February 27, 2019 at 9:37 PM UTC
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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February 27, 2019 at 9:37 PM UTC
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Soyuz Launch Complex
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.3019, -52.8346
OneWeb satellite constellation is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 720 microsatellites, around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit. Eventually it can be expanded to include extra 1260 satellites, for a total of 1980.
Mission media
Soyuz · STB/Fregat
Height
46.3 m
Diameter
2.95 m
LEO capacity
8,200 kg
Successful launches
13
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
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