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June 6th, 2016

Three Top Drawer Subcontractors Selected By OneWeb Satellites For Equipment Necessities


OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture equally owned by Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb, has selected the first three top-tier subcontractors.

The supply contracts have been signed with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) from Canada, Sodern from France and Teledyne Defence (a business unit of Teledyne Microwave Solutions) from the United Kingdom.

To equip each of the 900 satellites forming the OneWeb fleet, MDA will provide on board antenna systems, Sodern has customized to constellation their star tracker technology, while Teledyne Defence has designed communications repeater equipment derived from their high volume manufacturing heritage. With this milestone, OneWeb Satellites is pursuing its industrial development and rapidly moving forward. In April, OneWeb announced that Florida would host the site for the company's high volume satellite manufacturing factory.

The space segment of OneWeb will be initially comprised of a constellation of 648 operational satellites and replacement satellites, all of them identical. Each satellite will weigh approximately 150 kg and will operate in LEO. Arianespace and Virgin Galactic will begin launching the spacecraft in 2018, after which the satellites will be moved to their operational orbits using electrical propulsion.

OneWeb Satellites was set up following the selection in June 2015 of Airbus Defence and Space as the industrial partner of OneWeb to design and build the satellites. The constellation is to be operated by OneWeb and will provide high-speed Internet services with global coverage. The joint venture will also be able to produce satellites, platforms or equipment to be marketed by Airbus Defence and Space for the benefit of other operators of future constellations.

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Dawdle Not... SmallSat Symposium Dates Set For 2017
 
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A veritable "Who's Who" of subject-matter experts have already committed to presentations during this impact-filled symposium:

Accepted Speakers To Date

Chad Anderson, Managing Director
Space Angels Network

Jason Andrews, CEO
Spaceflight Industries
David A. Anhalt, Vice President and General Manager
Iridium PRIME

Chris Baugh, President
NSR - Northern Sky Research

Peter Beck, CEO & CTO
Rocket Lab

Dr. Sami BenAmor, Director of Marketing
Thales Alenia Space

John Booher, Partner
Hogan Lovells

Dr. Sean Casey, Managing Director
Silicon Valley Space Center

Carissa Christensen, Managing Partner
The Tauri Group

Craig Clark, Founder
Clyde Space Ltd.

Mike Collett, Founder and Managing Partner
Promus Ventures

James Crawford, Founder and CEO
Orbital Insight

Randy Culver, CEO
AMERGINT Technologies

Stuart Daughtridge, Senior VP Advanced Technology
Kratos

Dr. Lars Dyrud, CEO
OmniEarth

Dr. Shahin Farshchi, Partner
Lux Capital

Dr. Jenny Gautier, Director of Commercial Programs
The Aerospace Corporation

Dr. Steve Goldberg, CEO & Co-Founder
Venrock

David Hartshorn, Secretary General
GVF - Global VSAT Forum

Susan J. Irwin, President
Irwin Communications, Inc.

John P. Janka, Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP

Adam Keith, Managing Director
Euroconsult Canada

Debra Facktor Lepore, VP and GM of Strategic Operations
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp

Tony Lin, Counsel, Washington, DC
Hogan Lovells

Dr. Clare Martin, Vice President of Programs
Surrey Satellite Technology US

Clayton Mowry, President
Arianespace

Carlos Niederstrasser, Business Development & Special Initiatives
Orbital ATK

Sunil Nagaraj, Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Bessemer Venture Partners

Dara A. Panahy, Partner
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Will Pomerantz, Vice President for Special Projects
Virgin Galactic

Dr. Alex Saltman, Senior Vice President
GeoOptics Inc.

Randy S. Segal, Partner, Co-Lead Satellite Practice
Hogan Lovells

David Strobel, CEO and Program Manager (PM)
Space Micro

Chris Stott, Chairman & CEO (PM)
ManSat

Tom Stroup, President
SIA - Satellite Industry Association

Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Founder and Executive Chairman
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Stig-Are Thrana, U.S. Sales Director and Head of Kongsberg Silicon Valley Office
Kongsberg Satellite Services

Dr. Joe Thurgood, Vice President Corporate Development and Marketing
Hera Systems

Dr. Marco Villa, President & COO
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems

Tony Wilkey, Senior Vice President
AvL Technologies

Bruce Yost, Project Manager
NASA Ames Research Center

Louis Zacharilla, Director of Development
Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI)

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