India's heaviest rocket with 36 broadband communication satellites of OneWeb lifts off from Sriharikota
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The heaviest rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation-- LVM3-M2/OneWeb India-1 blasted off from this spaceport on Sunday to place 36 broadband communication satellites into the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for a UK-based customer. NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), had earlier signed two launch service contracts with the London-headquartered Network Access Associated Limited (OneWeb) for launching OneWeb LEO satellites on board ISRO's LVM3.