On October 23, at 7 a.m., the nation's biggest rocket, the GSLV MkIII of the Indian Space Research Organization is scheduled to launch 36 satellites of the OneWeb communication constellation from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, the nation's sole space port.

The GSLV MkIII will then enter the world market for commercial launch services. The ISRO wrote in a tweet, 'LVM3 - M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission: Launch slated for October 23, 2022, at 07:00 IST. Cryo stage and equipment bay (EB) assembly is complete. The vehicle houses and assembles the satellites. Final vehicle inspections are being done.

For the first time since the pandemic began, the space agency has also made the viewing gallery available for the public to attend the launch. Network Access Associated Limited of the United Kingdom purchased the launch atop India's heaviest rocket through New Space India Limited, one of the commercial branches of the space agency. OneWeb is a constellation of satellites in low earth orbit that is supported by the Bharti group that offers broadband services.

India's largest rocket is being utilised for a commercial launch for the first time today. The vehicle has established itself on a global scale by launching at least 345 foreign satellites from 36 different countries. Its most notable flight was the 2017 PSLV-C37 mission, which placed 104 satellites in orbit (of which 101 were foreign commercial satellites).

This will be the GSLV Mk III's second launch since carrying India's second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, after it entered the ISRO fleet after completing two development flights.

With fourteen launches to far, including the development flights, the other heavier launch vehicle, the GSLV, has a spottier track record. Only eight of the missions, however, were a total success. 

The PSLV, GSLV, and GSLV Mk III are the three operational launch vehicles that India currently has. The space agency has also created a tiny satellite launch vehicle, which had a somewhat successful initial test flight earlier this year.

In 2020, the government made the space industry open to the private sector, supporting new initiatives by current ISRO partners and also supporting start-ups that provide a full range of services, including launch services, satellite development, and downstream applications. There are already more than 100 startups in the nation. In order to allow the private sector to provide everyday space services while ISRO focuses on scientific missions, the space industry was opened up.