A satellite launch by a communications firm with UK government backing will not go ahead after the company’s board suspended use of a Russian-operated spaceport. OneWeb was due on Friday to launch 36 broadband satellites in Kazakhstan, in an operation that would have used Russian Soyuz rockets and have been overseen by the Russian space agency. But following political pressure after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the board of the London-based company voted to “suspend all launches” from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in a move welcomed by the UK government, which is a major shareholder. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng wrote on Twitter: “The UK government supports OneWeb’s decision. “In light of Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, we are reviewing our participation in all further projects involving Russian collaboration.” Darren Jones, Labour chairman of the Commons Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Committee, had written to ministers this week to question …