ISRO Rocket Launch Today Updates: 'Bahubali' lifts off with a record-heavy satellite

ISRO Rocket Launch Today Updates: The LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3) is the new heavy-lift launch vehicle, which was used for placing CMS-03, which weighs about 4,410 kg and is a multi-band communication satellite, in GTO in a cost-effective manner.

ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Launch happened on time. (ISRO Youtube)

ISRO Rocket Launch Today Updates: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its heaviest communication satellite on Sunday. The satellite, CMS-03, is reportedly the heaviest ever launched from Indian soil into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), according to the PTI news agency....Read More

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• 2 Nov 2025, 07:26:28 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: This blog is now closed

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• 2 Nov 2025, 07:25:34 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Launch successful, PM Modi 'proud'

  ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said the launch vehicle successfully injected the communication satellite into the required orbit. He recalled that the rocket's previous launch was the "most prestigious Chandrayaan 3, which brought pride to the nation." He also added that the rocket achieved "yet another pride" on Sunday after succeeding with the "heavier satellite."

  Dubbed as ‘Bahubali' for its heavy launch capabilities, the LVM3-M5 is a three-stage launch vehicle with two solid motor strap-ons (S200), a liquid propellant core stage (L110) and a cryogenic stage (C25).

  All eight LVM 3 launches, including its experimental mission, have been successful, achieving a 100% success rate.

  PM Narendra Modi lauded ISRO in an X post, saying “our space sector continues to make us proud”. “Powered by our space scientists, it is commendable how our space sector has become synonymous with excellence and innovation. Their successes have furthered national progress and empowered countless lives,” he said. Union Minister Jitendra Singh also hailed the ISRO and PM Modi for a string of successful space missions.

• 2 Nov 2025, 07:17:34 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: What ISRO chairman V Narayanan said on the launch of CMS-03

  Here is what ISRO chairman V Narayanan said on the launch of CMS-03 communication satellite onboard LVM-3.
  "The capability of this GSLV launcher is around 4000 kg to GTO and for the first time we have lifted 4410 kg to an elliptical orbit... It has performed extremely well, and this is the eighth launch of the LVM-3 vehicle. All the launches of the LVM-3 vehicle have been successfully accomplished by ISRO, and it is a 100% reliable vehicle. The same vehicle is also earmarked for taking our Gaganyatri-2 space also... Right now, the satellite is healthy. All the propulsion system valves and isolation valves are opened, and the satellite is healthy," ANI quoted him as saying.

• 2 Nov 2025, 06:54:33 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: PM Modi lauds ISRO, says ‘space sector continues to make us proud’

• 2 Nov 2025, 06:46:50 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Union Minister Jitendra Singh lauds the launch of CMS-03 satellite

  Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday lauded the successful launch of the Indian Navy's GSAT 7R (CMS-03) by the LVM3 launch vehicle, terming it as "Bahubali."

  Sharing an X post, the Union Minister hailed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a string of successful space missions.

  "India's Bahubali scales the skies with the successful launch of LVM3M5 Mission. "Bahubali", as it is being popularly referred, the LVM3-M5 rocket is carrying the CMS-03 communication satellite, the heaviest ever to be launched from Indian soil into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). ISRO continues to script one success after another. Thanks, PM Modi, for the unflinching government support," Jitendra Singh wrote.

• 2 Nov 2025, 06:14:02 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: A replacement for GSAT 7 series

  The CMS-03 satellite is a replacement for the GSAT 7 series, launched in 2013.

• 2 Nov 2025, 06:06:37 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: The weather challenge

  As pointed out by ISRO leadership, the mission was a success despite bad weather conditions.

• 2 Nov 2025, 06:00:48 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Space agency leaders celebrate success

  ISRO leaders celebrate the mission success and compliment all involved teams.

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:51:31 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Chairman congratulates team after success

  The ISRO Chairman congratulated all the teams after the mission's success.

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:49:39 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Chairman V Narayanan addressing the media

  ISRO Chairman V Narayanan is addressing the media after a successful CMS-03 mission.

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:45:00 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Mission successful, declares ISRO

  ISRO declares the mission successful.

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:43:06 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Cryogenic stage completed

  Cryogenic stage of the launch completed, satellite seperates

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:41:39 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Cryo stage expected to work for 600 seconds

  Cryo stage is expected to work for 600 seconds before seperating.

