OneWeb’s first six global internet satellites are safely in orbit

Update: Launch and deployment successful!
After four years and more than $2 billion in funding, OneWeb is ready to launch the first six satellites out of a planned constellation of 650 with which it plans to blanket the world in broadband. The Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket will take off at 1:37 Pacific time from Guiana Space Center. You can watch it live at OneWeb’s site here.
OneWebis one of several companies that aims to connect the world with a few hundred or thousand satellites, an