The heaviest rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation– LVM3-M2\/OneWeb India-1 blasted off from this spaceport on Sunday to place 36 broadband communication satellites into the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for a UK-based customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a central public sector enterprise under the Department of Space, had earlier signed two launch service contracts with the London-headquartered Network Access Associated Limited (OneWeb) for launching OneWeb LEO satellites on board ISRO’s LVM3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OneWeb is a private satellite communications company, in which India’s Bharti Enterprises is a major investor and shareholder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, the 43.5 metre tall rocket soared majestically at 12.07 am from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at the end of the 24-hour countdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vehicle is also dubbed as one of the heaviest for its ability to carry satellites upto 8,000 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mission assumes significance as this was LVM3’s maiden commercial mission and also NSIL’s first with the said launch vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to ISRO, the mission has the heaviest payloads with 36 satellites of OneWeb, becoming the first Indian rocket with a payload of 5,796 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The launch is also first for LVM3-M2 to place the satellites in the Low Earth Orbit (up to 1,200 kms above the earth) unlike Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISRO scientists have rechristened the launch vehicle its present name from GSLV-MKK III as the newest rocket is capable of launching 4,000 kilogram class of satellites into GTO and 8,000 kgs of payloads into LEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GSLV-Mk III had four successful missions in the past. LVM3-M2 is a three-stage launch vehicle consisting of two solid propellant S200 strap-ons on its sides and core stage comprising L110 liquid stage and C25 cryogenic stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OneWeb Ltd is a global communication network powered from space, enabling internet connectivity for governments and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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