The Baikonur cosmodrome delivered a new batch of 34 ONEWEB spacecraft No. 36. They arrived at the airport “extreme” by the An-124 airport.
South Sports Center specialists (branch of the center of exploitation of land space infrastructure, is unloading spacecraft and their further transportation on the Baikonur cosmodrome site. The next stage of technological events is the preparation of apparatus on a technical complex.
These works are carried out in the framework of the execution of contracts of the Glavkosmos (a subsidiary of Roskosmos) with the European Supplier of the Arianespace launch service (Operator of the OneWeb spacecraft using the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket) and Starsem.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1b media missile with an overclocking unit “Frigate” and 34 ONEWEB spacecraft within the framework of Mission No. 36 is scheduled for September 14, 2021.
To date, the OneWeb satellites group at a low near-earth orbit has 288 spacecraft, it is planned to launch hundreds of others. The upcoming start must bring the number of ONEB spacecraft in orbit up to 322. OneWeb low-bit spacecraft are designed to provide land consumers with high-speed Internet.