Russia may become a shareholder of OneWeb
Russia may become a shareholder of OneWeb
Russia may become a shareholder of a satellite Internet operator One Web.
According to participants in the space communications market, this in the event of a merger company with the French satellite operator Eutelsat. A 3.4% stake in Eutelsat belongs to Russia through FSUE Kosmicheskaya Svyaz.
Thus, RF can become minority shareholder one of two regular satellite constellations planned via fast internet in all countries of the world, report “News”.
Earlier it became known about the difficult relationship of OneWeb with the remnants of fiber. As a representative of the FSB stated in 2018, the statement of the project organizers that OneWeb’s activities are not reconnaissance nature and does not harm the individual and society.
In March, Roskomos canceled preparations for future launches of British OneWeb satellites. Before that, the state corporation requested guarantees from the British project not to use satellites for military purposes. On March 3, OneWeb announced that it was suspending the launch of its satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.