OneWeb launches 36 satellites into orbit from Kazakhstan


FILE PHOTO: A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and satellites of British firm OneWeb blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Region, Russia October 14, 2021. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain-based tech company OneWeb launched 36 communications satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, live broadcasts showed.

OneWeb has been launching satellites into orbit as part of its plans to deliver global high-speed internet access.

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