Indian expendable medium-lift launch vehicle, developed by ISRO
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III)
LVM3 M3 on SDSC SLP, carrying 36 OneWeb satellites
Function
Medium-lift launch vehicle[1]
Manufacturer
ISRO
Country of origin
India
Cost per launch
₹500 crore (US$60 million)[2][3]
Size
Height
43.43 m (142.5 ft)[4][1]
Diameter
4 m (13 ft)[4]
Mass
640,000 kg (1,410,000 lb)[1]
Stages
3[1]
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass
10,000 kg (22,000 lb)[5]
Payload to GTO
Mass
4,300 kg (9,500 lb)[1][6]
Payload to TLI
Mass
3,000 kg (6,600 lb)[7]
Associated rockets
Family
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
Comparable
Angara
Atlas V
Falcon 9
H-IIA
Long March 3B
Long March 7
Titan IIIC
Zenit rocket
Launch history
Status
Active
Launch sites
Satish Dhawan SLP
Total launches
7
Success(es)
7
Failure(s)
0
Partial failure(s)
0
First flight
18 December 2014 (suborbital)
5 June 2017 (orbital)
Last flight
14 July 2023
Type of passengers/cargo
CARE
GSAT
Chandrayaan-2/3
OneWeb
Gaganyaan
First stage – S200 Boosters
Height
25 m (82 ft)[1]
Diameter
3.2 m (10 ft)[1]
Empty mass
31,000 kg (68,000 lb) each[8]
Gross mass
236,000 kg (520,000 lb) each[8]
Propellant mass
205,000 kg (452,000 lb) each[8]
Powered by
Solid S200
Maximum thrust
5,150 kN (525 tf)[9][10][11]
Specific impulse
274.5 seconds (2.692 km/s) (vacuum)[8]
Burn time
128 s[8]
Propellant
HTPB / AP[8]
Second stage – L110
Height
21.39 m (70.2 ft)[12]
Diameter
4.0 m (13.1 ft)[8]
Empty mass
9,000 kg (20,000 lb)[12]
Gross mass
125,000 kg (276,000 lb)[12]
Propellant mass
116,000 kg (256,000 lb)[12]
Powered by
2 Vikas engines
Maximum thrust
1,598 kN (163.0 tf)[8][13][14]
Specific impulse
293 seconds (2.87 km/s)[8]
Burn time
203 s[12]
Propellant
UDMH / N2O4
Third stage – C25
Height
13.545 m (44.44 ft)[8]
Diameter
4.0 m (13.1 ft)[8]
Empty mass
5,000 kg (11,000 lb)[12]
Gross mass
33,000 kg (73,000 lb)[12]
Propellant mass
28,000 kg (62,000 lb)[8]
Powered by
1 CE-20
Maximum thrust
186.36 kN (19.003 tf)[8]
Specific impulse
442 seconds (4.33 km/s)
Burn time
643 s[8]
Propellant
LOX / LH2
[edit on Wikidata]
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 or LVM3[1][15][16] (previously referred as the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III or GSLV Mk III)[a] is a three-stage[1] medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Primarily designed to launch communication satellites into geostationary orbit,[18] it is also due to launch crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.[19] LVM3 has a higher payload capacity than its predecessor, GSLV.[20][21][22][23]
After several delays and a sub-orbital test flight on 18 December 2014, ISRO successfully conducted the first orbital test launch of LVM3 on 5 June 2017 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.[24]
Total development cost of project was ₹2,962.78 crore (equivalent to ₹45 billion or US$540 million in 2023).[25] In June 2018, the Union Cabinet approved ₹4,338 crore (equivalent to ₹58 billion or US$700 million in 2023) to build 10 LVM3 rockets over a five-year period.[26]
The LVM3 has launched CARE, India's space capsule recovery experiment module, Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3, India's second and third lunar missions, and will be used to carry Gaganyaan, the first crewed mission under Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. In March 2022, UK-based global communication satellite provider OneWeb entered into an agreement with ISRO to launch OneWeb satellites aboard the LVM3 along with the PSLV, due to the launch services from Roscosmos being cut off, caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[27][28][29] The first launch took place on 22 October 2022, injecting 36 satellites into Low Earth orbit.
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