The space internet firm, part-owned by the UK government, agrees a launch programme with India.
Some sort of deal with New Space India, the commercial arm of the country's national space agency, was expected. OneWeb's largest shareholder is the Indian conglomerate Bharti Global."This is yet another historic day for collaboration in space, thanks to the shared ambition and vision of New Space India and OneWeb," he said in a statement.
OneWeb's plans to build a global network of internet satellites in the sky was knocked off course in March by the war in Ukraine. With only two-thirds of the satellites in orbit needed to complete its network, OneWeb had little choice but to go to SpaceX to book some rides on the California outfit's Falcon rockets. SpaceX is currently building its own space-borne internet service called Starlink.
OneWeb has so far launched 428 satellites, enough to provide internet broadband connections above 50 degrees North in latitude. It needs, however, to get to 650 or so to start delivering connections across the whole Earth.
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