OneWeb turns to SpaceX for help after Russia refused to launch company’s satellites

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OneWeb turns to SpaceX for help after Russia refused to launch company’s satellites
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The exact terms of the new deal are under wraps.

in low Earth orbit to provide broadband Internet coverage to customers all over the planet. It’s similar to SpaceX’s Starlink initiative, which aims to launch tens of thousands of satellites to also provide global broadband Internet coverage.

in order to save the company from bankruptcy, and the UK government became a major shareholder along with Indian telecommunications company Bharti Global.suspending all further launches of its satellites from Kazakhstan What OneWeb didn’t have were any immediate options for getting its remaining 220 satellites into orbit. Now, it seems that SpaceX is answering the call, though the exact terms of the deal are “confidential,” according to OneWeb. McLaughlin declined to say whether the new agreement would cover all launches of the remaining satellites. It’s also unclear if this will include more than one launch and if SpaceX’s Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy will be used.

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