OneWeb to launch 34 satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome
Prime Minister Askar Mamin received Chief Executive Officer of OneWeb Adrián Steckel, during which the Kazakh PM was reported on the readiness to launch 34 satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 7 February this year as part of the OneWeb global satellite network, Strategy2050.kz reports with reference to primeminister.kz.
In total, this year is about to observe 8 launches from the Cosmodrome. The global satellite network will consist of 504 satellites in 12 orbit planes at an altitude of 1200 km and will be fully commissioned by 2021.
The parties discussed the prospects of implementing a project to cover the territory of Kazakhstan, including remote and inaccessible areas, with high-speed broadband internet via communication satellites.
The possibilities of implementing a project to assemble satellites for OneWeb on the basis of the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Complex at the National Space Centre in Nur-Sultan, as well as the creation of a joint venture to deploy a gateway station in Kazakhstan for the subsequent exclusive distribution of satellite internet One Web to the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, Iran and Afghanistan were considered.
Global Communication Company OneWeb is creating a global low-orbit satellite network to provide high-speed internet access and data services (5-50 Mbit/sec. to a user terminal).
