LVM3-M6 was the sixth flight and third commercial flight of ISRO's LVM3 rocket and the launch is marked as the 100th Orbital launch by ISRO since the first launch of SLV-3. Launched on 24 December 2025 from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, the mission successfully deployed the AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird-6 (BlueBird Block-2 FM1) communications satellite into low Earth orbit. The launch was delayed by 41 seconds to prevent in-orbit conjuntion with another satellite.
Mission overview Mass: Payload weight: Overall height: Propellant: Stage 1 : Composite Solid (Solid Stage) Stage 2 : Earth Storable Liquid (Liquid Stage) Stage 3 : Cryogenic Liquid (Liquid Stage) Propellant mass: Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3:
Payload In November 2024, AST SpaceMobile signed launch contracts to launch BlueBird Block 2 Satellites on ISRO's LVM3, SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.
The payload of the mission was the BlueBird-6 Communications satellite built by AST SpaceMobile.
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