ISRO's OneWeb India Mission
ISRO's OneWeb India Mission
Today Indian Space agency ISRO launched 36 satellites under the mission OneWeb India.
The launch of OneWeb Satellites carried out with the help of ISRO's LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3) satellite from its launch pad Satish Dhawan Space Center SDSC-SHAR Shriharikota.
This is the second mission of M/s network Access Associates Limited, United Kingdom (OneWeb group company) under a commercial agreement with M/s New Space India Limited (NSIL) to launch 72 satellites to Low-Earth Orbits. The First set of 36 satellites was launched in LVM3-M2/OneWeb India-1 mission on october 23,2022.
In this mission, LVM3 would place 36 OneWeb Gen-1 satellites total weight of about 5805 kg into a 450 km circular orbit with an inclination of 87.4 degrees. This is the 6th flight of LVM3 succeeding its 5 consecutive successful missions , including Chandrayaan-2 mission.
What is OneWeb
OneWeb is a global communications company that aims to provide affordable and reliable high-speed internet access to the people. It is an United Kingdom based company named as M/s network access associates limited.
In the year 2019 , OneWeb announced to establish its manufacturing unit in India with ground station network and regional office.
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