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OneWeb

GB
commercialFounded 2012
www.oneweb.net
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OneWeb is a megaconstellation startup that aimed to deploy 650 low Earth orbit satellites to provide global broadband service.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GeneralApr 7, 2020Webinar Replay | OneWeb’s Bankruptcy: Impacts and Implications for the Satellite Industry

Unsecured creditors listed in OneWeb's filing include Qualcomm Technologies ($8,000,000), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ($6,900,000), Hughes Network Systems ($5,400,000), Deutsche Bank ($5,200,000), Viasat ($1,200,000), Nokia ($988,000), Rockwell Collins ($597,000), USSI Global ($501,000), Ruag ($328,000), and KSAT ($117,000).

Mentioned as: OneWebNoiseMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Softbank had invested roughly $2,000,000,000 in OneWeb and decided not to provide additional funding to the company.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GeneralMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OneWeb's top four shareholders are Softbank (37.41%), Qualcomm (15.93%), Greg Wyler's 1110 Ventures LLC (11.94%), and Airbus (8.5%).

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OneWeb's bankruptcy filing lists $2,100,000,000 in total liabilities, including $1,700,000,000 in senior secured financing and debts to between 1,000 and 5,000 creditors.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative FinancialMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OneWeb signed a contract with Arianespace last year for the maiden flight of Ariane 6 with options for two additional Ariane 6 missions.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GeneralMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OneWeb aims to launch at least 648 satellites and had 74 satellites in orbit after a 2020-03-21 launch that deployed 34 satellites.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OneWeb is a U.K.-based company that has raised $3,400,000,000 in financing.

Mentioned as: onewebNarrative FinancialMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OneWeb signed a $1,100,000,000 contract with Arianespace in 2015 for 21 Soyuz launches.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Outside analysts estimated that OneWeb's satellite system would require as much as $7,500,000,000 to complete.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Arianespace is owed $238,000,000 by OneWeb as of the 2020-03-27 filing.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative FinancialMar 27, 2020OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Three of OneWeb’s planned missions for 2020—two Soyuz launches and the maiden Ariane 6 flight—are planned from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GeneralMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

OneWeb had raised $3,400,000,000 as of February.

Mentioned as: onewebNarrative FinancialMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

TelAstra president Roger Rusch estimated that OneWeb likely needs $7,500,000,000 to complete its constellation.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

OneWeb’s satellites were built in Merritt Island, Florida through a joint venture with Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: OneWebTechnical ProductMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

OneWeb plans to launch 60 spare satellites to complete an initial constellation of 648 spacecraft and has not decided when those spares will launch.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative PlanMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

The 2020-03-21 Arianespace launch expanded OneWeb’s constellation to 74 satellites in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

OneWeb will use each satellite’s onboard electric propulsion to raise their altitude from a 450-kilometer drop-off point to a final 1,200-kilometer orbit.

Mentioned as: OneWebOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

Arianespace launched 34 small broadband satellites for OneWeb on 2020-03-21.

Mentioned as: OneWebNarrative GrowthMar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

OneWeb planned a launch for 2020-03-21 before a pre-planned April break.

Mentioned as: onewebNarrative GrowthMar 19, 2020Space should fare better against coronavirus than other industries, report says
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