I-OneWeb iqinisekisa ukwethulwa ngempumelelo nokuxhumana nazo zonke iziphuphutheki ezingama-36 ezethulwe ekuqaleni kwanamuhla, ziletha inani eliphelele le-constellation e-orbit kuma-satellite angama-254.
Ukuxhuma ngesivinini esikhulu kuzotholakala kusuka eNyakatho Pole kuye kuma-50^th i-parallel - ifaka i-United Kingdom, Canada, Alaska kanye ne-Arctic Region.
Emzileni wokutholakala okuphelele komhlaba jikelele ngoJuni 2022 ngeqoqo le-LEO lama-satellite angama-648.

I-OneWeb, inkampani yezokuxhumana ngesathelayithi i-Low Earth Orbit (LEO), namuhla imemezele ukwethulwa ngempumelelo kwezinye iziphuphutheki ezingama-36 ukumaka ukuphothulwa kwenjongo yayo 'emihlanu kuya kwengama-50'. Ngalesi sigameko esikhulu, iNkampani isilungele ukuletha ukuxhumana kulo lonke elase-United Kingdom, Canada, Alaska, Northern Europe, Greenland, kanye nase-Arctic Region.

Ukwethulwa kwakamuva kuthatha i-OneWeb's-orbit constellation kuma-satellite angama-254, noma ama-40% we OneWebImikhumbi ehleliwe yeziphuphutheki ezingama-648 ze-LEO ezizoletha uxhumano lomhlaba jikelele olunejubane eliphakeme, nolusezingeni eliphansi. OneWeb ihlose ukwenza insizakalo yomhlaba wonke itholakale ngo-2022.

Ukuboniswa kwensizakalo kuzoqala kuleli hlobo ezindaweni eziningana ezibalulekile - kufaka phakathi i-Alaska neCanada - njengoba i-OneWeb ilungiselela ukuhweba ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo. Inikela ngezinsizakalo zokuxhuma ezisebangeni, iNkampani isivele imemezele ubudlelwano bokusabalalisa kuzo zonke izimboni namabhizinisi amaningi kubandakanya ne-BT, ROCK Network, AST Group, PDI, Alaska Communications nabanye, njengoba i-OneWeb ikhulisa amandla ayo omhlaba. Inkampani iyaqhubeka nokuxhumana nabanikezeli bezokuxhumana ngocingo, ama-ISP, kanye nohulumeni emhlabeni wonke ukunikela ngezinsizakalo zayo ezisezingeni eliphansi, ezisheshayo zokuxhuma futhi ibona isidingo esikhulayo sezisombululo ezintsha zokuxhuma okunzima ukufinyelela ezindaweni.

Ukwethulwa kweziphuphutheki zakamuva ezingama-36 kwenziwe yi-Arianespace evela eVostochny Cosmodrom. I-Liftoff yenzeke ngomhlaka 1 Julayi ngo-13: 48 BST. Iziphuphutheki ze-OneWeb zihlukaniswe nerokhethi futhi zanikezwa ngamaqoqo ama-9 esikhathini samahora ama-3 imizuzu engama-52 ngokutholwa kwesiginali kuzo zonke iziphuphutheki ezingama-36 okuqinisekisiwe.

UNdunankulu wase-United Kingdom, uRt. Hon. UBoris Johnson, iPhalamende, uthe: “Lokhu kwethulwa kwamuva kweziphuphutheki ze-OneWeb kuzobeka i-broadband enejubane eliphezulu ukuthi ifinyeleleke eNyakatho Nenkabazwe yonke ngasekupheleni konyaka, kubandakanya nokwenza ngcono ukuxhumana ezindaweni ezikude kakhulu zase-UK.

"Isekelwa nguHulumeni waseBrithani, i-OneWeb ifakazela okungenzeka lapho utshalomali lukahulumeni nolwangasese luhlangana, lubeka i-UK phambili kwezobuchwepheshe bamuva, ivule izimakethe ezintsha, futhi ekugcineni iguqule izimpilo zabantu emhlabeni wonke."