A 4,410 kg satellite, one massive rocket, and zero foreign help: ISRO’s epic launch today

CMS-03, a multiband communication satellite, will be placed in an elliptical orbit that stretches from 170 km to nearly 30,000 km above Earth. The LVM3 rocket, previously called GSLV Mk 3, is built to ...

ISRO’s heaviest comms sat launch: All about LVM3, India’s biggest ever launch vehicle

Notably for the space agency, this satellite will be the first weighing over 4,000 kg to be put in the distant geosynchronous transfer orbit from Indian soil. It also breaks with ISRO's tradition of c ...