LVM3-M6


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 in Sriharikota, the mission successfully deployed the AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird-6 communications satellite into low Earth orbit.

Mission overview

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  • * Stage 1 : Composite Solid
  • * Stage 2 : Earth Storable Liquid
  • * Stage 3 : Cryogenic Liquid
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    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.
File:Infographic of ISRO's 100 launches.jpg|thumb|Infograhic showing history of ISRO from first launch on SLV-3 to 100th launch on LVM3