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VideoLive coverage: Soyuz lifts off from Vostochny Cosmodrome
The next batch of 36 OneWeb internet satellites lifted off at 6:14 p.m. EDT (2214 GMT) from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East. The Florida-built broadband satellites rode into orbit on a Russian Soyuz rocket procured under a contract with Arianespace.
VideoSoyuz rocket set to launch more OneWeb internet satellites
A Soyuz rocket is standing on a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East for liftoff Sunday with the next 36 satellites for OneWeb's internet network, the sixth Soyuz mission dedicated to the commercial broadband constellation.
Arianespace announces competition for free nanosatellite launch
Arianespace announced this week it is organizing a contest open to startups, labs, and universities for a free launch of a nanosatellite on a future rideshare mission, likely on an Ariane 6 or Vega rocket.
Soyuz launch adds 36 satellites to OneWeb’s global internet network
A Soyuz rocket took off from a cosmodrome in Russia's Far East and deployed 36 Florida-built OneWeb internet satellites into orbit Thursday. Another batch of OneWeb satellites will launch next month, continuing the build-out of a planned fleet of 648 spacecraft to provide global broadband services.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz launches with 36 satellites for OneWeb’s constellation
OneWeb's next 36 internet satellites stacked on top of a Soyuz rocket lifted at 10:47 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0247 GMT Thursday) from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East.
Starlink and OneWeb satellites ready for launch on opposite sides of the world
SpaceX and OneWeb -- space industry rivals and owners of two of the largest fleets of commercial satellites -- are set to add more spacecraft to their internet networks Wednesday with launches from Cape Canaveral and Russia.
James Webb, OneWeb highlight Arianespace’s 2021 launch schedule
The planned Halloween launch of the James Webb Space Telescope -- one of eight Ariane 5 launches left before the rocket's retirement -- and a series of flights to build out OneWeb's satellite internet network highlight Arianespace's schedule this year.
VideoPhotos: Soyuz launches French military satellite
Check out imagery from Arianespace and the French space agency showing the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket Dec. 29 from the Guiana Space Center in South America.
U.S. companies, led by SpaceX, launched more than any other country in 2020
Leading all other nations, U.S. launch providers flew 44 missions in 2020 that aimed to place payloads in Earth orbit or deep space, with 40 successes. China followed with 35 successful orbital missions in 39 launch attempts.
French military surveillance satellite launched by Soyuz rocket
An optical reconnaissance satellite for the French military took off atop a Soyuz launcher Tuesday, riding the Russian-made rocket from a tropical spaceport in South America into a 300-mile-high polar orbit to begin a 10-year mission surveying the globe.