LVM-3 puts 36 OneWeb satellites in orbit, firm completes LEO constellation

Isro on Sunday successfully launched 36 satellites of Bharti-backed OneWeb enabling the completion of the UK firm’s first generation (Gen-1) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation into space.The GSLV-Mk2 or LVM3 took off smoothly at 9am as scheduled and completed the nearly 20-minute launch sequence with textbook precision and the first two batches of satellites (eight) separated in the 19th minute. The remaining satellites separated thereafter in batches. The 20 satellites after the first four batches happened out of visible range. More

(Source: Times of India - Mar 26)