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LVM3

Name: LVM3
Brand: NewSpace India (NSIL)

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Payload LEO

8,000 kg

Payload GTO

4,000 kg

Assessment

ISRO heavy-lift launcher (~4 t to GTO, ~10 t to LEO); also earmarked and undergoing human-rating certification for the crewed Gaganyaan programme (no crew flown yet).

Source (provider information)

Technical data

Height43.5 m

Diameter4 m

Liftoff mass640 t

Liftoff thrust10,300 kN

Stages3

PropellantSolid (HTPB) + UDMH/N2O4 + LOX/LH2

ReusabilityExpendable

First flight2014

Lead time–

Launch sites

Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR) – Sriharikota

Price

Price on request

To the provider: NewSpace India (NSIL)

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