https://spacewatch.global/tag/sunil-bharti-mittal/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:40:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/sunil-bharti-mittal/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/oneweb-isro-and-nsil-launch-36-oneweb-satellites/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47549 OneWeb has announced the successful deployment and contact of 36 satellites that NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India. Lift-off took place on Sunday, 26 March 2023, at 9:00 am local time. Furthermore, OneWeb’s satellites separated successfully from the rocket and dispensed over nine phases over a period of 1 hour and 14 minutes. In addition, OneWeb also confirmed signal acquisition on all 36 satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/oneweb-to-complete-constellation-and-become-service-ready-in-2023/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 07:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44630 OneWeb CEO Sunil Bharti Mittal has announced that it will become ready for service in the second half of 2023 as it will complete the launch of its constellations by March 2023. Sunil made this announcement at the ongoing Connecting the World from the Skies forum, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Saudi Arabia Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST). ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/uk-stake-in-oneweb-no-guarantee-for-uk-production/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39695 Bharti Enterprises, OneWeb’s largest shareholder said that bringing manufacturing into the UK would be problematic, despite the government’s ambitions to stimulate a domestic space industry. Sunil Bharti Mittal, chair of Bharti Enterprises, said that they would encourage the winner of the contract for OneWeb’s second-generation satellites to manufacture in the UK but there were no guarantees.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/oneweb-moves-on-with-next-launch-and-new-funding/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29203&preview=true&preview_id=29203 OneWeb moves on with next launch and new funding]]>