OperationalISROFirst Launch: 2017-06-05
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)
India's heaviest operational launch vehicle, used for the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, Gaganyaan crew tests, and large GTO/LEO payloads.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
9
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
9
0 failures
SUCCESS RATE
100.0%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
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Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: ISROVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 43.43 m
- Body Diameter
- 4 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 640 t
- Stages Count
- 3
- Fairing Diameter
- 5 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 10 t
- GTO Capacity
- 4.2 t
- TLI (Lunar)
- 3 t
- Cost per Launch
- $42,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$4,200 / kg
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
2 photos & renders of Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)
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LiftoffOrbital Launch Vehicle
Commercial orbital rocket ascending from coastal launch range.
Orbit Deck Space Catalog
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PadLaunch Pad Gantry
Orbital launch mount and ground support umbilical tower.
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SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3).
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.