The Indian Space Research Organisation( ISRO) is all set to make its demoiselle marketable launch of 36 broadband communication satellites on- board the space agency‘s heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle LVM3- M2, the preamble for which began beforehand on Saturday at Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
The43.5 metre altitudinous rocket is listed to lift off from the alternate launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at12.07 am IST on Sunday.
The rocket is dubbed as one of the heaviest for its capability to carry satellites upto,000 kilograms.
Sunday’s launch assumes significance as the LVM3- M2 charge is the demoiselle devoted marketable charge for NewSpace India Ltd, the marketable arm of ISRO.
The charge is being accepted as part of the marketable arrangement between NewSpace India Ltd and United Kingdom- grounded Network Access Associates Ltd( OneWeb Ltd), ISRO said.
According to the space agency, the charge would carry the heaviest loads with 36 satellites of OneWeb getting the first Indian rocket with a heavy cargo of,796 kgs.
The launch is also first for LVM-3-M2 to place the satellites in the Low Earth Orbit( LEO- up to,200 kilometres above the Earth) unlike Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit( GTO).
ISRO scientists have rechristened the launch vehicle as LVM3- M2 from GSLV- MK III as the newest rocket is able of launching,000 kilograms class of satellites into GTO and,000 kgs of loads into LEO.
The total mass of 36 OneWeb satellites into LEO is about,796 kilograms.
GSLV- Mk III had four successful operations in the history, including the Chandrayaan- 2.
The LVM3- M2 charge would give a boost to the space agency with the new launch vehicle to place satellites into low earth route, along with its trusted idler Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle( PSLV).
LVM3- M2 is a three- stage launch vehicle conforming of two solid fuel S200 swatch– ons on its sides and core stage comprising L110 liquid stage and C25 cryogenic stage.
OneWeb Limited, is the UK- grounded client for NSIL and it’s a global communication network powered from space, enabling internet connectivity for governments and businesses.
The company is enforcing a constellation of 648 satellites in the Low Earth Orbit. While 36 satellites would be launched on Sunday, another batch of satellites were anticipated to be placed in the route by early 2023, ISRO said.
Bharti Enterprises is one of the major investors in OneWeb.
