OneWeb founder Wyler: 1 billion consumer subscribers by 2025

by Peter B. de Selding

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — OneWeb Executive Chairman Greg Wyler on Oct. 3 said his mega-constellation of 150-kilogram satellites was on schedule to launch its first 10 prototypes next year and that the Russian Soyuz rocket that will perform the task had already arrived at the European spaceport in French Guiana.

He said the constellation, mainly intended to wholesale broadband capacity worldwide, will sell directly to consumers.

“Direct-to-consumer will be a big part of what we’re doing,” he said. “We set pretty high goals but we . . .

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