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After Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb completed deployment of its constellation using SpaceX Falcon 9 and ISRO’s LVM3 rockets.
The second ISRO launch of the year in March used India’s heaviest LVM3 to launch 36 OneWeb satellites in a purely commercial mission.
OneWeb deployed 36 satellites launched by NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India on 23 October 2022 at 00:07 hrs.
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched 36 OneWeb satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India on 2023-03-26 at 9:00 a.m. local time.
The 2023-03-26 deployment of 36 OneWeb Gen‑1 satellites used ISRO’s LVM3 launch vehicle.
New Space India Limited conducted the 2023-03-25 LVM3 launch to expand OneWeb’s constellation to 618 satellites.
NSIL’s first LVM3 mission for OneWeb deployed 36 satellites on 2022-10-22, signaling the resumption of OneWeb’s launch campaign.
New Space India Limited launched 36 satellites for OneWeb on 2022-10-22 using a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle 2023-03-03 rocket, also designated LVM3.
The CE20 engine has operated at a thrust level of 19,000 kg in six successive LVM3 missions including Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3, and two OneWeb commercial missions.
In February 2024, ISRO completed human-rating of LVM3’s CE-20 cryogenic upper stage engine.
The LVM3 has had seven successful launches in the last decade and conducted two commercial missions in 2022 and 2023, launching a total of 72 satellites for OneWeb.
LVM3 was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre and deployed CMS-03 into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
ISRO launched the BlueBird 6 satellite for AST SpaceMobile on a LVM3 rocket on December 23 at 10:25 p.m. EST.