ISRO / NSIL · Operational · in · Launch Vehicle
LVM3 (GSLV Mk III)
India's heavy-lift rocket with 100% success rate; one launch in 2025 (CMS-03).
Verified 2026-06-17 · 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%
- Percentage of launch attempts rated as full mission successes over the vehicle's complete flight history.
- Launches in 2025 ↑ better
- 1
- CMS-03 on November 2, 2025
- Total number of launch attempts conducted in calendar year 2025 (Jan 1 – Dec 31 UTC).