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{{Infobox rocket launch<br />
| name = LVM3-M6<br />
| image = LVM3 M6 with BlueBird-6 during Liftoff (3).webp<br />
| rocket = [[LVM3]]<br />
| launch = 24 December 2025, 03:55 [[Universal Time Coordinate|UTC]]<ref name=":NextSpaceflight" /><br />
| operator = [[ISRO]] / [[NewSpace India Limited|NSIL]]<br />
| pad = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre#Second Launch Pad|SDSC SLP]]<br />
| payload = BlueBird-6 (BlueBird Block 2 FM1)<br />
| succession = [[List of LVM3 launches|LVM3 launches]]<br />
| previous = [[LVM3-M5]]<br />
| next = [[LVM3-M7]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''LVM3-M6''' was the sixth flight and third commercial flight of [[ISRO]]'s [[LVM3]] rocket and the launch is marked as the 100th Orbital launch by ISRO since the first launch of [[SLV-3]]. Launched on 24 December 2025 from the Second Launch Pad at the [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] (SDSC) in [[Sriharikota]], the mission successfully deployed the [[AST SpaceMobile]]'s BlueBird-6 (BlueBird Block-2 FM1) communications satellite into [[low Earth orbit]].<ref name="isro-lvm3">{{Cite web |date=19 December 2025 |title=LVM3-M6 / BlueBird Block-2 Mission |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/LVM3_M6_BlueBird_Block2_Mission.html |publisher=[[ISRO]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251230122312/https://www.isro.gov.in/LVM3_M6_BlueBird_Block2_Mission.html |archive-date=30 December 2025 |access-date=24 December 2025 }}</ref><ref name="spacecom-20251223">{{Cite news |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=24 December 2025 |orig-date=23 December 2025 |title=Indian rocket launches record-breaking BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite to orbit |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/indian-rocket-launch-bluebird-6-satellite-ast-spacemobile |work=[[Space.com]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251225001220/https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/indian-rocket-launch-bluebird-6-satellite-ast-spacemobile |archive-date=25 December 2025 |access-date=24 December 2025 }}</ref> The launch was delayed by 41 seconds to prevent in-orbit conjuntion with another satellite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Space Situational Awareness Report (ISSAR) for 2025 Released |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Indian_Space_Situational_Awareness_Report_2025.html |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=www.isro.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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== Mission overview ==<br />
* '''Mass''':<br />
** ''Payload weight:''{{cvt|6100|kg}}''<ref name=":NextSpaceflight">{{Cite web |title=BlueBird Block 2 FM1 |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7689/ |website=nextspaceflight.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251116083155/https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7689/ |archive-date=16 November 2025 |access-date=24 December 2025 }}</ref>''<br />
* '''Overall height''': <br />
* '''Propellant''':<br />
** ''Stage 1 :'' [[Solid-fuel rocket|Composite Solid]] (Solid Stage)<br />
** ''Stage 2 :'' [[Liquid fuel rocket|Earth Storable Liquid]] (Liquid Stage)<br />
** ''Stage 3 :'' [[Liquid fuel rocket|Cryogenic Liquid]] (Liquid Stage)<br />
* '''Propellant mass''':<br />
** ''Stage 1:'' {{cvt|205000|kg}}<br />
** ''Stage 2:'' {{cvt|116000|kg}}<br />
** ''Stage 3:'' {{cvt|28000|kg}}<br />
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==Payload==<br />
In November 2024, AST SpaceMobile signed launch contracts to launch BlueBird Block 2 Satellites on [[ISRO]]'s [[LVM3]], [[SpaceX]]'s [[Falcon 9]] and [[Blue Origin]]'s [[New Glenn]] rocket.<ref name="sfn-20241117">{{Cite news |last=Robinson-Smith |first=Will |date=17 November 2024 |title=AST SpaceMobile secures multi-launch agreements with Blue Origin, ISRO and SpaceX |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/11/17/ast-spacemobile-secures-multi-launch-agreements-with-blue-origin-isro-and-spacex/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251229182238/https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/11/17/ast-spacemobile-secures-multi-launch-agreements-with-blue-origin-isro-and-spacex/ |archive-date=29 December 2025 |access-date=24 December 2025 }}</ref> <br />
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The payload of the mission was the BlueBird-6 Communications satellite built by AST SpaceMobile.<ref name="timesofindia-20251215">{{Cite news |date=15 December 2025 |title=ISRO’s BlueBird-6 launch rescheduled to December 21: Heaviest US satellite to boost global broadband in major Indo-US mission |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/isros-bluebird-6-launch-rescheduled-to-december-21-heaviest-us-satellite-to-boost-global-broadband-in-major-indo-us-mission/articleshow/125959451.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251231175613/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/isros-bluebird-6-launch-rescheduled-to-december-21-heaviest-us-satellite-to-boost-global-broadband-in-major-indo-us-mission/articleshow/125959451.cms |archive-date=31 December 2025 |access-date=24 December 2025 }}</ref><br />
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