It's Vital News! Russia's INSANE DECISION to DESTROYED OneWeb...#STARSHIPFANS
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Vital News! Russia's INSANE DECISION to DESTROYED OneWeb...
Cooperation in space between Russia and the West has been stripped to the bone as Russia issues ultimatum to UK government over OneWeb launch.
Russia refused to launch OneWeb satellites unless demands are met.
What are those poison-pill conditions?
And how did OneWeb and the UK gov react when receiving that ultimatum?
All this and more in today’s episode of Tech Fans!
Russia has taken the extraordinary step of placing multiple demands on OneWeb and its government ownership prior to a planned launch of satellites Friday aboard a Soyuz rocket.
The mission, to loft 36 broadband communications satellites into orbit, was to be the 14th launch of OneWeb satellites.
The company presently has 428 satellites in orbit, out of a planned total of 648 for its initial constellation. OneWeb had hoped to begin commercial service around the world later this year.
The vast majority of those satellites have launched on Russian Soyuz rockets, one of the few boosters in the world with spare lift capacity for a mega constellation at this time. Another six Soyuz launches were scheduled for later this year to complete the OneWeb constellation.
But those plans were thrown into question by Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week.
As Western companies have broken off ties with Russian interests, some UK members of parliament have said it would be inappropriate for OneWeb to continue launching on Russian rockets.
On Tuesday, the UK government issued a statement, saying in part, “It is right for questions to be raised about future space cooperation with Russia following the illegal invasion of Ukraine." The government was continuing to consider its next steps.
All the while, Russia's main space corporation, Roscosmos, had been preparing the Soyuz rocket for launch.
Vital News! Russia's INSANE DECISION to DESTROYED OneWeb...
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