ISRO successfully launches heaviest payload rocket mission LVM3-M3 OneWeb India-2 carrying 36 satellites

ISRO successfully launches heaviest payload rocket mission LVM3-M3 OneWeb India-2 carrying 36 satellites

LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 takes off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota on March 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Indian Space Research Organisation’s heaviest payload rocket, LVM3 carrying 36 OneWeb satellites onboard took off on March 26 from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. … Read more

Countdown for LVM3-M3 OneWeb India-2 mission begins

Countdown for LVM3-M3 OneWeb India-2 mission begins

The LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 mission mission has commenced | Photo Credit: ANI The countdown for the launch of 36 satellites on-board LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 mission has commenced, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Saturday. Network Access Associates Ltd, United Kingdom (OneWeb Group Company) has signed an agreement with ISRO’s commercial arm NewSpace India Ltd to launch 72 satellites … Read more

OneWeb inks pact with ISRO commercial arm for satellite launches

OneWeb inks pact with ISRO commercial arm for satellite launches

Bharti group-backed OneWeb and New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, have entered into an agreement that will help ensure OneWeb completes its satellite launch programme, a statement said on Thursday.The first launch with New Space India is expected in 2022 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, … Read more

Bharti-backed OneWeb deploys 34 satellites; In-orbit fleet now at 428

Bharti-backed OneWeb deploys 34 satellites; In-orbit fleet now at 428

OneWeb has now launched two thirds of the LEO satellite fleet that is geared to deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity. Bharti-backed OneWeb on Friday announced the successful deployment of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The latest move by the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, brings … Read more

Bharti to invest additional Rs 3,700 cr into OneWeb

Bharti to invest additional Rs 3,700 cr into OneWeb

NEW DELHI: Bharti will invest an additional USD 500 million (over Rs 3,700 crore) into OneWeb, to become the largest shareholder in the satellite communications company that billionaire Sunil Mittal-run Bharti Group along with the UK government had rescued from bankruptcy last year. The investment is a result of exercise of a ‘call option’ by … Read more

Bharti backed-OneWeb to raise $550 mn from France’s Eutelsat

Bharti backed-OneWeb to raise 0 mn from France’s Eutelsat

Kolkata: Bharti Group-backed OneWeb is raising $550 million (Rs 4,103 crore approx) by selling a 24% stake to French satellite operator, Eutelsat Communications, bringing its total funding to $1.9 billion, and helping it inch closer to launching a first-generation satellite fleet, totalling 648 satellites next year. Eutelsat, a geo-stationary satellite operator, will be a significant … Read more