Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 26 March said that the LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 mission was accomplished with all 36 satellites deployed into intended orbits. The mission launch took place from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
Network Access Associates Ltd, United Kingdom (OneWeb Group Company) has signed an agreement with ISRO's commercial arm NewSpace India Ltd to launch 72 satellites into Low-Earth orbits (LEO). On 23 October 2022, ISRO launched 36 satellites of OneWeb. It was the first satellite deployment collaboration between the two organizations.
After the launch, OneWeb in a tweet wrote, “We have lift off! Thanks to our colleagues at ISRO and NSIL_India for a successful launch."
More About The ISRO’s OneWeb Satellite Launch:
The launch took place at 9 a.m. from the second launch pad situated approximately 135 kilometers away from Chennai, following a 24.5-hour countdown.
This marks the 18th launch for the OneWeb Group, while it is ISRO’s second mission of 2023, with the SSLV/D2-EOS07 mission in February being the first.
Significance of This launch:
The upcoming launch will be the 18th for OneWeb, and it will expand the UK-based company’s existing constellation of 582 satellites.
As per the contract signed between ISRO’s commercial arm NSIL and OneWeb, 72 satellites are set to be launched in two phases. The first phase, which included 36 satellites, was successfully launched on October 23, 2022, in the LVM3-M2/OneWeb India-1 mission.
This marks the second OneWeb fleet that India is launching, paving the way for the country’s foray into the commercial heavy lift-off space.
About OneWeb Constellation:
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