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Dr. MGR-ACS Space Technology
SPACE EXPLORER
“An Ingress to Borderless world”
Volume 01/Issue-07 Bimonthly 16-31,October 2022
India's most powerful rocket launches 36
OneWeb internet satellites into orbit
Image Credit : ISRO
confirmed the acquisition of signals from the
In its second operational flight, LVM3 launch satellites.
vehicle placed 36 satellites of OneWeb to
their intended orbits taking off at 0007 Hrs. on OneWeb Gen-1 satellites utilize a bent-pipe
October 23, 2022, from the second launch technology approach to offer communication in
pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Ku-band and Ku-bands. They are arranged in
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. 12 orbital planes with 49 satellites in each
plane at 1200 km.
This was the fifth flight of LVM3. This was a
dedicated commercial mission for a foreign Calling the launch of LVM3 M2 a historic event,
customer through NSIL. A total of 36 Shri S. Somanath, Chairman, ISRO lauded the
OneWeb Gen-1 satellites of about 150 kg synergetic efforts between ISRO, NSIL,
each totalingabout 5,796 kg were launched to OneWeb in realizing the mission in a record
a circular low-earth orbit of about 601 km with time. He specifically acknowledged the design
a 87.4 degree inclination. and development of an inertial navigation
system at LPSC for C25 operations.
The separation of satellites involved a unique
maneuver of the cryogenic stage to This was one of the biggest commercial orders
orientation and re-orientation covering 9 executed by ISRO. With this launch, the LVM3
phases spanning 75 minutes. OneWeb enters into global market in a grand manner.
Courtesy: ISRO
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