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<br>The 43.5-metre tall LVM3 rocket that weighs 643 ton is carrying 36 satellites, totally weighing 5,805 kg or about 5.8 ton. It blasted off from the

, March 26 (IANS) India's LVM3 rocket on Sunday lifted off with 36 satellites of the UK-based "OneWeb" from the rocket port here.The 43.5-metre tall LVM3 rocket that weighs 643 ton is carrying 36 satellites, totally weighing 5,805 kg ...

The ISRO's heavy lift rocket has a carrying capacity of 10 ton to theALEO and four ton to the Geo Transfer Orbit (GTO).

The LVM3 rocket, the most powerful one in the ISRO arsenal, can place a satellite in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit weighing up to four tonnes.

At 1:42 a.m., the space agency declared, "LVM3 M2/OneWeb India-1 mission is successfully completed. Following a tracking blackout during which 20 of the 36 satellites were deployed.

The UK-based Network Access Associated Ltd (OneWeb) will be paying over Rs 1,000 crore to the Indian space agency to launch its 72 satellites, said a top group official.