印度成功发射了一颗3吨卫星

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朱诺, 中印太空竞赛，不仅仅关乎国家荣誉. VOA Chinese, June 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/india-china-20170607/3891127.html
("6月5日，印度成功发射了一颗 '重量级' 卫星，成为继美、俄、中、日、欧洲航天局之后，第6个有能力发射重量超过3吨的超级卫星的国家或地区。印度总理莫迪发推特祝贺了项目工作人员，称这一成功发射是 '让印度人民感到自豪的一刻' ")

Note:
(a) There is no need to read the rest, which is about other milestones -- but not this one.
(b) Vipin Das M and Nidhi Verma, India's Most Powerful Rocket Launches Satellite into Orbit. Reuters, June 5, 2017.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-space-idUSKBN18W0LP