The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved another leap in its quest for self-reliance in space, successfully launching the heaviest communication satellite ever lifted from Indian soil using its formidable heavy-lift rocket, the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3). Affectionately nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ for its sheer power, the LVM3-M5 mission placed the critical 4,410 kg CMS-03 spacecraft into a precise Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) on Sunday, November 2, 2025, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Neelanjana Bandyopadhyay has a PhD degree in Biochemistry from the University of Manchester, UK. She takes keen interest in science education and believes in going beyond textbooks for teaching. Presently, she runs “WonderScience” where she teaches science to children through hands-on experiments.