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Rocket Lunar Module: further knowledge awaits!

ISRO's most powerful launch vehicle, the Lunar Module Launch Vehicle (LMLV), is set to be completed by 2035

Deeksha Upadhyay 25 August 2025 05:45

Rocket Lunar Module: further knowledge awaits!

Main Characteristics of LMLV

Design: Enhanced iteration of the NGLV (Next Generation Launch Vehicle).

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As high as a 40-story structure.

Objective: Lunar expeditions, encompassing India's inaugural manned mission to the Moon scheduled for 2040.

Payload: It has the capacity to transport 80 tonnes to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) or around 27 tonnes to the Moon.

3 Phases: Liquid propellant for the initial two phases and a cryogenic propellant for the final phase.

ISRO's Major Launch Rockets and Abilities

PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle): ISRO's reliable vehicle, a third-generation design with liquid stages, able to launch.

Satellites into Sun-synchronous Polar Orbit, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) (e.g., Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter

Mission).

GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle): A fourth-generation, three-stage craft meant to lift 2.0-ton class satellites, satellites into GTO for telecommunication satellites.

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LVM 3: A three-stage, heavy-lift rocket designed to transport 4-ton class satellites to GTO or approximately 10 tons to LEO (Chandrayaan-2) and 3).

It is suggested to be utilized for Bharatiya Antariksh Station.

SSLV (Small Satellite Launch Vehicle): A three-stage vehicle with all-solid propulsion intended for the launch of Mini, Micro, or Nano.satellites (mass between 10 and 500 kg).

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