Historic Flight! ISRO's Heaviest Rocket Successfully Places 36 Satellites In Orbit

The Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) on October 22 launched a constellation of 36 broadband satellites developed by OneWeb to Low Earth Orbit on October 23. The ISRO confirmed that LVM3-M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission successfully placed 36 satellites into intended orbits. The satellites were launched onboard the Launch Vehicle Mark-III, which is a redesignated version of the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV Mk-III), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The launch took place at 12.07 am. This is the first commercial launch for LVM-3 and the mission is being conducted under an agreement between OneWeb and New Space India Limited (NSIL).

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