'Inappropriate': UK taxpayer-backed satellites set to be launched from Russian-owned facility, on Russian rockets

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A company part-owned by the British government is set to launch satellites from a Russian-run facility later this week, a leading MP has warned

OneWeb is set to launch 36 satellites from the Russian-owned Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Russian-owned Soyuz rocket. Pic: Roscosmos

Satellite company OneWeb was bought out of bankruptcy by British taxpayers in 2020, giving the government a £400m stake.OneWeb sent up satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster in December and is planning to send more this week. Pic: Roscosmos

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