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OneWeb 8
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Arianespace(ASA)CommercialSoyuz 2.1b Fregat-M
POorbit
A batch of 36 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.
Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 12:48 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,100
ASA Mission
#297
Pad Launch
#10
Location Launch
#10
Designator
2021-060
Launch Window
NET
Jul 1, 2021, 12:48 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M Specs
Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.
Length
46.3 m
Diameter
10.3 m
Launch Mass
313 t
Thrust
4,150 kN
LEO Capacity
8,200 kg
GTO Capacity
3,250 kg
Launch Cost
$49M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2008
Fastest Turnaround
3d 9h
Total Launches
35
Successful
35
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
35
Maiden flight: Jul 26, 2008
Arianespace
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Founded
1980
Administrator
CEO: David Cavaillolès
Total Launches
326
Successful
311
Failed
15
Pending
29
Consecutive Success
14
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first launch took place on 28 April 2016 at 02:01 UTC.
Timezone
Asia/Yakutsk
Local Launch Time
Jul 1, 2021, 9:48 PM
Total Launches
21
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
51.8844, 128.3339