ISRO / NSIL · Operational · in · Launch Vehicle
LVM3 (GSLV Mk III)
India's heavy-lift rocket with a 100% success rate; two launches in 2025 (CMS-03 and AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird Block 2).
Verified 2026-09-24 · First flight 2014-12-18
Systems cutaway
Specs & Metrics
- Payload to LEO ↑ better
- 10,000 kg
- Maximum payload mass deliverable to low Earth orbit (~200–400 km circular), in the vehicle's stated reference configuration.
- Payload to GTO ↑ better
- 4,000 kg
- Maximum payload mass deliverable to geostationary transfer orbit (~185 × 35,786 km), in the stated reference config.
- Liftoff Thrust ↑ better
- 11898 kN
- Total first-stage thrust at liftoff (sea-level), in kilonewtons, summing all active engines and solid strap-ons.
- Liftoff Mass ↓ better
- 640 t
- Total vehicle mass at liftoff including propellant, payload, and all stages, in metric tonnes.
- Vehicle Height ↓ better
- 43.5 m
- Full stack height at liftoff, in metres, including fairing or spacecraft.
- Mission Success Rate ↑ better
- 100%
- 9 of 9 launches through LVM3-M6 (2025-12-24)
- Percentage of launch attempts rated as full mission successes over the vehicle's complete flight history.
- Launches in 2025 ↑ better
- 2
- LVM3-M5/CMS-03 (Nov 2) and LVM3-M6/BlueBird Block 2 (Dec 24, 2025)
- Total number of launch attempts conducted in calendar year 2025 (Jan 1 – Dec 31 UTC).