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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 31 2019, @10:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-internet-for-you! dept.

Russia Denies OneWeb's Satellite Internet Request:

A firm that plans to launch hundreds of satellites into orbit to provide worldwide internet coverage has failed in its latest attempt to get approval in Russia.

OneWeb, whose headquarters are in the UK, was seeking to use a certain band of radio frequencies in Russia.

However, the State Commission for Radio Frequencies has denied it permission to do so.

OneWeb has been trying to get approval for its Russian operations since 2017.

The company was founded by US entrepreneur Greg Wyler. It launched its first six satellites, out of a proposed 650, into orbit in February.

In 2017, Russia's communications authority Roskomnadzor blocked OneWeb from offering services in the country.

And the Federal Security Service (FSB) said that the satellites could be used for espionage.

Of note is that OneWeb is using Russian rockets and launch sites to deploy its satellites.


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 01 2019, @01:29AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 01 2019, @01:29AM (#873811) Journal

    and keep them close to the Russian birds

    lol. Russian birds will just load their capacitors with their PV and fry your swarm one by one in a more more energy-efficient manner, from close range.

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 01 2019, @02:52AM (1 child)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday August 01 2019, @02:52AM (#873835) Journal

    The battle will be interesting. I hope they put cameras on the things..

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 01 2019, @03:46AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 01 2019, @03:46AM (#873862) Journal

      The battle will be interesting.

      Yeap, should be sparkling. Cheers.

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