#lvm3 — Public Fediverse posts

View of spent LVM3-M2 upper stage in orbit by HEO. It appears the stage insulation is blistering and coming apart. Nothing should be sticking out from it like that.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/high-earth-orbit-robotics_this-is-the-spent-upper-stage-of-indias-activity-7470980241012875265-DxIs

#LVM3M2 #LVM3 #ISRO #HEO

View of spent LVM3-M2 upper stage in orbit by HEO. It appears the stage insulation is blistering and coming apart. Nothing should be sticking out from it like that.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/high-earth-orbit-robotics_this-is-the-spent-upper-stage-of-indias-activity-7470980241012875265-DxIs

#LVM3M2 #LVM3 #ISRO #HEO

@Powerfromspace1 How 'realistic' do you think #Ariane's competitiveness is compared to the #H3 or #LVM3 ?

@Powerfromspace1 How 'realistic' do you think #Ariane's competitiveness is compared to the #H3 or #LVM3 ?

🇮🇳 #India spent $74m on the #Mars orbiter #Mangalyaan and $75m on #Chandrayaan3 – less than the $100m spent on the #SciFi thriller Gravity https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9xlgnnpzvo
#Gaganyaan #LVM3 #LaunchCost (to #LEO) ~$48 million 💵 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LVM3#Human-rating_certification, total budget ~$2.4 billion, four missions scheduled by 2026 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaganyaan#Funding_and_project_expansion

#Artemis I, Artemis II, and Artemis III are all $4 billion 💰 a launch 🚀 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Launch_costs

#HumanSpaceflight

🇮🇳 #India spent $74m on the #Mars orbiter #Mangalyaan and $75m on #Chandrayaan3 – less than the $100m spent on the #SciFi thriller Gravity https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9xlgnnpzvo
#Gaganyaan #LVM3 #LaunchCost (to #LEO) ~$48 million 💵 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LVM3#Human-rating_certification, total budget ~$2.4 billion, four missions scheduled by 2026 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaganyaan#Funding_and_project_expansion

#Artemis I, Artemis II, and Artemis III are all $4 billion 💰 a launch 🚀 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Launch_costs

#HumanSpaceflight

AST SpaceMobile ontvouwt de grootste commerciële communicatie-antenne
De eerste next-generation communicatiesatelliet beslaat een oppervlakte van 223 vierkante meter.
#ASTSpaceMobile #BlueBird6 #Bluewalker3 #communicatiesatelliet #LVM3 #MobieleTelefonie #spacex #starlink
https://www.kuuke.nl/ast-spacemobile-ontvouwt-de-grootste-commerciele-communicatie-antenne/

AST SpaceMobile ontvouwt de grootste commerciële communicatie-antenne
De eerste next-generation communicatiesatelliet beslaat een oppervlakte van 223 vierkante meter.
#ASTSpaceMobile #BlueBird6 #Bluewalker3 #communicatiesatelliet #LVM3 #MobieleTelefonie #spacex #starlink
https://www.kuuke.nl/ast-spacemobile-ontvouwt-de-grootste-commerciele-communicatie-antenne/

Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch

I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.

(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)

12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag

Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.

12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena

As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.

12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag

Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.

#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam

Weekly output: LocalSend, Mark Vena podcast, AST SpaceMobile launch

I hope you all are enjoying the liminal time between Christmas and New Year’s–or, as I’ve come to think of it over the last 25-plus years, my last moments of occupational tranquility before work returns with force in the form of CES.

(I’ve used some of that semi-idle time to write an extra post for Patreon readers about the free trips that I didn’t take in the last quarter of this year.)

12/22/2025: This Free App Makes Transferring Files Between Devices Ridiculously Easy, PCMag

Quizzing LocalSend’s developer via e-mail taught me a lesson in how namespaces and nations can mix. As in: He goes by Tien Do Nam, in Vietnam last names come first, he lives in Berlin, so I thought to ask for his surname. He replied that the correct full name is Do Nam Tien, while his German documents list him as Tien Do Nam.

