OneWeb Launch #15 (Falcon 9) 8 December 2022 |
Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center |
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Booster separation. |
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First stage boostback burn with second stage continuing on to orbit. |
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Cold gas jets firing during first stage entry maneuvers. |
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Entry burn. |
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The booster can be seen riding inside a cushion of flames during the entry burn. |
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Landing burn. |
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The booster can be seen landing beyond the Artemis mobile launch tower standing outside the Vehicle Assembly Building after being moved from the pad earlier in the day. | |
EXCERPTS FROM ONEWEB #15 MEDIA RELEASE |
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An artist's conception of a OneWeb satellite in orbit. Image Credit: OneWeb |
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OneWeb today confirmed the successful deployment of 40 satellites launched by SpaceX, from the Kennedy Space Center. This launch is OneWeb’s 15th to date and the second since resuming its campaign with a successful launch from India in October, putting the company on track to deliver global coverage in 2023. With 502 satellites in orbit, OneWeb has almost 80% of its first-generation constellation completed – with only three more launches now remaining to reach global coverage. Today’s launch is a significant milestone, as the company will be able to dramatically expand service and initiate connectivity solutions soon to areas including the US, southern Europe and North Africa, northern India, the Middle East, Japan, southern Australia, South Africa and parts of South America. OneWeb already has connectivity solutions active today in Alaska, Canada, the UK, Greenland and wider Arctic area, with more locations covered to provide internet connectivity to unserved and underserved rural and remote communities and businesses. Working with local partners such as telecommunications companies, internet service providers and local governments, OneWeb’s wholesale services can deliver high-speed, low-latency solutions for cellular backhaul, community Wi-Fi, remote enterprise use cases, and soon for the aviation and maritime industries. |
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