Rocket
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Indian Space Research Organization · India
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.
- Manufacturer
- Indian Space Research Organization
- First flight
- December 18, 2014
- Launches
- 9
- Successful
- 9
- Failed
- 0
- Success rate
- 100%
- Scheduled
- 7
- Height
- 43.4 m
- Diameter
- 4 m
- Liftoff mass
- 629 t
- Payload to low Earth orbit
- 10,000 kg
- Payload to geostationary transfer orbit
- 5,000 kg
- Reusable
- no
Upcoming launches of this rocket
- Gaganyaan-1 · November 30, 2026
- GSAT-32 (GSAT-N3) · December 31, 2026