GSLV – Spaceflight Now

AST SpaceMobile secures multi-launch agreements with Blue Origin, ISRO and SpaceX

November 17, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

A batch of rockets will support sending up to about 60 of AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites to orbit. The company’s goal is to establish a space-based cellular broadband network.

Indian launch gives OneWeb enough satellites for global internet service

March 26, 2023 Stephen Clark

The successful launch of 36 more OneWeb satellites aboard India’s most powerful rocket Saturday brought the total number of OneWeb spacecraft in orbit to 618, enough for the London-based company to start global broadband service later this year.

Live coverage: India’s LVM3 rocket lifts off with 36 more OneWeb satellites

March 25, 2023 Stephen Clark

An Indian LVM3 rocket lifted off at 11:30 p.m. EDT Saturday (0330 UTC Sunday) with 36 more OneWeb internet satellites. Once the new 36 satellites complete orbit-raising and commissioning, OneWeb will have 618 active satellites in its fleet, enough for global broadband service.

OneWeb celebrates successful launch on Indian rocket

October 22, 2022 Stephen Clark

OneWeb confirmed it established contact with all 36 new satellites launched Saturday on top of India’s most powerful rocket, resuming the deployment of the company’s fleet of internet relay platforms after suspending launches with Russia earlier this year.

Live coverage: Indian rocket launches 36 OneWeb satellites

October 22, 2022 Stephen Clark

India’s most powerful rocket, the GSLV Mk.3, launched 36 OneWeb internet satellites at 2:37 p.m. EDT (1837 GMT) Saturday. The mission resumed launches for OneWeb after the suspension of flights on Russian Soyuz rockets earlier this year.

OneWeb set to resume launches on Indian rocket

October 21, 2022 Stephen Clark

After the suspension of commercial launches on Russia’s Soyuz rocket earlier this year, OneWeb is set to resume deploying satellites for its global internet network Saturday with an Indian GSLV Mk.3 launcher, one of five OneWeb missions planned before mid-2023 to finish the company’s first-generation constellation.

OneWeb to merge with Eutelsat, needs five more launches to complete network

July 26, 2022 Stephen Clark

OneWeb and Eutelsat announced plans to merge Tuesday, bringing together OneWeb’s network of internet satellites in low Earth orbit with Eutelsat’s fleet of larger video, data relay, and broadband platforms in geostationary orbit. OneWeb says it is on track to resume deploying its remaining internet satellites as soon as September, with three SpaceX flights and two Indian launches on tap to replace Russian Soyuz rockets no longer available after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Indian rocket failure blamed on upper stage malfunction

August 12, 2021 Stephen Clark

An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle tumbled out of control five minutes after liftoff Wednesday when the rocket’s cryogenic upper stage failed to ignite, destroying a long-delayed Earth observation spacecraft and ending a streak of 16 straight successful Indian space launches.

Live coverage: India’s GSLV Mk.2 fails during launch

August 11, 2021 Stephen Clark

An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ran into trouble minutes after lifting off at 8:13 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0013 GMT Thursday). A malfunction in the rocket’s third stage caused the mission’s failure, destroying a sharp-eyed Earth-imaging satellite.

India set to launch Earth-viewing telescope into geostationary orbit

August 11, 2021 Stephen Clark

India is set to launch the first in a new line of high-altitude Earth observation satellites Wednesday aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle debuting a slightly wider payload shroud to accommodate larger spacecraft.