{"id":3413,"date":"2025-11-03T11:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T06:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/exams\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:04:12","slug":"isro-s-bahubali-rocket-successfully-launches-india-s-heaviest-communication-satellite-cms-03-2789","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/isro-s-bahubali-rocket-successfully-launches-india-s-heaviest-communication-satellite-cms-03-2789\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO\u2019s Bahubali Rocket Successfully Launches India\u2019s Heaviest Communication Satellite CMS-03"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">India has achieved a brilliant milestone in space technology again with the launch of the heaviest communication satellite ever launched by India, <strong>CMS-03<\/strong>. Carried by the powerful <strong>Bahubali GSLV Mk III rocket of ISRO<\/strong>, the satellite was launched from&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px; padding:0px\">the<strong>&nbsp;Satish Dhawan Space Centre<\/strong><\/span><strong>,&nbsp;Sriharikota<\/strong>. CMS-03 aims to boost the communication infrastructure of India, offering advanced services in telecommunication, television broadcasting, and disaster management. This launch is another proud achievement for ISRO as it flaunts India&#39;s rising competency in the development and deployment of heavy communication satellites. With CMS-03 in orbit, India is taking a significant step toward strengthening its space-based communication network as well as technological self-reliance.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Technological Milestone for India&rsquo;s Space Programme<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The weight of the <strong>CMS-03 satellite is 4410 kg<\/strong>, which is the heaviest communication satellite launched by India in geosynchronous transfer orbit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was launched on 2 November 2025 using the <strong>LVM3-M5 Bahubali rocket<\/strong>, the most powerful heavy-lift launcher of India.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This was the fifth operational flight of the <strong>LVM3<\/strong>, providing a display of India&#39;s advanced space capabilities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>CMS-03 is a multi-band satellite<\/strong> for improved security voice and data, and video communication in the Indian subcontinent and oceanic areas.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In doing this, the mission represents a significant technological leap for the Indian space programme, enhancing the civilian and defence communication infrastructure both through indigenous innovation and engineering excellence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The successful launch of the country&#39;s heaviest communication satellite, CMS-03, using ISRO&#39;s Bahubali rocket, is a proud moment in the country&#39;s space journey. This achievement showcases India&#39;s advancing expertise in higher-order satellite technology as well as in heavy lift launch systems, exiting the world in a stronger position in space technology and ensuring better ways in terms of communication as well as technological self-reliance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has achieved a brilliant milestone in space technology again with the launch of the heaviest communication satellite ever launched by India, CMS-03. Carried by the powerful Bahubali GSLV Mk III rocket of ISRO, the satellite was launched from&nbsp;the&nbsp;Satish Dhawan Space Centre,&nbsp;Sriharikota. CMS-03 aims to boost the communication infrastructure of India, offering advanced services in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3441,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions\/3441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.class24.study\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}