OneWeb has finished its initial satellite constellation buildout, as India and its space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), made its second orbital flight of 2023 by flying 36 of the company’s satellites aboard its LVM3 (previously known as the GSLV Mk III) launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
The launch occurred on Sunday, March 26 at 03:30 UTC (9:00 AM IST). The LVM3 flew southward into a near-polar trajectory from the Second Launch Pad on Sriharikota Island in the Bay of Bengal, and the satellites are destined for a 1,200 km circular orbit inclined 86.4 degrees to the equator.