ISRO’s LVM3 to Launch With 36 Broadband Communication Satellites Tonight

Shortly after Friday midnight, the countdown will start for the launch of 36 broadband communication satellites on board ISRO’s heaviest rocket Launch Automobile Mark 3 (LVM3) from Sriharikota spaceport.

The launch of ‘LVM3 – M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission’ is scheduled at 0007 hours IST on October 23 (midnight of October 22).

OneWeb is a personal satellite tv for pc communications firm. India’s Bharti Enterprises is a significant investor and shareholder in OneWeb.

It’ll mark the launcher’s entry into the worldwide industrial launch service market, in response to the Bengaluru-headquartered nationwide house company.

“A 24-hour countdown is slated to start at 0007 hours on October 22,” an Indian House Analysis Organisation (ISRO) official stated on Friday afternoon.

NewSpace India Restricted (NSIL), a central public sector enterprise underneath the Division of House, had earlier signed two launch service contracts with the London-headquartered Community Entry Related Restricted (OneWeb) for launching OneWeb LEO (low earth orbit) satellites on board ISRO’s LVM3.

“It’s (the) first LVM3 devoted industrial launch on demand by means of NSIL,” NSIL, the house company’s industrial arm, had stated.

“One other set of 36 OneWeb satellites might be launched by LVM3 within the first half of subsequent 12 months,” an NSIL official informed PTI.

“This contract with M/s OneWeb is a historic milestone for NSIL and ISRO, as LVM3, is making its entry into the worldwide industrial launch service market,” in response to ISRO.

The latest rocket is able to launching a 4 tonne class of satellite tv for pc to Geosynchronous Switch orbit (GTO).

LVM3 is a three-stage car with two strong motor strap-ons, a liquid propellant core stage and a cryogenic stage.