The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday launched the heaviest communication satellite from Indian soil and successfully placed it in orbit, marking a stupendous achievement in the country’s space exploration.

The satellite, which weighs 4,410 kg, flew onboard a new-generation homegrown LVM3-M5 Baahubali rocket into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota Andhra Pradesh.

According to ISRO, CMS-03 is a multi-band communication satellite which will provide services over a wide oceanic region including the Indian landmass. The satellite was placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and acts as a replacement to the GSAT 7 series which was launched in 2013.

It was designed to provide communication services for the next 15 years and also assumes significance for bei

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