OneWeb 7
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Arianespace
Mission
OneWeb 7
Type: Communications
Launch Cost: $48,500,000
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.
Location
Cosmodrome Site 1S
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
12 rockets have launched from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation.
Rocket
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M – Progress Rocket Space Center
Family: Soyuz
Length: 46.3 m
Diameter: 10.3 m
Launch Mass: 313 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 8200 kg
The Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M was manufactured by Progress Rocket Space Center with the first launch on 2008-07-26. Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M has 22 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 23 launches. 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.
Agency
Arianespace
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: ASA
Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël
Founded: 1980
Launchers: Ariane 5 | Vega
Country: FRA
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.
The Soyuz 2 has a good record of success may it continue .
It’s great to see regular launches from Vostochny! Maybe more public attention means they’ll speed up the construction for Site 1A.
Great coverage of launch
Presenter was super professional in the way she went from one specialist to another
Very informative
Really enjoyed the broadcast !