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Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: ISRO Chief V Narayanan has lauded the liftoff of Indian Navy's GSAT-7R (CMS-03) communication satellite on Sunday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota calling it a "grand successful mission".

Speaking to ANI, he said, "It is a grand successful mission... It is a communication satellite of India's CMS-03, the heaviest communication satellite, a 4,410 kg satellite. It is lifted successfully by the Baahubali rocket LVM-3 and placed precisely in the intended orbit within the specification in the GTO.... This satellite will enhance the communication capability of Bharat in the coming years."

The indigenously designed and developed satellite would strengthen the Navy's space-based communica

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