OneWeb · Communications
ONEWEB-0179
OperationalCommunicationsLEO
ONEWEB-0179 is a OneWeb Satellites communications satellite, part of the OneWeb constellation, launched on April 25, 2021 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 25, 2021 at 10:14 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- OneWeb 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 964 km
- Periapsis
- 650 km
- Inclination
- 87.9°
- Orbital period
- 101.02 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- OneWeb Satellites
- Manufacturer
- OneWeb Satellites/Airbus
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 148 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-031C
- NORAD catalog №
- 48212
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Kingdom- Constellation
- OneWeb
- Status
- Operational
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