OneWeb launches first set of satellites Rocket Launch Live 4:15 EST

[The Benjamins]

The company I work for has a partner that is launching 1 of 6 stages of low orbit satellites today (in 6 hours) this should help with satellite internet coverage and latency. current satellite internet orbits at 35,000 km in the sky, these will be 1,200 km up which reduces the latancy of singles by a big margin. maybe people in Australia could finally get decent internet.

https://www.oneweb.world/

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OneWeb | One World

Shouldn't everyone have access to the world's information? In 2019 OneWeb will launch a constellation of satellites to provide affordable high-speed Internet access for the world's unconnected

watch it live at 4:15 EST(edited)

 

 

https://www.oneweb.world/newsroom/onewebs-inaugural-launch-takes-first-into-space

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London, UK, February, 21, 2019 ― OneWeb, a global communications company with a mission to bring connectivity to everyone, everywhere, today announced that it will take FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an international, youth-serving, nonprofit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen, into orbit on February 26th.

OneWeb is on the cusp of bringing about a new era of space, launching the world’s first Low Earth Orbit global broadband satellite constellation that will provide connectivity for everyone, everywhere.

On February 26th at 9:37pm GMT, OneWeb will begin its 21-rocket launch campaign to build the world’s largest space network, launching its first 6 satellites on the Europeanized Soyuz rocket from the European Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana.

 

Traditional SAT internet is 600 ms ping, LEO should get aroun 25-40 ms

service to open up in 2020

[givingtnt]

1 minute ago, The Benjamins said:

The company I work for 

https://www.oneweb.world/

 

https://www.oneweb.world/newsroom/onewebs-inaugural-launch-takes-first-into-space

Traditional SAT internet is 600 ms ping, LEO should get aroun 25-40 ms

service to open up in 2020

[The Benjamins]

4 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

does the first LEO satellite internet rocket launch count as a ad?

its 2 years from service availability and  LEO is a big change to how SAT internet works.

 

I don't work for OneWeb

[givingtnt]

1 minute ago, The Benjamins said:

does the first LEO satellite internet rocket launch count as a ad?

its 2 years from service availability and  LEO is a big change to how SAT internet works.

 

I don't work for OneWeb

Its a joke, chill  

[sazrocks]

How many satellites are planned in the constellation and how does this compare to starlink?

[paddy-stone]

nevermind, I saw it now

[The Benjamins]

2 hours ago, sazrocks said:

How many satellites are planned in the constellation and how does this compare to starlink?

Oneweb is 600 and starlink is just over 1000.

 

Starlink is said to also have 1Gb speeds. I don't know about Oneweb, I can check later.

 

EDIT: @sazrocks

oneweb is planned to have a speed of 50Mbps, the current geo sync SAT internet is rated for 25/3 (my company)

 

But I think a huge cool thing is latencies acceptable for gaming.

 

Oneweb was originally planned for 900 LEO Sats, but was reduced. The biggest hurdles of LEO is that terminals and gateways must lock on and swap to different Sats as needed.

[straight_stewie]

21 hours ago, The Benjamins said:

Oneweb was originally planned for 900 LEO Sats, but was reduced. The biggest hurdles of LEO is that terminals and gateways must lock on and swap to different Sats as needed. 

I was wondering about that. You'd have to have a pretty large constellation to maintain good signal over any given area indefinitely.

Is there somewhere I can go to read more about the technical side of the OneWeb constellation?