ISRO has made a remarkable record as its missile LVM3 has completed six consecutive successful launches today. The launch of the LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 mission was set on 26 March 2023 at 09:00 AM. The launch was set up at the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota.
ISRO Reaches New Milestone
ISRO has successfully completed a mission that was planned to launch 72 satellites to Low-Earth orbits. The mission was under a bond between Network Access Associates Limited, United Kingdom (OneWeb Group Company), and NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).
The mission to launch 72 satellites was divided into two flights carrying 36 satellites each. The first satellite was launched in LVM3-M2/OneWeb India -1 Mission carrying 36 satellites on 23 October 2022.
Under today’s mission conducted by ISRO, the LVM3-M3 mission carried 36 OneWeb Gen-1 satellites weighing 5,805 kgs into a 450 km circular orbit. This was the sixth flight driven by LVM3. Previously, LVM3 has offered five consecutive successful missions that include the Chadrayaan-2 mission as well.
CONGRATULATIONS @isro!!#ISRO launches LVM3-M3/Oneweb India-2 Mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, #Sriharikota.#LVM3M3/#Oneweb pic.twitter.com/zz8BLRtqnP
— Doordarshan National दूरदर्शन नेशनल (@DDNational) March 26, 2023
About ISRO’s Heaviest Launcher
LVM3 has established itself as a reliable and robust launch vehicle for Indian Space Research Organisation. Today’s mission LVM-3 M3 is ISRO’s heaviest launcher that stood at SDSC-SHAR. Today the missile launched 36 commercial satellites of “OneWeb”. The OneWeb Gen-1 is a 150 kg satellite and the constellation comprises 648 individual satellites and 588 active satellites equally divided among 12 planes.
These satellites operate at an altitude of 1200 km. The vehicle will replace the satellite in a low earth orbit. With this launch, OneWeb will complete the first generation of its constellation and shall begin with global coverage in 2023 itself.
Source: ISRO
Profit from the OneWeb Mission
It will bring high-speed, low-latency secured solutions to enterprises along with towns, villages, municipalities, and schools. Basically, this mission will allow coverage across the hardest-to-reach areas of the country.
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