India’s ‘Bahubali’ Rocket Lifts Heaviest Satellite to Boost Navy’s Eye on the Ocean

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.

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I am a research scholar at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore. My academic background is in Physics, ideas of which I apply in to biology, to understand neuronal cell mechanics. As I believe that research needs to be communicated to a broader audience, I translate articles into regional languages like Hindi.

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