The satellite was launched by the famous LVM3 launch vehicle
India launched the Indian Navy's GSAT 7R (CMS-03) communication satellite from SDSC SHAR at 5:26 IST, on 2nd November, carrying India’s heaviest communication satellite to GTO.
According to ANI, it is an indegeously developed satellite that weighs around 4400kg. Ahead of the launch, the weather, ISRO said, was favorable and systems nominal.
The satellite is expected to enhance the Navy’s space-based communications and maritime domain awareness capabilities with indigenous, state-of-the-art components developed specifically to meet the Indian Navy’s operational requirements.
CMS-03, it said, is a multi-band communication satellite that will provide services over a wide oceanic region, including the Indian landmass, citing ISRO.
The satellite was launched by the famous LVM3 launch vehicle, which successfully landed India on the lunar South Pole in the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
This was the vehicle's fifth operational flight.
"CMS-03, weighing about 4400kg, will be the heaviest communication satellite to be launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil. The previous mission of LVM3 launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission, in which India became the first country to land successfully near the lunar south pole," ISRO quoted as saing in a statement.
The launch vehicle was assembled earlier and has been on the launch pad since October 26 for pre-launch operations, the ANI report added.
The LVM3-M5 launch had eight sequences, with the CMS-03 being separated from the vehicle at an altitude of approximately 179 kilometres at a velocity of around 10 km per second. The launch vehicle has a height of 43.5 meters, with a total liftoff mass of 642 tonnes. The vehicle uses three stages of propellants to enable the satellite to reach the Geo-synchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
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