spacetoday.net: OneWeb halts Soyuz launches from Baikonur

Posted: Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 10:59 AM ET (1559 GMT)
OneWeb is halting launches from Baikonur after Russia imposed severe conditions on them. In a one-sentence statement Thursday, OneWeb said its board "has voted to suspend all launches from Baikonur" but offered no details on contingency plans. The company ordered its staff to leave the spaceport Wednesday after the Russian government demanded that OneWeb's satellites not be used for military applications and that the British government sell its stake in the company. Russian workers at the launch site covered up part of the OneWeb livery on the rocket, including the flags of the United Kingdom and the United States. Sanctions could also affect the delivery of Russian-built electric propulsion systems used on OneWeb's satellites.