Heaviest communication satellite CMS-03 launched from Sriharikotta

xSrihari Kota: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Sunday scripted history by successfully launching its heaviest communication satellite, CMS-03 (GSAT-7R), enhancing the country’s space and defence capabilities. The launch was done aboard the country’s most powerful LVM3-M5 rocket — also dubbed as the Bahubali launcher — from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

“This 4,410-kg satellite has been precisely injected into orbit,” said ISRO chairman V. Narayanan, moments after the successful launch.

The CMS-03 is the heaviest satellite ever launched from Indian soil, surpassing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft (3,900 kg) launched in 2023. However, Isro’s heaviest satellite so far was GSAT-11 (5,854 kg),

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