Mumbai: India on Sunday strengthened its space capability as the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched the Navy’s GSAT-7R (CMS-03), the heaviest communication satellite from Indian soil till date, to the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
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In the midst of Cyclone Montha and braving inclement weather for the last two days, the indigenously built 43.5mt LVM3-M5 rocket (nicknamed Bahubali) carrying 4,410kg CMS-03, which was moved to the launch pad on October 26 for pre-launch operations, took off from the Satish
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