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:34:27 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Cryo stage performance normal

  The Cryo stage performance is normal as tracking continues

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:31:36 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Performance normal

  Cryo stage ignition starts

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:26:25 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: LVM3-M5 lifts off with heavy satellite CMS-03 from Sriharikota

  LVM3-M5 lifts off with heavy communication satellite CMS-03 from Sriharikota.

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:19:51 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: All set for lift-off from Sriharikota

  All set for lift-off from Sriharikota as launch is now just a few minutes away.

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:12:58 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Automatic launch sequence initiated

  Automatic launch sequence for the CMS-03 mission has been initiated.

• 2 Nov 2025, 05:02:10 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Procedures before lift-off underway

  Procedures for the launch of the heavy satellite are underway.

• 2 Nov 2025, 04:49:17 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Launch procedures to begin shortly

  Launch procedures for the heavy satellite lift-off will begin shortly.

• 2 Nov 2025, 04:35:31 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: End of foreign reliance for India?

  Today's launch could mark the end of ISRO's reliance on foreign partners for launching heavy satellites. The space agency had been earlier utilising launch vehicles provided by France-headquartered Arianespace for the same.

• 2 Nov 2025, 04:28:46 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Countdown continues

  ISRO initiated a 24-hour countdown for the launch, which commenced on Saturday at 5:26 pm. On Sunday, the space agency said the countdown was progressing smoothly.

  In its latest update, ISRO stated that the launch procedures would commence at 4:56 pm IST on Sunday, with lift-off scheduled for 5:26 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

• 2 Nov 2025, 04:14:15 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Similar launch vehicle for Gaganyaan

  For the ambitious Gaganyaan mission, ISRO had planned the human-rated LVM3 rocket as the launch vehicle, which is named HRLV.

• 2 Nov 2025, 03:59:23 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: The venue for the lift-off

  The launch is set to take place from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Station in Sriharikota.

• 2 Nov 2025, 03:45:03 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: The process after launch

  The LVM3-M5 launch will have 8 sequences, with the CMS-03 being separated from the vehicle at an altitude of around 179 kilometres, at a velocity of around 10 km per second.

• 2 Nov 2025, 03:28:30 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: What time is the launch?

  LVM3-M5 will be launched from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 5.26 PM today.

• 2 Nov 2025, 03:20:48 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Launch vehicle on the pad since October 26

  The launch vehicle had been assembled earlier and has been on the launch pad since October 26 for pre-launch operations.

• 2 Nov 2025, 03:10:35 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: The capabilities of the launch vehicle

  The LVM3- rocket is capable to carry payload to GTO weighing 4,000 kg and for Low Earth Orbit payloads of 8,000 kg with its powerful cryogenic stage.

• 2 Nov 2025, 03:03:20 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: The heaviest Indian satellite

  ISRO had previously launched its heaviest communication satellite GSAT-11 on December 5, 2018 from Kourou launch base, French Guiana by Ariane-5 VA-246 rocket. Weighing about 5,854 kg, GSAT-11 is the heaviest satellite built by ISRO.

• 2 Nov 2025, 02:52:23 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: Details on time and where to watch the lift-off

• 2 Nov 2025, 02:48:26 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: The three stages of the ‘Bahubali’ rocket

  The two S-200 solid rocket boosters, located on the sides of the rocket, provide the thrust required for liftoff. The S200 boosters are developed at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.

  The third stage is the L110 Liquid Stage, powered by two Vikas engines designed and developed at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre.

• 2 Nov 2025, 02:46:21 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: The launch vehicle's previous mission

  The previous mission of the LVM-3 rocket was the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3, in which India became the first country to land successfully near the lunar South Pole in 2023, according to ISRO.

• 2 Nov 2025, 02:43:40 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: What is the launch vehicle nicknamed?

  The CMS-03 satellite will travel onboard the 43.5 metre tall LVM3-M5 rocket, dubbed as 'Bahubali' for its heavy-lift capability.

• 2 Nov 2025, 02:41:56 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: What is CM-03 and how heavy is it?

  CMS-03 weighs about 4,410 kg and is a a multi-band communication satellite.

• 2 Nov 2025, 02:37:23 PM IST

  ISRO Rocket Launch Today Live Updates: What is the mission objective?

  The mission objective for Sunday's launch is that the CMS-03 will provide services over a wide oceanic region, including the Indian landmass, according to ISRO. While it has been speculated that the satellite’s applications include military surveillance, there has been no official word from ISRO on the matter.