The Launch Vehcile Mark 3 (LVM3) which will launch the CMS-03 satellite on November 3 at the launch pad in the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. on October 26, 2025.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch military communications satellite CMS-03 on November 2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The CMS-03 communication satellite, also known as GSAT-7R, will be launched by the Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3).
“CMS-03 is a multi-band communication satellite that will provide services over a wide oceanic region including the Indian landmass. CMS-03, weighing about 4400kg, will be the heaviest communication satellite to be launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil,” ISRO said on Sunday (October 26, 2025).
The launch vehicle has been fully assembled and integrated with the spacecraft, and has been moved to the launch pad on Sunday (October 26) for further pre-launch operations, ISRO added.
The launch of the CMS-03 will be the first by the LVM3 rocket in over two years. The last time the rocket was deployed was in July 2023 to launch the historic Chandrayaan-3 mission from Sriharikota.
“The previous mission of LVM3 launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission, where India became the first country to land successfully near the lunar south pole,” ISRO said.
Published – October 26, 2025 09:58 pm IST