View: Up, up and away in setting up satellites

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) launch on Sunday of its heaviest rocket in use, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (GSLV Mk 3), or LVM3, with a payload of 36 satellites should help it tap into a rapidly growing demand for commercial satellite launches. The payload delivered for OneWeb, which intends to offer global telecommunications connectivity by next year with a constellation of 648 satellites,