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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission
A batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz STB Fregat
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Polar Orbit
- Launch pad
- Soyuz Launch Complex
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Programs
- OneWeb
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Soyuz STB Fregat
The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage. First launch took place from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 on 26 July 2008 with a classified military payload. The 2.1b/ST version is sometimes called Soyuz ST-B.
- Height
- 46.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.95 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 14
- First flight
- 2011-10-21
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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