Arianespace Soyuz 2.1b OneWeb 11
Soyuz 2.1b
Status
Success
Date
14 OCT 2021
09:40
Launch Provider
Arianespace
Launch Pad
Cosmodrome Site 1S
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Soyuz 2.1b
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Polar Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Rocket Details
Soyuz-2 is 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 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage.
Height
46.3 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Launch Mass
312 T