SPACE LAUNCH REPORT GSLV Mk3 (LVM3) Flight History by Variant/Year (2014-Present) by Ed Kyle, Last Update 12/31/2023 L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) GSLV-Mk3 (LVM3) Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010 - - - - - 2011 - - - - - 2012 - - - - - 2013 - - - - - 2014 1(0)* - - - - 2015 - - - - - 2016 - - - - - 2017 1(0) - - - - 2018 1(0) - - - - 2019 1(0) - - - - 2020 - - - - - 2021 - - - - - 2022 1(0) - - - - 2023 2(0) - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------ GSLV-Mk3 (LVM3) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Suborb 1(0) - - - - Orbit 6(0) - - - - Total 7(0) - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Footnotes: * Suborbital Test Flight. GSLV Mk 3 (LV3M) Vehicle Configurations ------------------------------------------------------------------ LEO GTO Configuration Liftoff Liftoff Payload Payload Height Mass (tonnes) (tonnes) (meters) (tonnes) 200 km x 45 deg ================================================================== GSLV Mk 3 10 t 4 t 2 x S-200 Stg 1 43.43 m 640 t L-110 Stg 2 C-25 Stg 3 ================================================================== GSLV Mk 3 (LV3M) Vehicle Components ------------------------------------------------------------------ S-200 L110 C25 Payload Boosters Stg 2 Core Stg 3 Fairing (2, Combined) ================================================================== Diameter (m) 3.2 m 4 m 4 m 5 m Length (m) 26.2 m 21.39 m 13.545 m 5 m Mb/o (tonnes) 62 t ~9.6 t ~4.7 t Mp (tonnes) 410 t 116 t 28.6 t GLOW (tonnes) 472 t 125 t 33 t Engine S200 2xVikas 2 CE-20 Engine Mfgr ISRO ISRO ISRO Fuel HTPB UDMH LH2 Oxidizer N2O4 LOX T(SL tonnes) 1,050 t T(Vac tonnes) 800 t (avg) 162.95 t (D1) 20 t 172.73 t (D2) ISP (SL sec) (237 s) (est) ISP (Vac sec) (266 s) (est) 293 s ~443 s (est) Burn Time (sec) 139 s 205 s 667 s No. Engines 2 2 1 ================================================================== Launch Sequence ------------------------------------------------------------------ T-0 seconds: S-200 ignition and liftoff T+110 seconds: L110 ignition T+130 seconds: S-200 burnout T+149 seconds: S-200 jettison T+253 seconds: Fairing jettison T+310 seconds: L110 burnout/jettison T+310 seconds: C-25 ignition T+??? seconds: C-25 shutdown T+??? seconds: C-25 second ignition T+??? seconds: C-25 second shutdown (up to 580 seconds total) T+??? seconds: Payload separates into 180 x 36,000 km orbit ------------------------------------------------------------------ GSLV Mk 3 (LVM3) Flight Record DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE ORBIT ------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/18/14 LVM3-X X1 CARE/Test Flt 3.735 SR 2 SUB 06/05/17 GSLV Mk3 D1 GSAT 19E 3.136 SR 2 GTO 11/14/18 GSLV Mk3 D2 GSAT 29 3.4 SR 2 GTO 07/22/19 GSLV Mk3 M1 Chandrayaan 2 3.877 SR 2 EEO 10/22/22 GSLV Mk3 M2 OneWeb India 1 5.292 SR 2 LEO 03/26/23 LVM3 M3 OneWeb 18 5.805 SR 2 LEO 07/14/23 LVM3 M4 Chandrayaan 3 3.9 SR 2 EEO ------------------------------------------------------------------ [X1] Suborbital test with dummy Stage 3. CARE crew module performed reentry and splashdown to test recovery systems. [D1] First GSLV Mk3 orbital launch. [M1] First operational launch. Chandrayaan 2 to raise self to TLI/lunar orbit. Lander to separate and land on Moon early September. [M2] 36 OneWeb satellites. To 605 km x ? [M3] 36 OneWeb sats. To 450 km x 87.4 deg. [M4] To 170 x 36500 km x 21.3 deg. Chandrayaan 3 to raise self to TLI/Lunar orbit. 2.148 t Lander to separate from 1.752 t Propulsion Module in lunar orbit for landing. ================================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT LVM3 (GSLV Mk 3) LVM3 (GSLV Mk 3) was designed by India's Space Research Organization's (ISRO) to lift 4-5 tonne satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Although it initially shared the "Geosynchronous Space Launch Vehicle" designation with ISRO's GSLV and GSLV Mk 2 rockets, GSLV Mk 3 was an all new design that became India's most-powerful orbital launcher. LVM3 stands 42.4 meters and sports a 5 meter diameter payload fairing. It weighed up to 629 tonnes at liftoff. It is a three-stage rocket that lifts off on the thrust produced by a pair of S-200 solid propellant motors that are each loaded with about 200 tonnes of propellant. The L-110 liquid core second stage ignites its two hypergolic propellant Vikas engines 110 seconds after liftoff, about 20 seconds before the solid motors burn out. After a 200 second burn, the C-25 cryogenic LH2/LOX fueled third stage takes over, performing two burns for a total of 580 seconds during a typical GTO mission. The third stage uses a newly developed CE-20 Indiginous Cryogenic Engine (ICE). When it entered service, the 25 meter tall, three-segment, steel-case S-200 was the second largest active solid propellant motor in the world after the Ariane 5 EAP-E booster. NASA's Space Launch System subsequently surpassed S-200. S-200 is 3.2 meters in diameter and is manufactured in a plant at Sriharikota. The L-110 core stage is 17 meters long and four meters in diameter. It is powered for 200 seconds by two Vikas engines similar to the engines used on the second stage of PSLV and GSLV. On those stages Vikas burns for 150 seconds in a single-engine configuration. The cryogenic third stage required development of a new 20 tonne thrust CE-20 LH2/LOX engine, which was a pacing item for LV3M. An S-200 motor was test fired for 130 seconds on January 24, 2010 at Sriharikota. The motor produced a maximum thrust of 500 tonnes during the successful test. A second successful 130 second test was performed on September 4, 2011. A static test of the L-110 core stage was performed March 6, 2010 at ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Center (LPSC) at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. The test was aborted after 150 seconds of a planned 200 second burn. After an extended analysis, the test was repeated on September 8, 2010 and a full duration burn was achieved. During January and February of 2012, ISRO fully assembled a pathfinder GSLV Mk3 vehicle at the Sriharikota Second Launch Pad complex. The vehicle was used to perform facility tests. A suborbital test flight without a live third stage took place during 2014. Live first and second stages boosted a dummy third stage and a test payload on a suborbital trajectory. The test carried a CARE crew module that performed reentry and splashdown to test recovery systems. India's GSLV Mk 3, for the first time topped by a live third stage, successfully boosted GSAT 19 to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Sriharikota on June 5, 2017. The D1 mission was the second GSLV Mk3 flight but the first orbital attempt. References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" SpaceFlightNow "http://www.spaceflightnow.com" Last Update 12/31/2023 by Ed Kyle