In its sixth consecutive successtul flight placed 36 satellites belonging to OneWeb Group Company into their intanded 450 km circular orbit with an inclination of 87.4 degrees. With this, NSIL has successfully executed its contract to launch 72 satellites of OneWeb to Low Earth Orbit.
Today, SRO's LVM3 launch vehicle. in its sixth consecutive successtul flight placed 36 satellites belonging to OneWeb Group Company into their intanded 450 km circular orbit with an inclination of 87.4 degrees. With this, NSIL has successfully executed its contract to launch 72 satellites of OneWeb to Low Earth Orbit.
The vehicte took off with a total payload of 5,805 kg at 09:00:20 hours local time from the second launch pad at SDSC-SHAR, Srharikota. It gained the required altitude of 450 km in about nine minutes of flight, achieved satellite injaction conditions in the eighteenh minute, and began injecting the satellites In the twentieth minute.
The C25 stage parformed a sophisticated maneuver to repeatediy orient itself in orthogonal directions and inject satellites into precise orbits with defined time gaps to avoid collision of the satallites.
36 satellites were separated in 9 phases, in a batch of 4. OneWeb confirmed the acquisition ofsignals from all 36 satallites.
This mission marked OneWeb's second satellite deplayment from India. highlighting the strong partnership with NSIL and ISRO. It was OneWab's 18" launch bringing the total of OneWeb's constsllation to 618 satellites.
Somanath 8, Secretary. Departmentof Space and Chairman, ISRO congratulated ISRO, NSIL, and OneWeb on the succession mission. He expressed happiness over the consecutive successful flight of LVM3, the opportunity provided by NSiL and the confidence OnaWeb team has in ISRO.
He thanked the Governmentfor the support and approvals for the missions for the commercial launches that have enhanced the confidence in LVM3. He was delighted to mantion that this mission had the upgraded $200 motors with enhanced margins suitable for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission and the motors performed very well.
Shri Radhakrishnan D, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NewSpace India Limited congralated ISRO for successful and repeatable performance. Terming the event as momentous, he recalled the challenge of this complex mission in terms of maneuverability.
The vehicte took off with a total payload of 5,805 kg at 09:00:20 hours local time from the second launch pad at SDSC-SHAR, Srharikota. It gained the required altitude of 450 km in about nine minutes of flight, achieved satellite injaction conditions in the eighteenh minute, and began injecting the satellites In the twentieth minute.
The C25 stage parformed a sophisticated maneuver to repeatediy orient itself in orthogonal directions and inject satellites into precise orbits with defined time gaps to avoid collision of the satallites.
36 satellites were separated in 9 phases, in a batch of 4. OneWeb confirmed the acquisition ofsignals from all 36 satallites.
This mission marked OneWeb's second satellite deplayment from India. highlighting the strong partnership with NSIL and ISRO. It was OneWab's 18" launch bringing the total of OneWeb's constsllation to 618 satellites.
Somanath 8, Secretary. Departmentof Space and Chairman, ISRO congratulated ISRO, NSIL, and OneWeb on the succession mission. He expressed happiness over the consecutive successful flight of LVM3, the opportunity provided by NSiL and the confidence OnaWeb team has in ISRO.
He thanked the Governmentfor the support and approvals for the missions for the commercial launches that have enhanced the confidence in LVM3. He was delighted to mantion that this mission had the upgraded $200 motors with enhanced margins suitable for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission and the motors performed very well.
Shri Radhakrishnan D, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NewSpace India Limited congralated ISRO for successful and repeatable performance. Terming the event as momentous, he recalled the challenge of this complex mission in terms of maneuverability.