russia successfully launches Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying 34 oneweb satellites

Russia successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, delivering 34 satellites from the U.K.-based OneWeb company into space.  The total number of satellites of OneWeb in space increased to 322.   Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), which is working on sending satellites to space that will provide faster internet service to the world, announced that the satellites reached their orbit within the targeted time.

British company OneWeb plans to send 648 satellites into space by the end of 2022.

 

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