India, Dec. 24 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched a landmark mission - BlueBird Block-2, carrying a massive 6,100-kilogram communication satellite of US's AST SpaceMobile - a launch being popularly described as 'Baahubali' to highlight its scale.

The BlueBird Block-2 Mission - onboard the LVM3 launch vehicle - took off from the second launchpad in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota at 8:55 am on Wednesday.

1- The LVM3-M6/BlueBird Block-2 Mission is a dedicated commercial mission onboard the LVM3 launch vehicle, which launched the BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite of AST SpaceMobile, USA. This mission marks the 6th operational flight of LVM3, ISRO website mentions.

2- This is AST SpaceMobile Inc's la...