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Launched 2025-12-24 03:25:30 UTCSatish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
The second stage shut down at T+15:39 and released the payload at T+15:43.
Worldwide
318th
orbital launch attempt in 2025
Indian Space Research Organization
5th
launch this year
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
51 d 15 h
since the pad's previous launch
Planned times, from liftoff at . The result is at the top of the page.
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched.
This launch will feature a single satellite.
Launch Provider
Government · India · Founded 1969 · Chairman V. Narayanan
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."
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scheduled
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Satellite in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Official Webcast by ISRO Official has started
Launch Library 2
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Official Webcast by ISRO Official has started
Launch Library 2
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Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding T-0 and setting GO
Nosu
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Delayed to NET December 24.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed to December 21.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Rescheduled for NET December 20 per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added tentative launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET December 15.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET early December.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET Q4 2025.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET August.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET July.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET May.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET Q2.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET March.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Fixed rocket variant.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
43.4m
Diameter
4m
To low Earth orbit
10,000kg
Liftoff thrust
11,898kN
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