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SHOW DAILY OFFICIAL SHOW DAILY of the 33RD AIAA/USU CONFERENCE on SMALL SATELLITES Oneweb Founder Wyler Calls for Responsible Smallsat Operations Aug. 6, 2019 • Visit us at 239T DAY 1 SHOW DAILY OFFICIAL SHOW DAILY OF THE 33RD AIAA/USU CONFERENCE ON SMALL SATELLITES OneWeb founder Wyler calls for responsible smallsat operations he founder of broadband megacon- stellation company OneWeb urged the T smallsat industry to operate responsi- bly in orbit, warning that failed satellites and collisions could result in stifling government regulation. In an Aug. 5 keynote address at the Confer- ence on Small Satellites, Greg Wyler contrasted OneWeb’s emphasis on building reliable satellites and avoiding the creation of orbital debris with unnamed companies that he fears may sacrifice reliability in a rush to get their satellites launched. “I’m really not a fan of just launching stuff in space to raise money, and launching stuff in space that’s not finished or not ready or vetted,” he said. “You should not be throwing up hun- dreds and hundreds of kilograms of mass that just becomes a missile.” Wyler didn’t identify by name any companies that are launching satellites in that way, but his comments appeared to be a veiled reference to SpaceX and its Starlink constellation. SpaceX launched its first 60 Starlink satellites in May, OneWeb founder Greg Wyler delivers the opening keynote address Monday at the 33rd Annual Conference on and later reported at least three had failed. The Small Satellites in Logan, Utah. company also raised a $310 million funding round about a month after that launch. first six OneWeb satellites, launched in February, event a decade ago. “If we have a couple of sat- “To not sit and think about longer-term ram- are 100% functional, he said.. “We’re really, really ellites collide, you’re going to see regulations ifications of what you’re doing is just irrespon- happy with them.” and you’re going to see it fast, and it’s going to sible,” he said. “We had a team on space debris With a completion of a new factory in Florida, make no sense at all,” he warned. from day one.” the company is preparing to launch its initial He added he wasn’t concerned about com- Wyler argued that OneWeb is trying to be a constellation of 650 satellites in batches of 34 to peting with what he estimated to be at least 150 responsible operator by focusing on the reliabil- 36 each. Those launches will take place monthly, other proposed satellite constellations as long ity of its satellites, avoiding failures that prevent starting in December, on Soyuz rockets. as they adopted a similar approach to space from the company from deorbiting them. The Wyler said he was worried, though, about the operations. “We welcome lots of people to come effects on OneWeb and the industry should there and join and do this,” he said. “I just want them JEFF FOUST be another collision like the Iridium-Cosmos all to do it safely.” SN KEITH JOHNSON FOR SPACENEWS DAY 1 | SPACENEWS SHOW DAILY | 1 ORBIT DE N MO In-Orbit I N S T R A T I O Demonstration N Programme Get your service off the ground The Satellite Applications Catapult’s In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) programme offers a fast-track, low-cost opportunity to launch a satellite into orbit in just 12 months. What do you get? For each IOD mission, you are offered a CubeSat platform, including integration and testing, an International Space Station launch opportunity, and business and technical support from the Catapult team. Are you eligible? The IOD programme is open to any organisation or consortium who can clearly demonstrate the commercial potential of a service and a route to market. Companies applying for the programme must be based in the UK or willing to open a UK site. Find out more Learn more about the In-Orbit Demonstration programme and opportunities for space companies in the UK at our High Tea on Wednesday August 7 at 3.30pm, held in partnership with the UK government’s Department for International Trade, the UK Space Agency, and the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council. Register for your place by emailing [email protected] sa.catapult.org.uk/iod @SatAppsCatapult #IOD COURTESY ONEWEB SATELLITES DAY 1 SHOW DAILY OneWeb gearing up for mass production of satellites new factory on Florida’s has not been done in the industry.” OneWeb Satellites was still in the Space Coast will soon be There are, however, contemporary process of commissioning the lines, OneWeb Satellites was still com- producing satellites for examples of volume production of testing equipment and procedures. missioning its Florida factory in late A July but expects to be up and run- OneWeb’s broadband megacon- small satellites, such as Planet, which Company officials at the event declined ning in time to build the 34 satel- stellation at the rate of two per day, has