OneWeb 21

NET November 2026NET

Mission brief

What is happening

SpaceX is launching OneWeb 21 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. It is a communications mission heading to Polar Orbit.

At a glance

Destination: Polar Orbit
Payload: OneWeb 21
Mission type: Communications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Provider: SpaceX
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 4E
Programme: OneWeb

A batch of 32 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.

What changed

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OCT 29 · 6:07 AM UTC
NET November from Vandenberg.
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OCT 2 · 1:12 PM UTC
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Schedule confidence

LOW

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Launch site: Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5
Provider: SpaceX
Orbit: PO
Payload: OneWeb 21
Status: To Be Determined
Vehicle height: 70 m
Liftoff thrust: 7,607 kN
Vehicle type flights: 643
Vehicle type success rate: 99.8%

Programme

OneWeb

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