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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M: OneWeb 7

A batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.

Friday, 28 May 2021
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M: OneWeb 7

Mission Data

Arianespace
🇪🇺ArianespaceEst. 1980
Launch VehicleSoyuz 2.1b Fregat-M
Vehicle FamilySoyuz
Vehicle Record37 of 37 launches (100%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record313 successes / 15 failures (95%)
Success Streak16 consecutive
ProgramOneWeb · Communication Constellation
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitPolar Orbit
Launch PadCosmodrome Site 1S
Location🇷🇺 Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation RUS
Orbital Launches This Year#47
Agency Launches This Year#4
Launches From This Pad20
Launches From This Site21
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.

Launch updates

  1. Marking success after acquisition confirmed!

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  2. Updated T-0

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  3. Launch is postponed

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  4. GO per Roscosmos and Arianespace

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  5. Added launch time.

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Launch Site

Cosmodrome Site 1S · 51.8844°N 128.3339°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.