India launches commercial satellite (VIDEO)

The rocket carried a US communications platform aimed to beam cellular broadband from space

India has successfully launched its heaviest commercial communications satellite to a low earth orbit.

The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) LVM3 ‘Baahubali’ rocket launched the BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite of US-based AST SpaceMobile from Sriharikota in southern India.

“LVM3-M6 successfully and precisely injected...