18 December 2020, 11:51 am EST By
OneWeb has suffered from bankruptcy nine months ago, and now the company is back and has deployed its broadband network with the launch of OneWeb s 36 satellites on a Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
OneWeb s new satellites
OneWeb is now under new ownership. It will now have 110 satellites in orbit after the launch on December 17, enough to make the company owner of the third-largest fleet of commercial spacecraft in orbit.
The network is created to increase high-speed internet signals around the world. OneWeb is currently competing with Starlink network from SpaceX, which is now in advanced beta testing with more than 900 satellites to be able to deliver internet service to numerous communities, commercial establishments, aircraft and military ships, as well as other remote customers.