Isro to launch communication satellite of US firm AST SpaceMobile in March

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) LVM3 rocket will launch in March a communication satellite of a US-based firmT SpaceMobile that plans to provide space-based cellular broadband network services on smartphones.

“The commercial LVM3-M5 mission, set for March, will deploy BlueBird Block-2 satellites under a contract with the US-basedT SpaceMobile,” an official statement said.