On September 14, 2021, OneWeb, a London-based United Kingdom-based company, launched 34 satellites into orbit from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
*It was launched in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by the French LEO satellite communications company Arianespace and its StarSem subsidiary, its launch vehicle ‘Soyuz’-Flight ST35.
*Flight ST35 is the 60th Soyuz mission and the 10th mission for OneWeb.
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*With this, the OneWeb satellites have expanded into orbit to 322 for the Global Link galaxy.
*OneWeb plans to launch a total of 648 LEO satellites for high-speed global Internet connectivity in the most remote corners of the world.
*It should be noted that the OneWeb satellite launch was resumed in December 2020 after securing bankruptcy protection in a $ 1 billion share investment from a consortium of the British Government and Bharti Enterprises of India.