New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is going to launch its heaviest rocket a day before Diwali. OneWeb satellites of the British start-up company OneWeb will be launched into space with this rocket. This satellite is going to provide internet facility from space. Bharti Enterprise Company is a shareholder in this company. ie the company with Airtel.
The name of this ISRO rocket is Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3). Which was earlier known as Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III). 36 OneWeb satellites are going into this rocket. The entire mission is named – LVM3-M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission. The launch will take place on 23 October 2022 at 7 am from Sriharikota spaceport. ISRO officials said that the assembly of the rocket’s cryo stage, equipment two has been completed. Satellites are placed in the upper part of the rocket. Also the last investigation is going on.
Isro has a deal with OneWeb. It will do two such launches. That means there will be another launch after the launch of October 23. Which is expected to be possible in January next year. These satellites will be deployed in low Earth orbit. It is a broadband communication satellite. whose name is OneWeb Leo. This is the first commercial flight of the LVM3 rocket.
Earlier Chandrayaan-2 (Chandrayaan-2) was conducted in 2019, GSAT-2 in 2018, GSAT-1 in 2017 and before that the Crew Module Atmospheric Re-Entry Experiment (CARE) in 2014. All these missions were of the country. That is, the mission was government. This rocket will carry a private company’s satellite for the first time. So far four launches have been made from this rocket. All four have been successful. This is its fifth launch.
With the help of LVM3 rocket we can launch satellites weighing 4 tons i.e. 4000 kg to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). This rocket has three stages. Strapped on two solid motors. The main stage is filled with liquid propellant. There is also a cryo stage. Usually, launching this rocket costs about four hundred crores of rupees. The length of this rocket is 142.5 feet. The diameter is 13 feet. Its total weight is 6.40 lakh kilograms.
With the help of LVM3, satellites weighing up to 4000 kg can be launched if satellites are to be launched in GTO. Satellites weighing up to 10 thousand kilograms can be carried if the satellites are to be placed in low Earth orbit. Chandrayaan-3 can be launched in the first quarter of next year with the help of this rocket. Not only this, by the end of next year, the first unmanned flight of Gaganyaan can also be tested with a modified version of this rocket.