An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket LVM3-M5, carrying the CMS-03 communication satellite, blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh state on November 2, 2025. India on November 2 successfully launched a key communication satellite, the heaviest to be put into space by the country from Indian soil, its latest step in an ambitious space and technology drive. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)
The CMS-03 satellite blasted off from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 5.26pm. “Our space sector continues to make us proud!” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wants to send an Indian astronaut to the Moon by 2040. Weighing about 4,410kgs, it is “the heaviest communication satellite” launched in the country, the Indian Space Research Organisation said.
The Indian Navy said the satellite would help “secure communication links between ships, aircraft, submarines”.
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