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		</div><p>India has launched a rocket carrying 36 internet satellites for the London-based company OneWeb.</p>
<p>The lift-off from southern India was the first launch for OneWeb since breaking with the Russian Space Agency in March because of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.</p>
<p>“We have accomplished the orbit very accurately, now the rocket is in its intended orbit,” said S Somanath, the chairperson of India’s space agency.</p>
<p>He said 16 satellites were put into orbit and expressed optimism that “the remaining 20 satellites will get separated as safely as the first of the 16”.</p>
<p>OneWeb now has 462 satellites flying — more than 70 per cent of what the company said it needs to provide broadband services around the world.</p>
<p>Despite this year’s disruption, OneWeb said it remains on track to activate global coverage next year with a planned constellation of 648 satellites. It is already providing service in the northernmost latitudes.</p>
<p>Each OneWeb satellite weighs about 330 pounds.</p>
<p>It was the 14th launch of OneWeb satellites and relied on India’s heaviest rocket, normally reserved for government spacecraft. All of the previous OneWeb flights were on Russian rockets; the first was in 2019.</p>
<p>The launch is important for India and reflects the gradual opening of its space agency to private customers, said Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, a director specialising in space and security at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.</p>
<p>Ms Rajagopalan said India is an expert at launching smaller satellites and has been trying to corner this market, pitching itself as a satellite launch facility.</p>
<p>With the war in Ukraine still raging, it could open an opportunity for India as many countries shun Russian launch services.</p>
<p>“It could spur that trend in a big way,” she said.</p>
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