OneWeb: Satellites
(asked on 2nd March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding (a) Russian- or (b) Belarussian-owned entities received in connection with the OneWeb satellite launch; and what proportion of that sum came from public funding used to purchase OneWeb out of bankruptcy in 2020.
This question was answered on 7th March 2022
OneWeb’s launch contract is with Arianespace, a French company. As a non-majority shareholder in OneWeb (17.6%), we cannot comment on arrangements between Arianespace and its suppliers.