India achieved a new feat in space – ISRO successfully 36 broadband satellites from its heaviest rocket
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota witnessed another success of ISRO when the commercial wing of ISRO, the New Space India Limited NSIL launched 36 satellites from its heaviest rocket LVM3 for the UK-based Oneweb venture.
The rocket was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota which placed 36 satellites in the Low Earth Orbit the LMV3 rocket can carry about 8,000 kg of weight to carry satellites. This launch marks the first achievement of NSIL in the commercial endeavours,NSIL is a public sector enterprise under the Department of Space.
It was the first time when GSLV MK 3 was used for a commercial purpose; it was used successfully in the Mars mission , and it was the first time that an Indian rocket was ferrying a payload of 6 tonnes.
ISRO the Indian Space Research Organization has been blessed with innumerable capable scientists from APJ Abdul Kalam to K Sivan and the present Chairman S Somnath but they have always hurdled for funds and opportunities to perform research and incentives to endeavour new space programs.
Commercialization of the Department of Space in the form of NSIL (New space India limited) which is under the aegis of ISRO will aid the generation of revenue in form of commercial satellite launching for different companies worldwide. This has filled the fund gap and even left an indelible mark on the country’s newer achievements with self sufficiency.
Oneweb and Indian connection
Bharti global is the largest investor in the UK based venture Oneweb. It has committed to provide internet connectivity across the length and breadth of India from Ladakh to Kanyakumari and Gujarat to Andhra Pradesh seamless connectivity across cities,villages and towns to bridge the internet divide in the country.
The LVM3 launch vehicle has been developed with completely indegineous technology . It is a three stage rocket with first stage fired by solid fuel, second one by liquid fuel and the third stage is completed by the cryogenic fuel. It has four consecutive successful missions from the critical Chandrayan – 2 mission and has even underwent several crucial test for the gaganyaan mission for human space flight.
The amazing fact about the launch is that all the satellites were injected very precisely in the low Earth orbit with the seperation to be sequenced in such a way that the customer requirements of minimum 137 m distance between any satellite payload 8 is met to drive their effective commercial exploitation.
The precision was met by planned use of the cryogenic fuel stages of the vehicle with accuracy.
With this successful launch of multisatellites the Diwali season has been filled with zeal as this event has paved the way for commercial expansion and exploration by the NSIL which will create new opportunities in the field of commercial satellite launch. This is a maje in India initiative realizing the dream of Make in India building a self reliant ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. Commercial projects will incentivise further research in the space exploration by ISRO by generating revenue for India’s new space adventures.
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