Success of LVM-3 mission reinforces India's growing role in global commercial launch market: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (December 24, 2025) congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for placing the heaviest outer successful orbit from India utilizing the LVM3 rocket and strengthening the instauration for aboriginal missions specified arsenic the Gaganyaan.

The Prime Minister besides said that the occurrence of the heavy-lift LVM3 rocket besides reinforced India's increasing relation successful the planetary commercialized motorboat market. ISRO's LVM3 rocket places the 6.5-tonne Bluebird Block 2 outer of U.S.-based steadfast AST Space Mobile into a 520 km circular orbit.

"A important stride successful India's abstraction sector. The palmy LVM3-M6 launch, placing the heaviest outer ever launched from Indian soil, the spacecraft of the U.S., BlueBird Block-2, into its intended orbit, marks a arrogant milestone successful India's abstraction journey," PM Modi said successful a station connected X (formerly Twitter).

"It strengthens India's heavy-lift motorboat capableness and reinforces our increasing relation successful the planetary commercialized motorboat market," the Prime Minister said.

PM Modi said, ”The LVM3 motorboat was besides reflective of efforts towards an Aatmanirbhar Bharat and congratulated hardworking abstraction scientists and engineers.”

"India continues to soar higher successful the satellite of space! Powered by India's youth, our abstraction programme is getting much precocious and impactful," the Prime Minister said.

"With LVM3 demonstrating reliable heavy-lift performance, we are strengthening the foundations for aboriginal missions specified arsenic Gaganyaan, expanding commercialized motorboat services and deepening planetary partnerships," helium added.

"This accrued capableness and boost to self-reliance are fantastic for the coming generations," the Prime Minister said.