Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) heaviest rocket LVM3-M2/OneWeb India-1 was launched on Sunday from the space center here and placed 36 broadband communication satellites in Low Orbit (LEO) for a UK-based customer. to be done.
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a public sector enterprise under the Department of Space, signed two launch service contracts with London-headquartered Network Access Associated Limited (OneWeb) to launch OneWeb LEO satellites on board ISRO’s LVM3 formerly Were. OneWeb is a private satellite communications company in which Bharti Enterprises of India is a major investor and shareholder.
On Sunday, the 43.5-meter-tall rocket was launched at 12.07 am from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center here at the end of the 24-hour countdown. The rocket has the capacity to carry satellites up to 8,000 kg into space.
This mission is significant as it is the first commercial mission of LVM3 and also the first mission of NSIL with the launch vehicle. According to ISRO, it has become the first Indian rocket to go to space with 36 satellites of OneWeb weighing 5,796 kg in the mission.
