Washington DC, Dec. 24 -- Indian Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, lauded the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of the LVM3-M6 mission, calling it a "milestone achievement" for the partnership between the two countries in the space sector.

ISRO successfully launched the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)-M6, also known as 'Baahubali', from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh, carrying BlueBird 6, a communications satellite developed by US-based AST SpaceMobile, marking the heaviest payload ever launched by an Indian launcher.

Vinay Mohan Kwatra said that the launch signified ISRO's heavy lift capability and hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for self-reliance.

"Earlier...