{"id":85628,"date":"2025-12-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/mena-india\/?p=85628"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:47:29","slug":"isros-lvm3-rocket-delivers-indias-heaviest-ever-commercial-payload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/mena-india\/2025\/12\/24\/isros-lvm3-rocket-delivers-indias-heaviest-ever-commercial-payload\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO\u2019s LVM3 rocket delivers India\u2019s heaviest-ever commercial payload"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Heavy lift launch: <\/strong>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has deployed the 6.1-tonne BlueBird\u2019s communications satellite into low Earth orbit (LEO) aboard its LVM3-M6 rocket, according to an ISRO <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/LVM3_M6_BlueBird_Block2_Mission.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ISRO said the satellite is the heaviest commercial payload launched by LVM3 from Indian soil.<\/strong> The mission was a commercial launch under a contract between state-run NewSpace India and US-based AST SpaceMobile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> This launch comes as India looks to scale its space economy from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1988864&reg=3&lang=2\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 8 bn to USD 44 bn<\/a> in the coming years. 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