The upcoming launch, scheduled for August, will be the ninth under the OneWeb program and the third performed from the Baikonur cosmodrome
MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. A batch of spacecraft of the OneWeb global satellite Internet system has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in preparation for their launch. This was reported on the website of Roscosmos on Friday.
"OneWeb spacecraft for mission No. 35 arrived at the airport "Extreme" of the Baikonur cosmodrome by An-124-100 aircraft, " the report says.
According to the corporation, the specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center unloaded and delivered the satellites to the technical complex of the cosmodrome, where they will be further prepared for launch.
"Earlier, the assembly of the" package "(the first and second stages) of the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle and its reloading to the workplace for further general assembly of the space rocket were completed in the assembly and test building of site [No.]31, " Roscosmos added.
The upcoming launch, scheduled for August, will be the ninth under the OneWeb program and the third performed from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
The first six OneWeb satellites went into orbit from the Kourou cosmodrome on a Soyuz-ST rocket on February 28, 2019. 34 spacecraft were launched from Baikonur on February 7, 2020, and the same number were launched on March 21 of the same year. For the first time, OneWeb satellites were launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome in December 2020. 36 devices were withdrawn. Then the launches under the program from the Vostochny cosmodrome took place on March 25, April 26, May 28 and July 1, 2021.
