneWeb built a factory in Florida for mass-producing its satellites.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductSep 26, 2018World Satellite Business Week: May the satellite industry live in interesting times

Startups like OneWeb and established companies like Telesat and SpaceX are developing LEO broadband constellations.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GeneralSep 26, 2018World Satellite Business Week: May the satellite industry live in interesting times

Hughes intends to combine high-throughput satellites in geostationary orbit with low Earth orbit capability from OneWeb to support low-latency applications.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductSep 14, 2018Communications providers prepare for spike in demand

OneWeb and other planned low Earth orbit constellations will require complex, geographically distributed ground networks.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductSep 14, 2018Communications providers prepare for spike in demand
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