New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch Indian Navy’s GSAT-7R (CMS-03) communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, that would strengthen Navy’s space-based communications and maritime domain awareness capabilities.

This would be the most advanced communication satellite thus far for the Indian Navy, according to a Defence Ministry statement.

The indigenously designed and developed satellite would be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

This satellite is the India’s heaviest communication satellite till date, weighing approximately 4,400 kg, and includes many indigenous state-of-the-art components developed specifically to meet the Indian Navy’s operational requireme

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