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On Sunday, 26th March 2023 at 9:00 am, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched India's largest LVM3 rocket bearing 36 satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM-III), India's most potent launch vehicle, launched 36 satellites operated by Network Access Associated Limited. OneWeb, a company based in the United Kingdom, into low Earth orbit on Sunday (LEO). According to reports, during the countdown, which started at 8:30 am on Saturday 25th March, the rocket as well as satellite systems were examined, and the rocket's fuel tank was refilled.
The LVM-III is 643 tonnes and has a height of 43.5 meters. According to sources, it got launched at 9 a.m. from the 2nd launch pad at the rocket port in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, carrying the last batch of 36 Gen1 satellites for OneWeb, totaling 5,805 kilograms.
It is a three-stage rocket, with the first stage using liquid fuel, the 2 strap-on motors using solid fuel, the second stage using liquid fuel, and the third stage being the cryogenic engine. LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 Mission is the code name given by ISRO to the forthcoming rocket mission.
The rocket will launch and the satellite separation process started just over 19 minutes later. There will be a pre-planned separation of the 36 satellites. With the grand success of the satellites on 26 March 2023, OneWeb, which is supported by India's largest telecom company Bharti Group, will have fully deployed its Gen 1 constellation throughout the world. Currently, it has 582 satellites in orbit. On March 26, the total is expected to reach 618.
OneWeb Chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal stated in October of last year that ISRO's commercial branch, NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL), has inked a contract with OneWeb to launch 72 satellites in two stages with a launch price of more than Rs 1,000 crore.
After being put into low-earth orbits, the satellites would be distributed among Twelve planes at a distance from the surface of the Earth of around 1,200 km. According to ISRO, each plane would be spaced apart by 4 kilometres to prevent inter-plane collisions.
LVM3, formerly called as the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLVMkIII) with such a cryogenic upper stage, has flown six times. It finished five consecutive missions, including Chandrayaan-2.
The Indian Prime Minister also used the microblogging site to thank several organizations, including ISRO, for the launch of the largest satellite LVM3 with 36 OneWeb satellites, which was also successful.
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