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CTOnews.com October 23 news, the Indian Space Research Organization announced that India used GSLV Mk Ⅲ carrier rocket to successfully put 36 communications satellites into the scheduled LEO orbit on that day.

The rocket was launched from the second launch pad of the Satish Dawan Space Center on the island of Sriharikota in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh at 00:07 local time on the 23rd (02:37 on the 23rd Beijing time). The launch mission was later declared a complete success, launching 36 satellites for the British OneWeb.

The LVM3 M2 rocket, which is 43.5m high and weighs 644t, carries 36 satellites and weighs 5796 kg or about 5.7t. The LVM3 is India's first rocket with a payload of 6 tons. Including this time, India has launched a total of 381 foreign satellites since 1999.

▲ LVM3 M2, Picture Source: according to the Indian Space Research Organization, OneWeb is a joint venture between India Bharti Global and the British government, and another group of 36 satellites from OneWeb is scheduled to enter orbit in January 2023. The company plans to build a constellation of about 650 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide communications services.

CTOnews.com learned that this is India's first six-ton rocket, and this mission is also GSLV MkIII's first commercial launch mission and the first NSIL mission, creating a number of firsts in India's space industry.

LVM3 is a three-stage rocket, the first stage uses liquid fuel to burn, the two-stage engine is driven by solid fuel, the second stage uses liquid fuel, and the third stage is a cryogenic engine, which is usually used to launch geosynchronous communication satellites, so it is named geosynchronous satellite carrier rocket (GSLV).

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