A Russian Soyuz rocket takes off from Moscow-leased Baikonur cosmodromen in Kazakhstanm with 36 satellites from British operator OneWeb. It brings the company more than halfway towards its goal of providing global broadband internet. The London-headquartered company is working to complete the construction of a constellation of low earth orbit satellites providing enhanced broadband and other services to countries around the planet. It plans for its global commercial internet service to be operational by next year, supported by some 650 satellites. With the latest mission, it now has a total of 394 satellites in orbit for the constellation.

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