ISRO will launch its heaviest satellite yet from Indian soil on Sunday evening, marking a major leap in India’s space ambitions with the deployment of the 4,410 kg CMS-03 aboard its most powerful rocket, LVM3.

This launch, ISRO’s first in three months, signals a turning point for India’s space program. For the first time, the agency will place a satellite heavier than 4,000 kg into geosynchronous transfer orbit using an Indian launcher. Until now, such missions relied on foreign rockets from agencies like Arianespace and SpaceX. Advertisement

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 carry up to 8,000 kg to low earth orbit and up

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