ISRO Successfully Launches 36 One Web Satellites Completing First-Gen Constellation
36 One Web (OW) satellites were placed in orbit successfully on Sunday, by ISRO, completing the first-generation Constellation for global coverage.
They were placed in orbit in nine batches of four satellites each & weighing 5,805 in total.
OW has used ISRO’s services for the second time to launch satellites, the first being in October 2022, with an Indian rocket.
After declaring bankruptcy in November, 2020, OW was sold to the U.K. Government & an Indian company Bharti Global.
The aim of the OW project is to provide high-speed internet access for users globally by 2027. ISRO launched these satellites from Satish Dhavan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on March 27,2023.
The deployment of OW Constellation of over 600 satellites is completed with this launch.
ISRO’s Launch Vehicle Mark lll (LVM3) launched communication satellites, the sixth launch for India’s heaviest rocket.
The capability of launching multiple satellites in lower earth orbit has been demonstrated by the rocket.
Four-ton class of satellites to Geosynchronous transfer orbit can be launched by the LVM3 rocket.
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