LVM3 M2 / OneWeb India-1 MissionHome


Oct 23, 2022

LVM3 M2 / OneWeb India-1 Mission

The LVM3-M2 mission is a dedicated commercial mission for a foreign customer OneWeb, through NSIL. It is the first multi-satellite mission with 36 OneWeb Satellites to the LEO as the heaviest Payload mass of 5,796 kg. of LVM3 till date.

Salient features of the Mission

  • First Commercial Mission of LVM3
  • First Multi-Satellite mission with 36 OneWeb Satellites onboard
  • First launch of LVM3 to LEO
  • First Indian rocket with six ton payload
  • First NSIL Mission with LVM3
  • First OneWeb Mission with NSIL/DoS

More Details

Technical Highlights:

  • Handling of multiple satellite separation events
  • Increased nominal mission duration
  • Ensuring safe separation distance through C25 stage re-orientation and velocity addition
  • Ensuring data availability for entire mission duration
  • Realization of New payload adaptor and interface ring for the satellites dispenser

Satellite of LVM3 M2 / OneWeb India-1 Mission

OneWeb Constellation Summary:

  • OneWeb Constellation operates in a LEO Polar Orbit
  • Satellites are arranged in 12 rings (Orbital planes) with 49 satellites in each plane.
  • The orbital planes are inclined to be near polar (87.9 Deg.)
  • The orbital planes are 1200 km above the Earth
  • Each satellite completes a full trip around the earth every 109 minutes.
  • Theearth is rotating underneath satellites, so they will always be flying over new locations on the ground.
  • In full service, each plane will have 49 satellites = 588 Satellites.

OneWeb Satellites Connectivity

PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM)

More Details