India’s largest rocket will launch into space on October 22

&NewLine;<p> <iframe style&equals;"width&colon; 100&percnt;&semi; height&colon; 100px&semi; border&colon; none&semi; position&colon; relative&semi; z-index&colon; 1&semi;" allowtransparency&equals;"" allow&equals;"clipboard-read&semi; clipboard-write" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;narrations&period;ad-auris&period;com&sol;widget&sol;softwaremania-in&sol;india-s-largest-rocket-will-launch-into-space-on-october-22"><&sol;iframe> <&sol;br>A short while after October 21 at midnight&comma; the launch is scheduled&period; We are looking at 00&colon;12 on October 22&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a top national space agency official told PTI on Thursday&comma; speaking on the condition of anonymity&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>BENGALURU&colon; On October 22&comma; India&&num;8217&semi;s heaviest rocket is set to achieve a major milestone by entering the world market for commercial launch services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to a deal inked by the commercial branch of the Indian Space Research Organization&comma; NewSpace India Limited&comma; the GSLV-Mk III would launch the 36 broadband satellites of the British startup OneWeb from Sriharikota spaceport in its first dedicated commercial mission &lpar;NSIL&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A four-ton class satellite can be launched into geosynchronous transfer orbit using the most recent rocket &lpar;GTO&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;A short while after October 21 at midnight&comma; the launch is scheduled&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re looking at October 22 at 00&colon;12 &&num;8220&semi;Under the condition of anonymity&comma; a top official from the national space agency told PTI on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It is a historic occasion for NSIL and ISRO to launch 36 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;softwaremania&period;in&sol;category&sol;website-development&sol;">OneWeb<&sol;a> satellites from India on board the GSLV-Mk III&comma; according to NSIL Chairman-cum-Managing Director Radhakrishnan D&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The three-stage GSLV-Mk III&comma; also known as Launch Vehicle Mark 3 &lpar;LVM3&rpar;&comma; has two solid motor strap-on stages&comma; a liquid propellant core stage&comma; and a cryogenic stage&period; OneWeb&&num;8217&semi;s largest shareholder and investor is Bharti Enterprises of India&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The deal with OneWeb&comma; according to NSIL&comma; a Central public sector organisation under the Department of Space&comma; marks a historic turning point for NSIL and ISRO as LVM3 enters the market for international commercial launch services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Two solid strap-on boosters and the liquid core stage of the LVM3 have been fully assembled at the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre&comma; SHAR&comma; in Sriharikota&comma; according to a mission update from NSIL on October 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to NSIL&comma; 36 OneWeb &lpar;Low Earth Orbit broadband connectivity&rpar; satellites have been assembled with the dispenser unit following the satisfactory completion of health testing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The cryogenic upper stage of the launch vehicle and the attachment of the payload fairing with 36 satellites will take place during the next few days&comma;&&num;8221&semi; NSIL had noted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;