OneWeb satellites successfully injected into target orbit

Dec 24, 2020 | Daily Space, Rockets, Spacecraft

CREDIT: Roscosmos

Next, on December 18th at 12:26 UTC, an Arianespace Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat launched the fourth set of thirty-six OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Eastern Russian.

After nearly four hours, two burns of the main Fregat engine, and seven Fregat RCS burns, all thirty-six OneWeb satellites were deployed in their proper orbits.

This marks the 1,929th R7 Soyuz launch since 1957.

More Information

Arianespace press release 

Arianespace mission page 

Roscosmos press release 

OneWeb press release 

OneWeb info page (Gunter’s Space Page)

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