OneWeb 4

Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M carried 36 OneWeb broadband satellites into polar orbit from Vostochny Cosmodrome, the constellation's first launch from that pad and its first deployment since OneWeb resumed operations following its 2020 bankruptcy.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

5.3 T

Flight

12th

of 36 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

18 December 2020, 12:26 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Payload

Communications

International designator

2020-100

Launches in 2020

110th of 114

See it in orbit

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