A Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket, previously known as Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark 3 or GLSV Mk 3, launched a multi-band communications satellites called CMS-3 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said at roughly 4,400 kg (9,700 lbs), this was the heaviest communications satellite launched to GTO from India.