A new batch of British OneWeb communication satellites has been sent from a Florida plant to the Baikonur spaceport, the press service of the company’s branch in Russia said on Monday. This reported by TASS.
"The plane with 34 satellites took off at 01.55 Moscow Time from the United States," a spokesperson said.
Our next batch of 34 satellites have departed NASA Kennedy Space Center via Antonov AN-124. En route to Baikonur for #OneWebLaunch. pic.twitter.com/eMiLf718FW
— OneWeb (@OneWeb) February 23, 2020
The delivery to Baikonur is expected on February 25.
Earlier, OneWeb’s press service told TASS that the second launch of British satellites from the Baikonur spaceport was scheduled for the second half of March.
