OneWeb: Satellites

(asked on 27th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether some OneWeb satellites are now in Russian military custody; what the implications of this are for the security of the rest of OneWeb’s constellation; and whether they have undertaken a wider appraisal of the security implications for the UK more broadly.


Answered by
Lord Callanan Portrait
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 10th November 2022

The security of OneWeb assets is a commercially sensitive matter for the company. HMG conduct security assessments on all UK licensed space systems to ensure matters of national security are appropriately considered and managed.

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