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OneWeb’s low-Earth satellites hit 400Mbps and 32ms latency in new test
OneWeb says a test of its low-Earth orbit satellites has delivered broadband speeds of more than 400Mbps with average latency of 32ms.
"The tests, which took place in Seoul, South Korea, represent the most significant demonstration of the OneWeb constellation to date, proving its ability to provide superior broadband connectivity anywhere on the planet," OneWeb said in an announcement yesterday.
The company said it's on track toward creating "a fully functioning global constellation in 2021 and delivering partial service beginning as early as 2020." The test described yesterday involved six OneWeb satellites that were launched in February. OneWeb says its commercial network "will start with an initial 650 satellites and grow up to 1,980 satellites."
While the 32ms latency figure is an average, the 400Mbps result seems to be the peak speed delivered during the test. OneWeb said its test also demonstrated "seamless beam and satellite handovers; accurate antenna pointing and tracking; [and] live-streamed video at resolutions up to 1080p."
OneWeb originally promised service in Alaska "as early as 2019," but by February 2019 the company said it would only be able to provide customer demos by 2020.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday July 18 2019, @04:50PM (1 child)
https://spacenews.com/spacex-oneweb-detail-constellation-plans-to-congress/ [spacenews.com]
7 Terabits of capacity would only provide simultaneous access for 17,500 customers at 400Mbps. 7 Terabits of capacity over 900 satellites would be 8Gbs of capacity per satellite. Though, I saw someone mention in the Ars comments that it was estimated there was 10Gbs capacity per satellite. Still, it seems unlikely that they will provide 400Mbps access, if only due to economy of scale.
If they merely provided 25Mbps, that would make 400 customers per satellite, if the capacity is truly 10Gbps. Which sounds a lot more plausible and would be direct competition with what's offered by Fixed Wireless/point-to-point wireless providers. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be shaping up into an AT&T/Verizon killer at all.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Interesting) by TheRaven on Sunday July 21 2019, @06:05PM
sudo mod me up