The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully completed the launch of LVM3-M5, breaking another record by launching the heaviest communication satellite from Indian soil, the CMS-03.

Celebrating the success of the LVM3-M5 launch, agency chairman V Narayanan said the mission marks the eighth launch of LVM3, continuing its streak of success.

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The mission’s significance

The LVM3-M5 launch marks the first time ISRO has placed a communication satellite weighing over 4,000 kg into a distant geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) from Indian soil. Heavier Indian satellites had been placed into orbit by foreign companies. The 5,854-kg GSAT 11 and 4,181-kg GSAT-24 were launched by French company Ariane space, ISRO’s 4,700-kg GSAT-20 satellite required a launch vehicle from Elon Musk’

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