O3b to launch four satellites in December

The third group of four satellites from O3b Networks is scheduled to launch Dec. 18. With this launch, the company will have 12 satellites in orbit, O3b said in a news release. The satellites will be launched on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, it said. The satellites will be launched into an orbit that provides O3b customers "with substantial performance benefits due to lower latency or delay," it said.