34 new satellites from British operator Oneweb were launched into space using a Russian Soyuz rocket with the aim of providing broadband internet everywhere in the world.
The Roscosmos space agency in a statement said that the rocket operated by Europe’s Arianespace took of successfully at 22:13 GMT on Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Oneweb is working to complete the construction of a constellation of low earth orbit satellites providing enhanced broadband and other services to countries around the world.
This was the fifth launch of OneWeb satellites this year, with the last one being on July 1.
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