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ISRO to launch LVM3-M2 space vehicle to carry OneWeb satellites to outer orbit on October 23

<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO will launch LVM3-M2 space vehicle to carry OneWeb satellites to the outer orbit on October 23 at 00:07 hours from Satish Dhawan spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This is a historic milestone for NewSpace India Limited which is the commercial arm of  ISRO as it enters the Global Commercial Launch Service Market.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The NewSpace India Limited, NSIL has signed two launch service contracts with Network Access Associated Limited of United Kingdom to launch OneWeb LEO Broadband Communication Satellites on board ISRO's heaviest launcher LVM3.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This will be the first dedicated commercial launch of LVM3 on demand through NSIL.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The launcher will place 36 satellites into orbit under contract. The LVM3 launch vehicle with two solid strap-on boosters and a liquid core stage is fully integrated at the second launch pad at spaceport in Sriharikota. The integration of 36 OneWeb satellites with the dispenser unit is also completed.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>

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