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Chandrayaan-3 launch scheduled for July 14 from SDSC, Sriharikota: ISRO
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Chandrayaan-3 launch scheduled for July 14 from SDSC, Sriharikota: ISRO

[ad_1] India's premier space agency, the Indian SPace Research Organisation (ISRO), has announced that the launch of Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled for July 14, 2023, at 2:35 pm IST from SDSC, Sriharikota. In preparation for the launch, the Chandrayaan-3 orbiter was successfully mated with the LVM3 launch vehicle at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 5.In preparation for the launch, ISRO successfully integrated the encapsulated assembly, which contains Chandrayaan-3, with the launch vehicle known as LVM3. This significant milestone occurred at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, as shared by ISRO on Twitter. ISRO's chairman, S Somnath, had previously informed ANI that the planned launch window for the third lunar mission falls between July 13 and July 19. He expressed confide...
36 OneWeb satellites launched by ISRO’s commercial arm NSIL from Sriharikota
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36 OneWeb satellites launched by ISRO’s commercial arm NSIL from Sriharikota

[ad_1] OneWeb on Sunday announced the successful deployment of 36 satellites launched by ISRO's commercial arm NewSpace India. OneWeb on Sunday announced the successful deployment of 36 satellites launched by ISRO's commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Bharti Global is the largest investor in OneWeb, a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company. This latest launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NSIL marks one of the biggest commercial orders by India's premier space organisation, and the first using the LVM3 rocket, OneWeb said in a statement. OneWeb said it is committed to providing connectivity across the length and breadth of India by 2023. "36 OneWeb satellites successfully launch...