India’s most powerful rocket launched the final 36 satellites for OneWeb’s first-generation internet constellation today.
A Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket lifted off from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre , carrying 36 OneWeb broadband satellites toward low Earth orbit (LEO).
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that all 36 spacecraft had been deployed successfully into the intended orbit, a circular path about 280 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth.
The satellites will raise their own orbits over the coming days and weeks, finally settling in at an altitude of about 745 miles (1,200 km)
Source: Oman News Agency