Bharti’s high-speed internet from OneWeb satellites in India by 2022; Co calls for light touch space policy

MUMBAI: Bharti Group expects to launch high-speed satellite internet services in India by early 2022 using the OneWeb satellite constellation and has sought help from India’s space agency to build affordable access terminals for deployment across the country, chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Thursday.

“OneWeb will be the world’s first low earth orbit (LEO) constellation flying about 648 satellites at 1,200 kms, covering every inch of the globe,” Mittal said during a webinar on ‘Unlocking India’s potential in the Space sector’.