12/24/2025: Ep 117 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Trump’s impact on tech, AI data centers and energy, FCC and Google, Mark Vena

As the token Washingtonian on this podcast, I took up the first item on the agenda. My take on President Trump’s tech policy wasn’t all bad–it looks like the government is in line to save tens of billions of dollars in broadband-buildout costs, assuming that Amazon Leo satellite broadband comes online on schedule–but I can’t call it anything close to good overall.

12/24/2025: AST SpaceMobile Launches Its Most Powerful Direct-to-Cell Satellite Yet, PCMag

Was I going to use this post as an opportunity to remind PCMag readers about India’s impressive spaceflight ambitions? Absolutely.

#AirDrop #ASTSpaceMobile #BEAD #BlueBird #broadbandBuildout #D2D #directToDevice #directToCell #IndiaSpaceProgram #LocalSend #lowEarthOrbitBroadband #LVM3 #MarkVena #QuickShare #satelliteBroadband #Starlink #TienDoNam

@dw This is incredibly shoddy reporting! You have mentioned twice that the #LVM3 is US-built, specifically by AST SpaceMobile.

As a project engineer who was involved in the development of LVM3, this is the first time I'm even hearing about AST SpaceMobile. Besides, what makes you think that the US would even allow the transfer of a mid-heavy lift launcher like this to India? LVM3 is entirely Indian.

BTW, AST SpaceMobile doesn't even make launchers. They built the passenger satellite.

@dw This is incredibly shoddy reporting! You have mentioned twice that the #LVM3 is US-built, specifically by AST SpaceMobile.

As a project engineer who was involved in the development of LVM3, this is the first time I'm even hearing about AST SpaceMobile. Besides, what makes you think that the US would even allow the transfer of a mid-heavy lift launcher like this to India? LVM3 is entirely Indian.

BTW, AST SpaceMobile doesn't even make launchers. They built the passenger satellite.

With direct-to-smartphone 4G/5G links, a massive LEO payload, and record-breaking launch weight, the mission fuses scale, precision, and next-gen space connectivity. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/science/isro-heaviest-satellite-bluebird-block2-launch-gu0b8igl?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ISRO #BlueBirdBlock2 #LVM3 #IndianSpace #SpaceExplainer

#ASTSpaceMobile:
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AST SpaceMobile Announces Successful Orbital Launch of BlueBird 6, the Largest Commercial Communications Array Ever Deployed in Low Earth Orbit
"
"The BlueBird 6 mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. .."

https://feeds.issuerdirect.com/news-release.html?newsid=4645472761706619&symbol=ASTS

24.12.2025

#BlueBird6 #India #Indien #ISRO #LVM3 #LVM3M6 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation
#SDSC #SpaceFlight

#ASTSpaceMobile:
"
AST SpaceMobile Announces Successful Orbital Launch of BlueBird 6, the Largest Commercial Communications Array Ever Deployed in Low Earth Orbit
"
"The BlueBird 6 mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. .."

https://feeds.issuerdirect.com/news-release.html?newsid=4645472761706619&symbol=ASTS

24.12.2025

#BlueBird6 #India #Indien #ISRO #LVM3 #LVM3M6 #Rakete #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation
#SDSC #SpaceFlight

Indian rocket launches AST SpaceMobile’s next-gen BlueBird 6 satellite

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/indian-rocket-launches-ast-spacemobiles-next-gen-bluebird-6-satellite/

🇮🇳 📆 January, 2026 : First orbital flight of the #GaganYaan spacecraft 🚀 https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1980/

• During #G1, a human-rated 🧑‍🚀 #LVM3 rocket will place the orbital module in an elliptical orbit around the earth 🌏

• During its third orbit, it will fire 🔥 its onboard engines to change the shape of its orbit from elliptical to circular

• The module will carry a #humanoid #robot 🤖, which will be fitted with sensors and instruments to collect data during the mission

https://www.thehindu.com/infographics/2025-12-10/gaganyaan-india-isro-space-mission/index.html

