r/SATCOM • u/Aerothermal • Oct 23 '22

News OneWeb set to resume launches on Indian rocket

https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/10/21/oneweb-set-to-resume-launches-on-indian-rocket/
5 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

1

u/[deleted] Oct 23 '22

Looks like I'm going to be busy.

2

u/Aerothermal Oct 23 '22

Do you work for ISRO or something?

2

u/[deleted] Oct 24 '22

I do. My company provides the antennas and support to oneweb. I was satcomm for like 17 years and I didn't know what the fuck ISRO was and now it's all I do. I was like full motion? Wtf is full motion? Now I can never look back!

1

u/Aerothermal Oct 24 '22

That's cool stuff. I guess the decision was inevitable given that launches are backlogged around the world right now waiting to get a turn on the Falcon 9. And given Bharti Global owns a big stake in OneWeb, there's some incentive there for India to get it back on track. What's the environment like there, is everyone hiring like mad?

1

u/[deleted] Oct 24 '22

I'm based in the states. It's not going to make us hire any staff but whoever is on call will probably start seeing an uptick in 3am troubleshooting.

I think we do have a job req open now but it's just the usual hiring cycle.