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OneWeb rocket launch to enable commercial service © OneWeb The venerable Russian Soyuz has been entrusted to launch the OneWeb network
OneWeb, the London-headquartered tech company trying to develop a global internet service delivered from space, reaches a key milestone on Thursday.
The firm is launching another 36 satellites, taking its in-orbit mega-constellation to 254.
Although many more are needed to complete the network, this number is enough to start offering a commercial service to a great swathe of the Northern Hemisphere.
This should start at the year s end. These things don t happen overnight; there s been a tremendous amount of hard work taking place over the last few months. But this launch is special, said OneWeb CEO Neil Masterson.
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