{"id":115393,"date":"2025-11-03T09:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/115393\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:39:11","slug":"isro-lifts-off-indias-heaviest-communication-satellite-cms-03-etmanufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/115393\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO lifts off India’s heaviest communication satellite CMS-03, ETManufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"<p>CMS-03CMS-03 is a multi-band communication satellite that will provide services over a wide oceanic region, including the Indian landmass, according to ISRO.Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO<\/a>) on Sunday launched the Indian Navy<\/a>‘s GSAT 7R<\/a> (CMS-03<\/a>) communication satellite<\/a>. The indigenously developed satellite is India’s heaviest communication satellite<\/a> to date, weighing around 4,400 kg.<\/p>\n

The launch took place from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Station in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 5:26 pm. <\/p>\n

The satellite would enhance the Navy’s space-based communications and maritime domain awareness capabilities with indigenous, state-of-the-art components developed specifically to meet the Indian Navy’s operational requirements.<\/p>\n

“This satellite is India’s heaviest communication satellite to date, weighing approximately more than 4,400 kg, and includes many indigenous state-of-the-art components developed specifically to meet the Indian Navy’s operational requirements,” the Indian Navy said.<\/p>\n

CMS-03 is a multi-band communication satellite that will provide services over a wide oceanic region, including the Indian landmass, according to ISRO.<\/p>\n

The satellite was launched by the famous LVM3 launch vehicle, which successfully landed India on the lunar South Pole in the Chandrayaan-3 mission. This will be the vehicle’s fifth operational flight.<\/p>\n

“CMS-03, weighing about 4400kg, will be the heaviest communication satellite to be launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil. The previous mission of LVM3 launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission, in which India became the first country to land successfully near the lunar south pole,” ISRO said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The launch vehicle had been assembled earlier and had been on the launch pad since October 26 for pre-launch operations.<\/p>\n

The LVM3-M5 launch had eight sequences, with the CMS-03 being separated from the vehicle at an altitude of approximately 179 kilometres at a velocity of around 10 km per second.<\/p>\n

The launch vehicle had a height of 43.5 meters, with a total liftoff mass of 642 tonnes. The vehicle uses three stages of propellants to enable the satellite to reach the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). <\/p>\n

Published On Nov 3, 2025 at 08:26 AM IST<\/p>\n

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