The Russian Soyuz-2.1B carrier missile successfully launched all 34 satellites of the British Communication System ONEWEB. It is reported by Roskosmos in its Twitter Account.
Delight of spacecraft in orbit accelerated block “Frigate” took 3 hours 45 minutes. During this time, the accelerated block made 10 maneuvers, separating nine groups of satellites.
Now the orbital grouping for the global provision of land consumers by high-speed Internet has grown to 288 satellites. It is expected that by June 2022, all 648 apparatus will be in operation.
Earlier it was reported that the State Commission on the basis of the meeting on the Baikonur cosmodrome gave permission for the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b missile. The decision was made after eliminating the detected fault.
before that the start was transferred twice. On August 19, the team’s cancellation team was given a few seconds before the start due to a failure in the work of Russian equipment of the starting complex. On August 20, OneWeb asked to postpone the start due to a fault in the Satellite Control Software Software software.