{"id":113943,"date":"2025-11-02T11:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/113943\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:18:08","slug":"isro-launch-in-numbers-key-features-of-cms-03-satellite-bahubali-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/113943\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO launch in numbers: Key features of CMS-03 satellite, \u2018Bahubali\u2019 rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a communication satellite onboard an Indian rocket \u2013 the heavylift LVM3M5 vehicle, also known as \u2018Bahubali\u2019 \u2013 on Sunday evening. ISRO officials the satellite is set to be launched<\/a> from Sriharikota.<\/p>\n

\"OnOn Sunday, ISRO said the countdown was \u201cprogressing smoothly.\u201d (X\/ @isro )<\/p>\n

The space agency had been earlier utilising launch vehicles provided by France-headquartered Arianespace for launching heavy satellites, PTI news agency reported.<\/p>\n

ISRO rocket launch: Key features of CMS-03, LVM3-M5 in numbersLift-off time<\/p>\n

ISRO <\/a>started a 24-hour countdown for the launch, which started on Saturday at 5.26 pm. On Sunday, the space agency said the countdown was progressing smoothly.<\/p>\n

In its latest update, ISRO said that the launch procedures would begin from 4.56 pm IST on Sunday, with the lift-off scheduled for 5.26 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Weight of the satellite<\/p>\n

The communication satellite CMS-03<\/a> weighs 4,410 kg, and is the heaviest to be launched from Indian soil and into a GTO, ISRO said. It is also ISRO’s heaviest satellite to be launched by a home made rocket.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bahubali\u2019 rocket size<\/p>\n

The CMS-03 will be launched aboard the LVM3-M5 \u2018Bahubali<\/a>\u2019 rocket, which is 43.5 metre tall, PTI reported. It is dubbed as the \u2018Bahubali\u2019 for its heavylift capabilities, and can launch heavier communication satellites weighing up to 4,000 kg in GTO. It is also termed as Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk III by the ISRO scientists. This mission is LVM3’s fifth operational flight, ISRO said.<\/p>\n

LVM3’s stages<\/p>\n

The LVM3 is a three-stage launch vehicle including two solid motor strap-ons (S200), a cryogenic stage (C25) and a liquid propellant core stage (L110). The S200s on both sides give it the thrust for lift-off.<\/p>\n

Apart from carrying payload weighing 4,000 kg, the \u2018Bahubali\u2019 LVM3 can also take Low Earth Orbit payloads of 8,000 kg, owing to its cryogenic stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a communication satellite onboard an Indian rocket \u2013 the heavylift…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[81229,81228,81227,81224,81225,81226,111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-113943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-isro-rocket-launch-countdown","tag-isro-rocket-launch-time","tag-isro-rocket-launch-today","tag-isro-satellite","tag-isro-satellite-launch","tag-isro-satellite-launch-time","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}