OneWeb files for bankruptcy

Re:OneWeb files for bankruptcy by kilroy123 on Saturday March 28, 2020 @08:46AM (#22710806)

Well I always thought they were insane not utilizing SpaceX for launching and bringing down costs.

Iridium used SpaceX very successfully to get their entire new constellation up.

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Re:OneWeb files for bankruptcy by m4rtink on Saturday March 28, 2020 @09:48AM (#22711106)

IIRC from an article that I read, there has been some personal antipathy between one of the OneWeb founders and SpaceX/Elon, that made them avoid SpaceX & go for much more expensive & less flexible "conventional" launch providers.

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Re:OneWeb files for bankruptcy by Robotbeat on Saturday March 28, 2020 @11:27AM (#22711678)

SpaceX and OneWeb were actually once partners. OneWeb didn't like SpaceX's more ambitious plans (or SpaceX wasn't satisfied with OneWeb's less ambitious plans), so they split.

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Re:OneWeb files for bankruptcy by jagged-chisel on Saturday March 28, 2020 @08:57AM (#22710855)

I was initially confused because I missed “new” - Iridium’s new constellation is Iridium NEXT.

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