Russian space agency Roscosmos<\/a> also said it will not launch three dozen internet satellites of OneWeb, whose Bharti Airtel<\/a> is part of, as planned on March 4 unless the company meets its new demands, including removing the UK from the project. With OneWeb rejecting Russia’s demands, the launch of the rocket looks uncertain.
Posting a video, Russian space agency Roscosmos<\/a> chief Dimitry Rogozin<\/a> stated in Russian, “The launchers at Baikonur decided that without the flags of some countries, our rocket would look more beautiful.” In the video, the space agency officials at the Baikonur launchpad were seen pasting white vinyl on the flags on the Soyuz<\/a> rocket, covering them completely.
The Soyuz<\/a> rocket is carrying 36 satellites from various countries, which will be part of the satellite-based internet connectivity that will be provided across the globe under the OneWeb programme.
The project aims to launch 648 satellites into orbit, and 428 of them have already been launched, all of them using the Russian Soyuz vehicle. Bharti Airtel<\/a> group (with 39% stake) and the UK government are the owners of the project.
Roscosmos has also put a condition for the launch of the rocket that the UK government must sell its stake in the project, and that OneWeb should give a guarantee that the satellites won’t be used for military purposes. It has also warned OneWeb that if these demands are not met, then the Soyuz rocket will be removed from the launchpad.
The UK and OneWeb have rejected Russian demands. In a statement, the board of OneWeb has voted to suspend all launches from Baikonur.
“In light of Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, we are reviewing our participation in all further projects involving Russian collaboration,” UK business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng<\/a>. “There's no negotiation on OneWeb: the UK government is not selling its share,” tweeted Kwarteng<\/a>.
Earlier, the Russian space agency chief had warned the US that the slew of sanctions imposed on Moscow can “destroy our cooperation” on the ISS and asked Washington if it wanted to threaten India and China with the “possibility of a 500-tonne structure falling” on them.
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