#ISRO

🇮🇳 📆 January, 2026 : First orbital flight of the #GaganYaan spacecraft 🚀 https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1980/

• During #G1, a human-rated 🧑‍🚀 #LVM3 rocket will place the orbital module in an elliptical orbit around the earth 🌏

• During its third orbit, it will fire 🔥 its onboard engines to change the shape of its orbit from elliptical to circular

• The module will carry a #humanoid #robot 🤖, which will be fitted with sensors and instruments to collect data during the mission

https://www.thehindu.com/infographics/2025-12-10/gaganyaan-india-isro-space-mission/index.html

#ISRO

గగన్యాన్ దిశగా చారిత్రక అడుగు ISROకు మొదటి హ్యూమన్-రేటెడ్ వికాస్ ఇంజిన్
అందించిన గోద్రేజ్ ఏరోస్పేస్
https://newlyupdatepost.blogspot.com/2025/12/isro.html
Historic step for Gaganyaan as Godrej hands first human-rated Vikas engine to ISRO, boosting India’s crewed space mission confidence.
#Gaganyaan #ISRO #Godrej #VikasEngine #Space #Rocket #India #MakeInIndia #Atmanirbhar #Aerospace #Astronauts #Launch #LVM3 #Engine #Tech #Future #Science

NSIL's launch requisition form has detailed breakdown of PSLV/SSLV/LVM3 payload capabilities.
[PDF] https://www.nsilindia.co.in/sites/default/files/NSIL%20Launch%20Requistion%20opportunity.pdf
#ISRO #PSLV #LVM3 #SSLV

NSIL's launch requisition form has detailed breakdown of PSLV/SSLV/LVM3 payload capabilities.
[PDF] https://www.nsilindia.co.in/sites/default/files/NSIL%20Launch%20Requistion%20opportunity.pdf
#ISRO #PSLV #LVM3 #SSLV

India Boosts Space Defense with CMS-03 Launch.
India successfully launched its heaviest military communications satellite, CMS-03 (GSAT-7R), aboard the LVM3 rocket, strengthening naval and defense communication. The satellite enhances secure data links and supports India’s $3.2B space-based surveillance program, marking a major step in its strategic space ambitions.

#IndiaSpace #ISRO #GSAT7R #LVM3 #DefenseTech #IndianNavy #TECHi

Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/india-space-ambitions-military-communications-satellite-launch/

China launches first GEO Yaogan satellite as India lofts record-mass commsat

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-geo-yaogan-satellite-as-india-lofts-record-mass-commsat/

ISRO begins countdown for LVM3-M5 mission launching CMS-03, India's heaviest comms satellite. Experience enhanced connectivity. Get launch details now! https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/science/isro-lvm3-m5-cms03-launch-arrvrzqr?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ISRO #LVM3 #cms03 #space #ISROSatellite

https://viralnewstatus.blogspot.com/2025/11/cms-03-isro.html
India’s heaviest CMS-03 satellite to launch tomorrow — ISRO marks a new milestone in India’s space history with this powerful mission!
#ISRO #CMS03 #IndiaSpace #SatelliteLaunch #LVM3 #SpaceMission #Sriharikota #Innovation #Technology #Science #PrideOfIndia #SpaceExploration #IndianNavy #DigitalIndia #Milestone

The media kit for the #LVM3 mission is out.

https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/CMS-03-LVM3M5_Brochure.pdf

The media kit for the #LVM3 mission is out.

https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/CMS-03-LVM3M5_Brochure.pdf

Mission specification talks of 29,970 km apogee by 170 km perigee. The apogee shows this is a sub-GTO orbit. #LVM3 #CMS03

Mission specification talks of 29,970 km apogee by 170 km perigee. The apogee shows this is a sub-GTO orbit. #LVM3 #CMS03

Other estimates of reentry region.

https://aerospace.org/reentries/56082

https://x.com/jremis/status/1801542732168482898

#ISRO #LVM3 #OneWeb #LVM3M3 #Reentry #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris

