ISRO to launch U.S. satellite on December 24

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the 6,500 kg BlueBird communications satellite on December 24 from Sriharikota.

The national space agency on Friday (December 19, 2025) announced that the communication satellite developed by the U.S.-based AST SpaceMobile will be launched as part of the LVM3-M6 mission.

“The launch of LVM3-M6 is scheduled on 24 December 2025 at 8.54 am IST from the Second Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota,” the space agency said.

The satellite was initially scheduled to be launched on December 15, but was postponed. ISRO did not specify the reason for the delay.