# Arianespace TV - VS21 Succesful Mission

ARIANESPACE SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMS THE FIRST OF 21 LAUNCHES FOR THE ONEWEB CONSTELLATION

Flight VS21 Arianespace’s second launch of the year took place on Wednesday, February 27, at 6:37 p.m., (Kourou time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe’sspaceport in French Guiana (South America).

By operating this maiden flight, the first of 21 launches contracted by OneWeb in 2015,Arianespace contributes to the fulfilment of its customer’s ultimate ambition: providing Internet access to everyone, everywhere.

The maiden mission for OneWeb brought the number of constellation satellites orbited by Arianespace to 109, which demonstrates a remarkable ability to meet the needs of this market segment with its current and future family of launchers.

Stéphane Israël, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer, said: “By deploying the OneWeb constellation,Arianespace also accomplishes its mission: ‘Using space for a better life on Earth’ when participating in thebuild-up of a global communications network that will bridge the digital divide. The success of this first flight marks the go-ahead of 20 more Soyuz launches contracted by OneWeb in 2015, representing more than 600 satellites to be orbited in less than two years - and we take great pride in working toward such anobjective!”

Arianespace at the service of global communications

As the opening launch on behalf of the satellite operator OneWeb, today’s flight VS21 paves the way for the deployment phase of its initial constellation …

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2019
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Arianespace
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arianespace_TV_-_VS21_Succesful_Mission.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Arianespace
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/89575747?play=1)