Q. Recently which tech company sent satellites into orbit to provide internet connectivity ?
a) Reliance Jio
b) One web
c) Tesla
d) none of these
Answer (b)
Related Facts:
- Britain-based tech company OneWeb sent 36 satellites into orbit on July 1st , 2021.
- The satellites were blasted into orbit by a Soyuz rocket from Russia’s Vostochny cosmodrome.
- According to One web it would pave the way for it to begin rolling out a commercial internet service in swathes of the northern hemisphere this year.
- It listed the United Kingdom, Alaska, Northern Europe, Greenland, Iceland, continental U.S., the Arctic Seas and Canada as areas that should be offered full connectivity.
- A commercial service should be rolled out by the end of 2021 with a global service following next year.
- Service demonstrations will begin in several key locations this summer, including in Alaska and Canada.
ABHISHEK KUMAR