On August 21, 2021 at 22:13 UTC the Russian "Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier equipped with the "Fregat” booster (upper stage) was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket orbited 34 OneWeb satellites. OneWeb’s broadband relay network is designed to beam high-speed internet signals around the world. After this launch, there are 288 OneWeb satellites in space.