Lift-off for O3b satellite network

The O3b company has finally got its first four satellites in orbit. They were launched on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana after a day's delay due to unfavourable winds at the Sinnamary spaceport. The satellites' deployment marks the first phase in O3b's construction of a novel telecommunications network. It plans to put a constellation in the sky to handle voice and data traffic for mobile phone, internet and other service providers. More

(Source: BBC News - Jun 26)