SRIHARIKOTA: India launched the heaviest satellite, CMS-03, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 5.26 pm on Sunday. This is the fifth mission of the LMV 3 M 5 rocket, as the satellite will be riding piggyback on the LVM3 rocket.

CMS-03 is India’s heaviest communication satellite to date, weighing approximately 4,400 kg, and includes many indigenous state-of-the-art components developed specifically to meet the Indian Navy’s operational requirements

LVM3 was used earlier to launch the path-breaking Chandrayaan 3. This is the first time that ISRO has launched such a heavy satellite from India. With this launch, India will be able to use indigenous defence communication without depending on foreign satellites. Therefore, the mission is extremely crucial for national securit

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