built several hundred of its Dove to say when full-scale production lites slated to launch in December. as the joint venture that runs the imaging cubesats, and Spire, which would begin, but said that the first set factory looks for other customers. has built more than 100 of its Lemur of 34 satellites, scheduled to launch OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture cubesats. SpaceX has also built at on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur One example is DARPA, which of OneWeb and Airbus Defence and least 60 Starlink satellites, launched Cosmodrome in December, would awarded a contract to Airbus in Jan- Space, formally inaugurated the in May, as it seeks to deploy a con- all be built at the factory. uary to develop a satellite bus for its 9,750-square-meter factory just outside stellation that could eventually reach OneWeb needs the factory to Blackjack program, which seeks to the gates of the Kennedy Space Center 12,000 satellites. maintain a high production rate to examine how commercial smallsat in a July 22 ceremony. The factory OneWeb’s effort, though, is at a meet its deployment plans. Adrian constellations could be used for mil- is a key element in OneWeb’s plans different scale that those for cubesat Steckel, chief executive of OneWeb, itary applications. “We’re definitely to deploy an initial constellation of constellations and, unlike SpaceX, said at the event that the company is going to show them how to do that,” 650 satellites over the next two years. the company is willing to show off planning monthly launches starting Gingiss said. “We are going to pioneer serial its capabilities. The factory features in December, each carrying 34 to 36 “We also want to bring this to satellite production,” said Tony two production lines, laid out to make satellites. Those Soyuz launches will the larger commercial sector, and Gingiss, chief executive of OneWeb the flow of spacecraft production as take place from both Baikonur and to the military LEO applications,” he Satellites, at the ceremony, whose efficient as possible. Robots known the new Vostochny Cosmodrome added. He didn’t elaborate on those guests included Commerce Secre- as automated guided vehicles move in Russia’s Far East. opportunities, but the Pentagon’s tary Wilbur Ross, FCC Chairman Ajit components from one station to the As OneWeb Satellites cranks up new Space Development Agency Pai and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who next. After assembly and testing, the production of OneWeb’s constel- has shown an interest in such was governor when Florida landed satellites, weighing 150 kilograms lation, it’s looking ahead to other constellations, holding an industry the deal three years ago to bring the each, will be loaded in shipping customers. While OneWeb has plans day July 23 to solicit input from factory to the state. containers and flown out from the for additional, larger satellite constel- companies on their capabilities Gingiss claimed that such high- nearby Shuttle Landing Facility to lations, Gingiss said the company and concepts. rate production is something “that the launch site. wants to offer its mass production “We are the leaders,” Gingiss said, At the time of the ceremony, the expertise to other customers, both “and I expect that we will continue JEFF FOUST factory had yet to build any satellites. commercial and government. to lead this industry in this area.” SN COURTESY ONEWEB SATELLITES DAY 1 | SPACENEWS SHOW DAILY | 3 SHOW DAILY DAY 1 Arianespace and SpaceX offering new dedicated rideshare services “We see this as a growth trend. Clearly, there is a need for this type of service.” Wiener Kernisan, president of Arianespace’s U.S. subsidiary dedicated rideshare program to launch spacecraft to sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). SpaceX said it will carry out a series of Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, starting in late 2020 or early 2021 and continuing on an annual basis through at least 2023. “SpaceX is committed to serving the com- mercial market as it grows and changes, and we believe we can address the needs of small Arianespace Inc. President Wiener Kernisan, right, talks with reporters Monday at the Conference on Small satellite operators by offering reliable, cost-ef- Satellites about the company’s plans to launch a dedicated rideshare mission to GEO in 2022. fective access to orbit through regularly sched- uled, dedicated rideshare missions,” a company spokesperson said. wo of the largest commercial launch Kernisan said the company sees the demand While Arianespace didn’t reveal pricing for providers separately announced plans for GO-1 coming from the emerging small GEO its GO-1 mission, SpaceX included a price list TAug. 5 to provide dedicated launches of satellite field, where a number of companies are with its announcement.
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