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OneWeb signed a distribution partnership with Paratus Group to deliver OneWeb connectivity in Africa.
OneWeb and Paratus have a multi-year agreement to build a gateway in Luanda, Angola that will be operational in the second half of 2023.
The OneWeb–Paratus distribution agreement will enable Paratus to deliver OneWeb’s low Earth orbit connectivity solutions across Africa once OneWeb’s global network coverage is activated in 2023.
New Space India Limited resumed OneWeb's launch campaign on 2022-10-22 by launching 36 satellites on the GSLV 2022-03-03 rocket.
Arianespace had previously used Russian Soyuz rockets to deploy 32–36 satellites per launch before its launch agreement with OneWeb was suspended in March amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
As of 2022-12-02, all 40 OneWeb satellites had been encapsulated for a Falcon 9 launch no earlier than 5:37 p.m. Eastern from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
OneWeb completed encapsulation of all 40 satellites on SpaceX's rocket on 2022-12-02.
SpaceX is slated to launch 40 OneWeb satellites as early as 2022-12-06 to complete almost 80% of OneWeb's low Earth orbit broadband constellation.
Eutelsat has asserted that its GEO satellites can provide more capacity to congested areas than OneWeb’s LEO network.
Thales Alenia Space is designing the Flexsat flexible satellite to accommodate the low Earth orbit network that Eutelsat stands to gain by merging with OneWeb.
ISRO’s 2022 launch campaign included a February PSLV mission that placed three satellites into low Earth orbit, a June PSLV mission that launched three satellites, the failed maiden flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) in August, and a successful Oct. launch of 36 OneWeb satellites on a GSLV 2022-03-03.
OneWeb aims to help bridge the digital divide across Africa through collaboration with local infrastructure and service providers.
The OneWeb LEO satellite network will provide Q-KON Africa’s Twoobii customers access to high-speed, low-latency broadband.
OneWeb has a distribution partner agreement with Q-KON Africa to offer broadband connectivity services in African countries.
OneWeb is on track to activate its coverage solutions in Africa and globally in 2023.
Q-KON Africa's Twoobii service aims to expand its successful Smart Satellite Services for Southern Africa using OneWeb's technology.
OneWeb's technology innovations will deliver data speeds of 100Mbps and a low latency of 70 milliseconds.
The five-year distribution agreement between OneWeb and Q-KON Africa was finalized at AfricaCom.
On 2022-11-15, Eutelsat’s board approved multi-orbit plans to combine with British broadband venture OneWeb, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
OneWeb’s main shareholders Bharti, SoftBank, Hanwha, and the British government signed a final combination agreement with Eutelsat on 2022-11-14.