In a historic Christmas Eve mission, ISRO’s heaviest rocket, LVM3-M6, on Wednesday successfully placed a US communication satellite into low Earth orbit, marking the heaviest payload ever deployed to LEO by an LVM3 launch from Indian soil.
The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said the rocket accurately injected the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into its intended orbit.
The Bluebird Block-2 mission is part of a global LEO (Low Earth Orbit) constellation to provide direct-to-mobile connectivity through satellite.
This constellation would enable 4G and 5G voice and video calls, texts, streaming and data for everyone, everywhere at all times.
