New Delhi: ISRO launched 36 satellites using its heaviest rocket on Sunday at 12.07 AM, at Sriharikota Space Centre. These satellites carried on the rocket LVM3 by the ISRO.

Extremely Proud Moment for India 🇮🇳

ISRO has launched 36 Satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

LVM3-M2/OneWeb is 43.5 Meter and heaviest rocket from ISRO 🚀 pic.twitter.com/E0jlxKOb1D

— Ravisutanjani (@Ravisutanjani) October 22, 2022

These satellites belong to London-based communications firm One-Web, in which India’s Bharti Enterprises is a major investor. For the rocket LVM3, it’s the first commercial satellite launch. The contract was signed between the London-based firm and New-Space India Ltd, or NSIL, a Central Government company.

The newest and heaviest LVM3 rocket of the ISRO can carry a four-tonne class of satellite, equivalent to the weight of a large flatbed truck.