The CMS-03 satellite will travel onboard the 43.5 metre tall LVM3-M5 rocket, dubbed “Bahubali (Strong arms)” for its heavylift capability. The previous mission of the LVM3 rocket was the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, wherein India became the first country to land successfully near the lunar South Pole in 2023, according to ISRO.
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ISRO completes 1,000-hour life test on Stationary Plasma Thruster, set to replace chemical propulsion in future satellites
Noting that these thrusters use Xenon as the propellant, the ISRO said the Specific Impulse of the Electric Propulsion System, which is a major performance indicator of a space propulsion system, is at least 6 times that of the conventional propulsion system.
ISRO hits a ton, successfully launches navigation satellite
The satellite is the second in the series of the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) aimed to provide accurate position, velocity and timing to users in the Indian sub-continent as well as to regions about 1,500 km beyond the Indian land mass.
