Re: Oh No Not Another One ! #4
Originally Posted by
swimfeeders
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Hi
The ESA is naff all to do with the EU.
Brexit will not affect it in anyway shape or form.
Many other things will be affected, but not the ESA.
We are not leaving Europe, we are leaving the EU.
The UK government’s plan to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in a satellite broadband company has been described as “nonsensical” by experts, who say the company doesn’t even make the right type of satellite the country needs after*Brexit.
The investment in OneWeb,*first reported on Thursday night, is intended to mitigate the
UK’s loss of access to the EU’s Galileo satellite navigation system.
But
OneWeb – in which the UK will own a 20% stake following the investment – currently operates a completely different type of satellite network from that typically used to run such navigation systems.
“The fundamental starting point is, yes, we’ve bought the wrong satellites,” said Dr Bleddyn Bowen, a space policy expert at the University of Leicester. “OneWeb is working on basically the same idea as Elon Musk’s Starlink: a mega-constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, which are used to connect people on the ground to the internet.
What’s happened is that the very talented lobbyists at OneWeb have convinced the government that we can completely redesign some of the satellites to piggyback a navigation payload on it.
OneWeb filed for bankruptcy in March in the US, where most of its operations are located, after failing to secure new funding.
Previously, the UK aimed to build its own global navigation satellite system, which independent experts estimatedwould cost £3bn-£4bn.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/...galileo-brexit