NEW DELHI: OneWeb, the satellite telephony company backed by Sunil Mittal’s Bharti group and the UK government, has partnered Elon Musk's SpaceX -- its potential business rival globally -- for launching satellites after the Russia-Ukraine crisis saw the suspension of its plans from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The company, which plans to start commercial services globally later this year through its low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, is yet to complete its constellation of 648 satellites, having put in place around 66% or 428 so far.