OneWeb announce the successful deployment of 36 satellites launch by ISRO’s commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Bharti Global is the largest investor in OneWeb, a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company.
This launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NSIL marks one of the biggest commercial orders by India’s premier space organisation, and the first using the LVM3 rocket, as per OneWeb.
OneWeb said it is commit to providing connectivity across the length and breadth of India by 2023.
OneWeb Said in statement :
“36 OneWeb satellites successfully launched by ISRO/ NSIL from Sriharikota,”.
As OneWeb said this is the 14th launch and the second this year.
Which brings the total of OneWeb’s constellation to 462 satellites, representing more than 70% of its plan 648 Low Earth Orbit satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity globally.
OneWeb Said in statement :
“With only four more launches to go, OneWeb remains on track to activate global coverage by 2023, while its connectivity solutions are already live in regions north of 50-degrees latitude,”.
The teaming up with NSIL and ISRO demonstrates OneWeb’s commitment to provide connectivity across the length and breadth of India by 2023, OneWeb Said in statement.
The LVM3 launch vehicle, realise with complete indigenise technology, had four consecutive successful missions, which includes the critical Chandrayaan-2 mission.
The vehicle underwent many critical tests as a part of human rating for Gaganyaan programme.
The cryo stage was design to orient and re-orient in orthogonal direction to meet the customer requirements of injecting satellites precisely and with a gap to avoid collision.
Vehicle was realise in a short span of time on demand driven basis to meet the user’s timeline.
Somanath S, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, ISRO describe the event as one “very historic” to the country and the Indian space programme.
Somanath S Said :
“This is the first ever commercial launch of LVM3 with a heaviest payload to LEO. The mission is very critical to meet the customer’s expectations to launch 36 satellites in 9 phases with precision,”.
OneWeb Executive Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said the launch is a significant milestone for the company.
Sunil Bharti Mittal said :
“This new phase of our launch programme from India brings us a step closer to not only enhancing our global coverage but also delivering connectivity in India and South Asia, particularly to the communities who need it most,”.
OneWeb will continue its focus on the launch programme and will also work with key distribution partners and customers to roll out connectivity solutions where its services are live.
The broadband-from-space services are being as the next frontier in the India’s growing communications market.
The stage is all set for some high-voltage action as big names like Jio and OneWeb gear up for a slice of the lucrative satellite-base broadband services market in India.
Nelco and Telesat too have complete successful LEO demonstrations in the country for enterprise, telecom and government sectors.
ISRO Renames GSLV Mark-3 as LVM-3 to Identify Its Task of Placing Satellites Into Various Orbits
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has rename the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark -III as Launch Vehicle Mark-III, mainly to identify its task of placing satellites into a variety of orbits.
The LVM3 rocket will also be use for India’s maiden human space flight tentatively schedule for late 2024 and is also emerging as a favourite for ISRO’s commercial launches after the successful placing in orbits of 36 OneWeb satellites on Sunday.
Senior ISRO official said :
“Earlier, the launch vehicles were named for a specific purpose, such as PSLV for putting polar satellites in orbit or GSLV for geostationary satellites,”.
“The rocket no longer goes only to the geosynchronous orbit. A rocket can go anywhere, it does not have a fixed orbit to go anywhere — GEO (Geosynchronous Earth Orbit), MEO (Medium Earth Orbit), LEO (Low Earth Orbit),”.
The decision to rename the rocket was to remove the confusion regarding the type of orbits identified for launch.
Senior ISRO official said :
“A GSLV – for the GEO orbit – will continue to be called so, but the GSLV-Mark III has been renamed as LVM3. The LVM3 will go everywhere — GEO, MEO, LEO, missions to the moon, sun,”.
GSLV Mark-III or LVM3 was use to launch the Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon in 2019, which was the first operational flight of the rocket.
LVM3 was use to put 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit and will also be use for a similar mission next year.
OneWeb said in a statement that this latest launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NSIL marks one of the biggest commercial orders by India’s premier space organisation, and the first using the LVM3 rocket.
The broadband-from-space services are being as the next frontier in the India’s growing communications market.
The stage is all set for some high-voltage action as big names like Jio and OneWeb gear up for a slice of the lucrative satellite-base broadband services market in India.
Nelco and Telesat too have complete successful LEO demonstrations in India for enterprise, telecom and government sectors.
