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OneWeb seeks £3B for GEN2 satellites that could support navigation

Ryan Daws — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:44:03 +0000

OneWeb is looking to raise around £3 billion to expand its constellation with second-generation satellites that could support navigation. The British firm is part-owned by the UK government and currently has 428 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) at around 1,200km. By the end of 2023, OneWeb aims to have increased the size of its... Read more »

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Starlink satellites can provide ‘far more robust’ navigation than GPS

Ryan Daws — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:19:03 +0000

Starlink’s satellites can be updated to provide navigation which is more accurate and less prone to interference than GPS. The findings have been published in a non-peer-reviewed paper on preprint repository arXiv by Todd Humphreys and Peter Iannucci at the Radionavigation Laboratory at The University of Texas. Humphreys and Iannucci propose a new system that harnesses Starlink’s... Read more »

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UK pursues OneWeb stake ahead of expected ‘Five Eyes’ Galileo rival

Ryan Daws — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:57:15 +0000

The UK is pursuing a stake in satellite firm OneWeb as it begins establishing partners for an expected “Five Eyes” rival to the EU’s Galileo system. OneWeb is a startup that’s been building low-orbit satellites for internet connectivity. While much of the attention has been on SpaceX’s impressive Starlink system, OneWeb has flown largely under-the-radar.... Read more »

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