‘Another Milestone’: Twitter Congratulates ISRO on GSAT-11 Launch

Here’s how Twitter congratulated ISRO on the launch of India’s heaviest satellite!

Here’s how Twitter congratulated ISRO on launching India’s heaviest satellite on 5 December!

(Photo: ISRO/Twitter)

“Good Morning India! The heaviest, largest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite of India, GSAT-11 was launched successfully from Kourou Launch Zone onboard Ariane 5 VA246 launch vehicle.”

Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) post on the morning of Wednesday, 5 December, sent tweeple into a frenzy. Many congratulated the space agency for achieving another “milestone.”

Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël also tweeted the video of the launch and called it “a thing of beauty!”

Weighing about 5,854 kg, GSAT-11 is the "heaviest" satellite built by ISRO.

It is a next-generation "high throughput" communication satellite configured around the ISRO's I-6K Bus with a designed lifetime of more than 15 years.