Chennai, Oct. 26 -- India will orbit its military communication satellite for the country's Navy with its heavy lift rocket LVM3on November 2, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said today.
The satellite GSAT-7R or CMS-03, weighing 4.4 ton, will be the replacement for the 2.65 ton GSAT-7 or Rukmini that was launchedin 2013 by Arianespace's rocket Ariane.
ISRO said CMS-03 is a multi-band communication satellite that will provide services over a wide oceanic region including the Indian landmass.
It will be the heaviest communication satellite to be launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil.
LVM3-M5 will be the fifth operational flight of the heavy lift launch vehicle.
The previous mission of LVM3 launched th...