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Publish: 22 Aug 2021, 09:41 pm
A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted into space carrying 34 new satellites (Photo: Collected)
A Russian Soyuz rocket
has blasted into space carrying 34 new satellites from British operator Oneweb,
which aims to provide broadband internet everywhere in the world.
The rocket operated by Europe's Arianespace took off
successfully at 2213 GMT Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,
the Roscosmos space agency said in a statement.
It was the fifth launch
of OneWeb satellites this year, with the last one on July 1.
OneWeb is working to
complete the construction of a constellation of low earth orbit satellites
providing enhanced broadband and other services to countries worldwide.
The company is competing
against billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the race to provide fast
internet for the world's remote areas via satellites.
The UK company plans for
its global commercial internet service to be operational by next year,
supported by some 650 satellites.
Arianespace, which has
worked with Russia for close to two decades, is under contract to make 16 Soyuz
launches between December 2020 and the end of 2022.
With this latest
mission, a total of 288 satellites are now in orbit for the constellation.
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