ISRO’S LVM3 TO LAUNCH 36 ONE WEB SATELLITES

ISRO’s heaviest rocket LVM3 will launch British start-up OneWeb’s 36 broadband satellites from the spaceport in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on October 23, marking the launcher’s entry into the global commercial launch service market.
LVM3 was earlier called GSLV Mk III. The launch of ‘LVM3 – M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission’ is scheduled at 0007 hours IST on October 23 (midnight of October 22), the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
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On October 22, India’s heaviest rocket is all set to make its grand entry into the global commercial launch service market.
In its very first commercial mission, the GSLV-Mk III will launch the British startupOneWeb’s 36 broadband satellites from Sriharikota spaceport.
The launch was made official by way of a contract signed by the Indian Space Research Organisation’s commercial arm, the NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).
The rocket, GSLV-MK III is 43 meters tall and even though it is the heaviest among India’s operational launch vehicles, it is also the shortest.
GSLV-Mk III weighs 641 tonnes, which is equal to the weight of five fully loaded passenger planes.

GSLV Mk III – Engines & Boosters

2 Vikas Engines powers the Core Stage. These engines are developed by Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of ISRO.
S 200, 2 Solid Boosters are used to give the GSLV Mk III a huge thrust. S 200 was developed at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Trivandrum.
The Upper stage is known as the cryogenic stage (C-25). This stage is powered by CE-20, the largest Cryogenic Engine built by ISRO. Cryogenic engines are a very complex technology that has been developed by very few countries.

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB

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