Other estimates of reentry region.

https://aerospace.org/reentries/56082

https://x.com/jremis/status/1801542732168482898

#ISRO #LVM3 #OneWeb #LVM3M3 #Reentry #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris

Upper Stage of LVM3-M3/OneWeb-2 India mission re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 14 June 2024.

https://www.isro.gov.in/LVM3_M3UpperStageRe_entersAtmosphere.html

#ISRO #LVM3 #OneWeb ##LVM3M3 #Reentry

Upper Stage of LVM3-M3/OneWeb-2 India mission re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 14 June 2024.

https://www.isro.gov.in/LVM3_M3UpperStageRe_entersAtmosphere.html

#ISRO #LVM3 #OneWeb ##LVM3M3 #Reentry

LVM3 5m payload fairing, sadly no banana for scale so make do with people.

Image source: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/coimbatore-aerospace-firm-delivers-payload-to-isro-for-gslv-mk-iii-mission-12565571.html

#LVM3 #GSLVMkIII #ISRO #PLF

LVM3 5m payload fairing, sadly no banana for scale so make do with people.

Image source: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/coimbatore-aerospace-firm-delivers-payload-to-isro-for-gslv-mk-iii-mission-12565571.html

#LVM3 #GSLVMkIII #ISRO #PLF

🚀 Les boosters S200 et l'étage central L110 du lanceur #LVM3 pour la mission #Gaganyaan-G1 sont prêts et l'étage supérieur C25 est actuellement en test.
Le lancement de Gaganyaan-G1, la première mission non habitée indienne est prévue pour juin-juillet.
📷via @ISROSpaceflight

🚀 Les boosters S200 et l'étage central L110 du lanceur #LVM3 pour la mission #Gaganyaan-G1 sont prêts et l'étage supérieur C25 est actuellement en test.
Le lancement de Gaganyaan-G1, la première mission non habitée indienne est prévue pour juin-juillet.
📷via @ISROSpaceflight

"“Based on collision avoidance analysis the liftoff time was shifted by four seconds so that there was no collision threat,” Anil Kumar, chief general manager of safe and sustainable space operations management at ..ISRO, said at the .. (IAC) here in Baku, Oct. 6."

https://spacenews.com/india-shifted-launch-of-its-chandrayaan-3-moon-lander-to-avoid-space-objects/

6.10.2023

#Chandrayaan3 #LVM3 #IAC #IAC2023 #Indien #ISRO #Raumfahrt #Space #Spaceflight #Vikram #Weltraum #Weltraummüll #Weltraumschrott

"“Based on collision avoidance analysis the liftoff time was shifted by four seconds so that there was no collision threat,” Anil Kumar, chief general manager of safe and sustainable space operations management at ..ISRO, said at the .. (IAC) here in Baku, Oct. 6."

https://spacenews.com/india-shifted-launch-of-its-chandrayaan-3-moon-lander-to-avoid-space-objects/

6.10.2023

#Chandrayaan3 #LVM3 #IAC #IAC2023 #Indien #ISRO #Raumfahrt #Space #Spaceflight #Vikram #Weltraum #Weltraummüll #Weltraumschrott

Congratulations #ISRO and #India on becoming the fourth country to successfully perform a soft-landing on the #Moon, and the first to do so near the lunar south pole!

The #Chandrayaan-3 mission consists of the #Vikram lander and the #Pragyan rover. The #spacecraft was launched atop an #LVM3 #rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 14 July 2023 and successfully touched down between Manzinus C and Simpelius N craters a few hours ago at 12:32 UTC (23 August 2023).

You can find the initial announcement here: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580

#lunarlanding #lunarexploration #lunarlander #lunarrover

Congratulations #ISRO and #India on becoming the fourth country to successfully perform a soft-landing on the #Moon, and the first to do so near the lunar south pole!

The #Chandrayaan-3 mission consists of the #Vikram lander and the #Pragyan rover. The #spacecraft was launched atop an #LVM3 #rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 14 July 2023 and successfully touched down between Manzinus C and Simpelius N craters a few hours ago at 12:32 UTC (23 August 2023).

