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ISRO planning to launch 75-ton sat on 40-storey tall rocket into low earth orbit
The Morning Standard
|August 20, 2025
THE Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a rocket capable of placing a 75,000 kg payload into low earth orbit, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan announced at the 84th convocation of Osmania University on Tuesday.
THE Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a rocket capable of placing a 75,000 kg payload into low earth orbit, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan announced at the 84th convocation of Osmania University on Tuesday. Delivering the convocation address, Narayanan said the proposed rocket would be as tall as a 40-storey building. "The first launcher, built under the leadership of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, had a 17-tonne lift-off mass and could place 35 kg in low earth orbit. Today, we are working on a rocket that can carry 75,000 kg," he said.
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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