Commercial Arm of ISRO takes Giant Leap To Launch US Satellite in May
India’s LVM3 rocket is gearing up for a major mission this May. It will place a six-ton American satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The satellite is named Block 2 BlueBird. It belongs to AST SpaceMobile. The company is based in the US and is working on building a global cellular broadband network from space. According to D. Radhakrishnan, Chairman and Managing Director of NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL). It is the commercial branch of the Indian Department of Space. Preparations are well underway for this significant launch. Radhakrishnan confirmed that the LVM3 rocket will deploy one Block 2 BlueBird satellite…