You can find the initial announcement here: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580

#lunarlanding #lunarexploration #lunarlander #lunarrover

"LVM3 M4 vehicle successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 into orbit.
Chandrayaan-3, in its precise orbit, has begun its journey to the Moon. Health of the Spacecraft is normal."

https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3_Details.html

#Chandrayaan3 #Indien #ISRO #LVM3 #Mond #Mondlander #Raumfahrt #Spaceflight

14.7.2023

"LVM3 M4 vehicle successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 into orbit.
Chandrayaan-3, in its precise orbit, has begun its journey to the Moon. Health of the Spacecraft is normal."

https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3_Details.html

#Chandrayaan3 #Indien #ISRO #LVM3 #Mond #Mondlander #Raumfahrt #Spaceflight

14.7.2023

🚀 Décollage réussi pour #Chandrayaan3 à bord de la #LVM3 indienne.
La mission est en route pour la #Lune !
#espace #spatial #exploration

We're going to the moon, again !
#LVM3 / #Chandrayaan3 mission launches later today. Woot!
Go #ISRO !

https://www.youtube.com/live/q2ueCg9bvvQ?feature=share

🚀🌑 La répétition générale d'avant lancement de la mission lunaire #Chandrayan3 par #LVM3 est terminée. Tout est au vert pour commencer le compte à rebours avant le décollage prévu vendredi 14 juillet à 9h05 UTC
📷 ISRO
#espace #lune #exploration #Inde

Stimmt.

ISRO: July 06, 2023:
"The launch is scheduled for July 14, 2023, at 14:35 Hrs. IST from the Second Launch Pad, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota."
https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3.html

Brochure: https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/LVM3/LVM3M4_Chandrayaan3_brochure.pdf

#Chandrayaan3 #Indien #ISRO #LVM3 #Mond #Mondlander #Raumfahrt #Spaceflight

Stimmt.

ISRO: July 06, 2023:
"The launch is scheduled for July 14, 2023, at 14:35 Hrs. IST from the Second Launch Pad, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota."
https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3.html

Brochure: https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Missions/LVM3/LVM3M4_Chandrayaan3_brochure.pdf

#Chandrayaan3 #Indien #ISRO #LVM3 #Mond #Mondlander #Raumfahrt #Spaceflight

#mdr:

"Raumfahrt - Chandrayaan-3: Indien setzt erneut zur Mondlandung an"

"Am 13. Juli 2023 will Indien erneut ein Raumschiff zum Mond schicken und voraussichtlich am 24. August 2023 auf dem Trabanten landen. .. zweite Landeversuch nach der 2019 gescheiterten .. Mission .. "

https://www.mdr.de/wissen/chandrayaan-indien-startet-seine-dritte-mond-mission-102.html

#Chandrayaan3 #Indien #ISRO #LVM3 #Mond #Mondlander #Raumfahrt #Spaceflight

10.7.2023

#Payload mass to Low #Earth Orbit (#LEO), Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit, Trans #Lunar Injection and #Mars Transfer Orbit https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Launchers.png

#Ariane #Falcon #Vulcan #Centaur #Starship. #LaunchCost for the latter two aren't known yet. #LVM3 (10t #LEO) 🇮🇳, #H3 (6,5 t #GTO) 🇯🇵 aren't shown

#ISRO #Indien:

"#LVM3 M3/ #OneWeb #India-2 Mission is accomplished successfully. In its sixth consecutive successful flight of LVM3, the vehicle placed 36 satellites belonging to the OneWeb Group Company in their intended 450 km circular orbit with an inclination of 87.4 degrees."

".. vehicle took off with a total payload of 5,805 kg at 09:00:20 hours IST from the second launch pad at #SDSC-SHAR .."

https://www.isro.gov.in/LVM3M3MissionLandingPage.html

#Raumfahrt #Rakete #Satelliten #Spaceflight #Weltraum

26.3.2023