— OneWeb (@OneWeb) December 9, 2022 COMING SOON: A new email series explaining the Golden Dome initiative and what it means for the space industry, breaking down the latest developments. Sign up now to receive the first edition when the series launches. Sign up By submitting this form, you agree to the SpaceNews privacy policy and terms and conditions and to receive email from us and our partners. You can opt-out at any time. It will take about 100 days for OneWeb’s latest batch of satellites to reach their final LEO destinations to begin services, according to OneWeb chief commercial officer Stephen Beynon. Once online he said the satellites would expand the operator’s constellation into the southern hemisphere while improving the density of coverage to the north. The satellites would enable coverage across “a substantial part” of North America, he said in an interview, where the operator has a distribution agreement with telecoms giant AT&T. SpaceX’s first launch for OneWeb was delayed from Dec. 6 to allow for additional pre-launch checks. A similar reason was recently given for pushing out the Falcon 9 launch of a Japan-based ispace’s lunar lander by four days to Dec. 11. Back on track The mission is the first of three dedicated Falcon 9 launches that OneWeb booked in March, shortly after an agreement with Arianespace to complete its constellation with Russian Soyuz rockets was suspended amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. OneWeb also booked two flights with New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of India’s space agency. The first of these two missions enabled the operator to resume its launch campaign Oct. 22