Re:OneWeb files for bankruptcy
by greglindahl on Saturday March 28, 2020 @12:56PM
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OneWeb is more likely to end up like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledesic -- not much value has been created yet, just a partially launched constellation with costs still rising.
Many of them ended up being salvaged afterward and many are still operating today (some at a profit) after going through bankruptcy: ORBCOMM, Iridium, Globalstar. All three have launched second generation satellite constellations. Bankruptcy doesn't have to mean society loses their value.
I'm as big of a SpaceX fan as anyone, but I hope we manage to salvage OneWeb out of bankruptcy and get at least the minimal constellation up somehow. Maybe they'll be able to switch to cheaper reusable launch providers like SpaceX or New Glenn as part of the bankruptcy.