ANDHRA PRADESH: India’s Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)-M6, carrying BlueBird 6, took off from Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikotata on Wednesday.
BlueBird 6, a next-generation communications satellite from US innovator AST SpaceMobilewas launched with a goal to beam the broadband straight from space to smartphones without any special gear.
The 43.5-meter-tall rocket, which is supported by two S200 solid boosters, lifted off at 8:55 a.m. following a 24-hour countdown from the second launch pad located approximately 135 km east of Chennai.
After approximately 15 minutes of flight, the spacecraft BlueBird Block-2, travelling on the rocket, is expected to separate and attain its designated orbit at an altitude of around 520 km, according to ISRO.
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