This will be the largest ever private launch vehicle program. London announced it OneWeb company that wants to provide cheap, satellite internet all are the parts of the globe.
The project is powerful. The company OneWeb striking a deal with Virgin giants and Arianespace on 65 flights missiles, which are expected to reach 648 microsatellites into orbit. Satellites built in turn Airbus.
Head OneWeb, Greg Wyler explained earlier that the goal is cheap access Internet in emerging markets. He stressed that half of the world has very limited or no signal at all.
– We want to ensure and schools, and high-speed internet for rural areas – 50 megabits per second – he added.
The entire project is expected to cost even two billion dollars. The first satellites are to be launched in two years.
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