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| Attribute | GSLV Mk III (LVM3) 🇮🇳 India Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Avio | ISRO | PLD Space |
| Country | 🇪🇺 Europe | 🇮🇳 India | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Status | In Development | Active | In Development |
| Vehicle class | Small | Heavy | Small |
| Propellant | Solid (P160C first stage) / LOX-methane (cryogenic upper stage) | Solid (S200 boosters) + UDMH/N₂O₄ (L110) + LH₂/LOX (C25) | RP-1 / LOX |
| Reusable | No | No | Yes |
| Stages | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| First flight | 2027 | 2017 | 2026 |
| Payload to LEO | — | 10,000 kgas of [1] ↑ Best | 1,080 kgas of [1]540 kg to SSO. First flight is a stated plan (targeted Q1 2026 as of this research; not yet confirmed flown) — treat as a target, not a fact. |
| Payload to GTO | — | 4,000 kgas of [1] ↑ Best | — |
| Height | — | 43.43 mas of [1] ↑ Best | 35.7 mas of [1] |
| Liftoff mass | — | 643 tas of [1] ↑ Best | 69 tas of [1] |
| Success rate | — | 100%as of [2]10/10 missions since development flight 2014 (D1). Production flights since 2017. ↑ Best | — |
| Total flights | — | 10as of [2] ↑ Best | — |
| Cost / kg LEO | — | ~$4,500/kgas of [1]Estimated from OneWeb commercial contract ~$450M for 36 satellites (~5 tonne batch to GTO) ↓ Cheapest | — |
| Summary | The next evolution of ESA's Vega line: replaces the Zefiro-9 and AVUM+ stages with a single cryogenic LOX/methane upper stage powered by the new M10 engine, adding multi-orbit deployment flexibility. First flight is a stated target (2027), not yet flown. | India's most powerful rocket. Launched Chandrayaan-3 (Moon lander) in Jul 2023 and OneWeb internet satellites commercially. Renamed LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark 3) in 2022. The CE-20 cryogenic engine was entirely ISRO-developed — previously India depended on Russian technology for the GSLV Mk II. | PLD Space's orbital small launcher with a recoverable first stage (engine thrust + parachutes), developed with ESA Future Launchers Preparatory Programme support; primary launch site is the Guiana Space Centre. |
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