Sriharikota :
Creating history, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) marked its entry into the ‘Global Commercial Launch Service Market’ by successfully launching 36 satellites of the UK-based OneWeb in a dedicated commercial mission from here early on Sunday morning. After a smooth 24-hour countdown after the launch sequence was initiated, the three stage vehicle, which was redesignated as LVM3-M2 for GSLV-MkIII, took off from the Second Launch Pad with a rumble that shook the earth and belching orange fumes, amid applause from the audience, who had gathered giving up their sleep at midnight
It’s happy Diwali for ISRO, 16 of 36 satellites injected in orbit, process on
It’s happy Diwali for the Indian Space Agency. Marking its great entry into the commercial launch vehicle market, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) early today described the LVM-3/OneWeb mission of 36 UK satellites into a Low Earth Orbit as a successful mission. At the time filing of this story, ISRO Chairman Dr.S.Somanath said “at this moment 16 of the total 36 satellites got separated safely as achieved.” “This is a very slow process of satellites getting separated and it will take a long time…the process is on”, he added. “The remaining 20 satellites will get separated in another 40-45 minutes and it cannot be seen”, he said, addressing the scientists from the Mission Control Centre.
Source: UNI
