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

Mass:

* Payload weight:Overall height: Propellant:
* Stage 1 : Composite Solid
* Stage 2 : Earth Storable Liquid
* Stage 3 : Cryogenic Liquid Propellant mass:
* Stage 1:
* Stage 2:
* Stage 3:'' Altitude:Maximum velocity: Inclination: Azimuth: Period:

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.