ISRO launches heaviest foreign satellite from Indian soil aboard LVM3
The satellite is part of a next generation of BlueBird Block-2 communication satellites, designed to provide space-based cellular broadband connectivity directly to standard mobile smartphones
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) heaviest ever satellite BlueBird Block-2 weighing 6,100 kg was successfully launched this morning.
In this mission, LVM3-M6 placed the BlueBird Block-2 satellite, into the Low Earth Orbit and is the largest commercial communications satellite to be deployed in Low Earth Orbit. The satellite is part of a next generation of BlueBird Block-2 communication satellites, designed to provide space-based cellular broadband connectivity directly to standard mobile smartphones.
The LVM3-M6 / BlueBird Block-2 Mission is a dedicated commercial mission onboard the LVM3 launch vehicle, which launched the BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite of AST SpaceMobile, USA.
This mission marks the 6th operational flight of LVM3.
LVM3, developed by ISRO, is a three-stage launch vehicle comprising two solid strap-on motors (S200), a liquid core stage (L110), and a cryogenic upper stage (C25). In its earlier missions, LVM3 successfully launched Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3, and two OneWeb missions carrying 72 satellites.
The previous launch of LVM3 was the LVM3-M5/CMS-03 mission, that was successfully accomplished on November 2.
