OneWeb names winners of 2021 Innovation Challenge

by Debra Werner — July 6, 2021 OneWeb announced the winners of its 2021 Innovation Challenge: IRT Saint Exupéry, Mbryonics, Morpheus Space, Oledcomm and R3-IoT. Credit: OneWeb screenshot SAN FRANCISCO – IRT Saint Exupéry, Mbryonics, Morpheus Space, Oledcomm and R3-IoT were the winners of OneWeb’s 2021 Innovation Challenge, a campaign to designed to “rethink satellite connectivity” and establish new partnerships, according to London-based OneWeb. OneWeb announced the winners July 1 during an online event tracking the launch of 36 broadband communications satellites on an Arianespace Soyuz rocket from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome. In addition to the industry winners, OneWeb named three research organizations as Innovation Challenge winners: Munich-based Fraunhofer, Imperial College London and Digantara, an Indian space technology company. OneWeb’s 2021 Innovation Challenge attracted more than 300 submissions from 19 countries in six weeks, Valery Gineste, OneWeb senior director of technologies, said during the broadcast. Companies and research organizations shared ideas ranging from sustainable materials and efficient propulsion to new satellite payloads and spaceflight safety improvements. It’s not yet clear what role the new companies will play in OneWeb’s campaign to establish a 648-satellite global broadband constellation. With the July 1 launch, OneWeb’s constellation grew to 256 satellites. When OneWeb announced…
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