印度迄今发射了其最重的卫星,使全球智能手机连通成为可能。 India launched its heaviest satellite yet, enabling global smartphone connectivity.

印度的印度空间研究组织利用其LVM3-M6火箭成功地将6,100公斤的蓝鸟Block-2号卫星射入低地球轨道,标志着印度从印度土壤发射的一枚火箭所发射的最大有效载荷。 India’s ISRO successfully launched the 6,100 kg BlueBird Block-2 satellite into low Earth orbit using its LVM3-M6 rocket, marking the heaviest payload ever launched by an Indian rocket from Indian soil. 这项任务是与美国总部设在美国的AST SpaceMobile的一家商业企业,其目标是使全世界标准智能手机能够直接连接4G和5G蜂窝。 The mission, a commercial venture with U.S.-based AST SpaceMobile, aims to enable direct 4G and 5G cellular connectivity to standard smartphones worldwide. 这次发射,即LVM3第六次飞行和从斯里哈里科塔起飞的第104次飞行,加强了印度在全球商业空间市场中日益重要的作用,并证明了火箭的可靠性。 The launch, the sixth operational flight of the LVM3 and its 104th from Sriharikota, reinforced India’s growing role in the global commercial space market and demonstrated the rocket’s reliability. 总理莫迪(Narendra Modi)赞扬这次飞行任务是印度空间雄心壮志的一个重要里程碑, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the mission as a major milestone for India’s space ambitions, supporting future crewed missions like Gaganyaan and long-term goals including a crewed lunar mission by 2040.