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Isro's LVM3-M6 mission to launch BlueBird Block-2 satellite today
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch the BlueBird Block-2 communications satellite for US company AST SpaceMobile today using its heavy-lift Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3). Weighing 6,100 kg, it will be the heaviest payload ever placed in low Earth orbit by the LVM3. The mission marks a milestone in Isro's commercial space efforts.
Isro is set to launch 16 satellites via the pslv-c62 mission on January 12, 2026. The primary payload is drdo's 400-kg hyperspectral earth observation satellite eos-n1 (codename anvesha), developed for strategic surveillance. The mission includes innovations like India's first orbital ai laboratory and a $2 per minute space cybercafe.