OneWeb 0006/0008 & 0010/0012

Launch data: Designation  OneWeb 0006  OneWeb 0007  OneWeb 0008  OneWeb 0010  OneWeb 0011  OneWeb 0012 Second name  SherpaSat  ChinghizSat  IcyerekezoSat  ChusigSat  LempiraSat  NanuqSat NORAD-ID  44061  44060  44059  44058  44062  44057 Int. code  19010E  19010D  19010C  19010B  19010F  19010A Launch date  27 Feb 2019 - 21:37 UT Launch site  CSG, ELS Launch vehicle  Soyuz-ST-B / Fregat-M (U15000-016/M133-15) Mission  Communication Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  984 x 1007 km  984 x 1007 km  985 x 1009 km  986 x 1010 km  987 x 1005 km  985 x 1010 km Eccentricity             Inclination  87.8 °  87.8 °  87.8 °  87.8 °  87.8 °  87.8 ° Period   min   min   min   min   min  108.9 min Decay

Spacecraft data: Prime manufacturer  Airbus Defense and Space Platform   Operator  OneWeb Mass at launch  147.7 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Equipment  Two TTC omni, Two Ku-band; Two Ka-band Solar array  2 solar panels Stabilization  Three axis Propulsion system  Ion, plasma DC power  one Li-Ion battery Design lifetime

Controle before launch

Dispenser with 6 satellites. Credit: OneWeb

Satellites with coiffe

Description:

• OneWeb, formerly known as WorldVu, is a planned satellite constellation consisting of 648 microsatellites to provide world wide internet access for individual consumers and airlines.
• The current design of the OneWeb satellite network consists of 648 micro satellites of about 125 kg operating in 1200 km orbits. Each satellite is capable of delivering at least 8 gigabits per second of throughput to provide Internet access to homes and mobile platforms using its high throughput Ku-band payload.

Mission details:

• The first six OneWeb satellites were launched on Feb 27, 2019. A Soyuz ST-B/Fregat took off from the Centre Spatial Guyanais at 21:37 UTC Feb 27. The Blok I rocket delivered the upper composite to a marginally orbital trajectory at 21:47 UTC; the stage probably reentered over the Arctic. Fregat burns at 21:47 UTC and 22:33 UTC placed the stack in a roughly 1000 km circular orbit. First, OneWeb satellites 6 and 11 were deployed; then, after a small orbit adjust, 7, 8, 10, and 12 were dispensed. Each satellite has a mass of 148 kg. Four satellite mass simulators were also carried; they remained attached to the 468 kg RUAG dispenser cylinder on the Fregat. Fregat made a series of small manuevers to simulate dispensing a full 32-satellite OneWeb stack and then made a deorbit burn at 0113 UTC Feb 28 and reentered over the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar at 0200 UTC. Fregat made two complete orbits, but did not get a catalog number.
• OneWeb arranged for schoolchildren in six schools around the world to give names to the satellites:
  • OneWeb-0006 SherpaSat - named by students from Khairkola, Nepal after Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (1961-1993), the first woman to climb Everest.
  • OneWeb-0007 ChinghizSat - named by students from Kotur-Suu, Kyrgyzstan after Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928-2008), Kyrgyz novelist and diplomat.
  • OneWeb-0008 IcyerekezoSat - named by students from Nkombo Island, Rwanda after the Kinyarwanda word for 'vision'.
  • OneWeb-0010 ChusigSat - named by students from Santa Cruz, Ecuador, after Eugenio Espejo (1747-1795), journalist, lawyer and activist; Espejo is thought to have had the Kichwa name Chusig,
  • OneWeb-0011 LempiraSat - named by students from Siguatepeque, Honduras after Lempira (1499?-1537), leader of the Lenca people.
  • OneWeb-0012 NanuqSat - named by students from Anchorage, Alaska after a divine polar bear from Inupiaq legend.

External links:

• Wikipedia: Satellite Information
• Russian spaceweb Satellite description
• Satellite tracking: Real time satellite tracking