{"id":116453,"date":"2025-11-03T23:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116453\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:35:08","slug":"india-launches-navy-communications-satellite-on-lvm3-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/116453\/","title":{"rendered":"India Launches Navy Communications Satellite on LVM3 Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamtimes.com\/en\/news\/1244666\/india-launches-navy-communications-satellite-on-lvm3-rocket\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.islamtimes.org\/images\/docs\/001244\/n01244666-b.jpg\" alt=\"India Launches Navy Communications Satellite on LVM3 Rocket\" title=\"India Launches Navy Communications Satellite on LVM3 Rocket\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            Islam Times &#8211; India\u2019s space agency on Sunday launched a powerful military communications satellite for the navy using its most capable rocket, marking the heaviest such payload sent to orbit from Indian soil.The CMS-03 satellite, also known as GSAT-7R, lifted off atop a Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 6:56 a.m. EST (1056 GMT; 5:26 p.m. local time) on Sunday, Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<p>The LVM3 placed the 9,700-pound (4,400-kilogram) spacecraft into geostationary transfer orbit about 16 minutes after launch, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).<\/p>\n<p>It was the heaviest communications satellite ever launched to geostationary transfer orbit from India.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite will later move into geostationary orbit, about 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) above Earth, where it will maintain a fixed position relative to the planet\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p>Such orbits are commonly used for communications and surveillance satellites.<\/p>\n<p>CMS-03 will replace GSAT-7, launched in 2013, as the Indian Navy\u2019s main communications platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith upgraded payloads, GSAT-7R or CMS-03 is designed to expand secure, multi-band communications for the Navy\u2019s growing blue-water operations,\u201d the Times of India reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCMS-03 will provide real-time communication for naval operations, air defence and strategic command control across a wide oceanic and terrestrial region,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s mission marked the eighth flight of the LVM3 rocket, which first launched in December 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Its previous mission, in July 2023, successfully carried the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander toward the moon\u2019s south pole.&#13;\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islam Times &#8211; 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