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OneWeb Launch#14

Join us for OneWeb's 14th launch as we send 36 satellites into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. The livestream will begin at 23:42 (IST) / 19:12 (BST) / 14:12 (ET), Sa...

LVM3 M2 / OneWeb India-1 Mission

The LVM3-M2 mission is a dedicated commercial mission for a foreign customer OneWeb, through NSIL. It is the first multi-satellite mission with 36 OneWeb Satellites to the LEO as the heaviest Payload mass of 5,796 kg. of LVM3 till date. • First launch of LVM3 to LEO • First Indian …

OneWeb 14

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Overview

Destination: Polar Orbit
Mission: Communications

Polar Orbit Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

A batch of 36 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.

Updates

Nosu • Oct. 22, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Successful launch of 36 OneWeb satellites


Nosu • Oct. 22, 2022, 6:37 p.m.

Liftoff


Nosu • Oct. 22, 2022, 6:04 p.m.

Webcast live


Nosu • Oct. 14, 2022, 12:21 p.m.

Delayed by a day



LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)

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The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.

Specifications
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    43.4 m
  • Diameter
    4.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    629.0 T
  • Thrust
    11898.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $46000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    10000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    5000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Indian Space Research Organization

Indian Space Research Organization

(ISRO)

Chairman: V. Narayanan Founded: 1969 Successes: 84 Failures: 15 Pending: 17

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."

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