GeosynchronousSatelliteLaunchVehicleMarkIII

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TheGeosynchronousSatelliteLaunchVehicleMarkIII
[1][2]
Hindi: IAST:Bhsthir LVM3GSLVMkIII
UpagrahPrakepaYnMK3,alsoreferredtoasthe

,
LaunchVehicleMark3 LVM3 orGSLVIII[2]isalaunch
vehicledevelopedbytheIndianSpaceResearch
OrganisationISRO.

Itisintendedtolaunchsatellitesintogeostationaryorbit
andasalauncherforanIndiancrewvehicle.TheGSLVIII
featuresanIndiancryogenicthirdstageandahigher
payloadcapacitythanthecurrentGSLV.[8][9]

Contents

1 History
1.1 S200statictest
1.2 L110stagetest
1.3 Suborbitalflighttest
1.4 C25stagetest
2 Vehicledescription
2.1 FirstStage
2.2 SecondStage
2.3 ThirdStage
2.4 Payloadfairing
3 Launches Anartist'srenderingoftheGeosynchronous
4 FutureImprovement SatelliteLaunchVehicleMkIII.
5 Comparablerockets Function Mediumliftlaunchvehicle
6 Seealso
7 References Manufacturer IndianSpaceResearch
8 Externallinks Organisation
Countryof India
origin

History Size

DevelopmentfortheGSLVIIIbeganintheearly2000s, Height 43.43m142.5ft[1]

withthefirstlaunchplannedfor20092010.[10]Several Diameter 4.0m13.1ft
factorshavedelayedtheprogram,includingthe15April Mass 640,000kg1,410,000lb[1]
2010failureoftheISROdevelopedcryogenicupperstage
3
ontheGSLVMkII.[10]
Stages

Capacity

AsuborbitalflighttestoftheGSLVIIIlauncher,witha
passivecryogenicthirdstage,wassuccessfullycarriedout
Payloadto 8,000kg18,000lb[1]
LEO600
on18December2014,andwasusedtotestacrew
km

Payloadto
moduleonasuborbitaltrajectory.[11]Thefirstorbitalflight GTO 4,000kg8,800lb[1]
isplannedtotakeplacein2017.[12]Thefirstflightwitha Launchhistory

crewonboardwouldtakeplaceafter2020.[10] Status Development

Launchsites SatishDhawanSpaceCentre
S200statictest
SLP,AndhraPradesh,India
TheS200solidrocketboosterwassuccessfullytestedon Total 12stageversion
24January2010.Theboosterfiredfor130secondsand launches
generatedapeakthrustofabout500tonnes.Nearly600
Successes 12stageversion
ballisticandsafetyparametersweremonitoredduringthe
testandindicatednormalperformance.Asecond Firstflight 18December20142stage
successfulstatictestwasconductedon4September versionsuborbitalflight
2011.[4] Notable CrewModuleAtmosphericRe
payloads entryExperiment
L110stagetest
BoostersS200

TheIndianSpaceResearchOrganisationconductedthe No.boosters 2
firststatictestoftheL110corestageatitsLiquid
PropulsionSystemsCentreLPSCtestfacilityat Length 25m82ft[1]
Mahendragiri,TamilNaduon5March2010.Originally Diameter 3.2m10ft[1]
targetedforafull200secondburn,thetestwas
terminatedat150secondsafteraleakageinacontrol Propellant 207,000kg456,000lb[1]
systemwasdetected.[13]On8September2010ISRO mass

successfullyconductedafull200secondtest.[14] Motor SolidS200

Thrust 5,150kN525tfeach[3][4][5]
Suborbitalflighttest
Specific 274.5vacuum[1]
TheGSLVLVM3liftedofffromthesecondlaunchpad, impulse

Sriharikota,at9.30amISTon18December2014.The Burntime 130sec[1]

630.5tonnelaunchvehiclestackingwasasfollows:a
functionalS200solidpropulsionstage,afunctionalL110 Fuel HTPB[1]
liquidpropulsionstage,anonfunctionaldummystagein CorestageL110
lieuofCE20cryogenicpropulsionengineandfinallythe
3.7tonneCrewModuleAtmosphericReentryExperiment Length 17m56ft[1]
CAREpayloadstage.Justoverfiveminutesintothe Diameter 4.0m13.1ft[1]
flight,therocketejectedCAREatanaltitudeof126km.
CAREthendescendedathighspeed,controlledbyits Propellant 110,000kg240,000lb[1]
onboardmotors.Atanaltitudeof80km,thethrusterswere mass

shutdownandthecapsulebeganitsballisticreentryinto Engines 2Vikasengines

theatmosphere.CAREsheatshieldwasexpectedto
experienceatemperatureofaround1600C.ISRO Thrust 1,598kN163.0tf[1][6][7]
downloadedlaunchtelemetryduringtheballisticcoasting Specific 293sec[1]
phasepriortotheradioblackouttoavoiddatalossinthe impulse
eventofasplashdownfailure.Atanaltitudeofaround
15km,themodulesapexcoverseparatedandthe Burntime 200sec[1]
parachutesweredeployed.CAREsplasheddowninthe Fuel UDMH/N2O4
BayofBengalneartheAndamanandNicobar
Islands[15][16][17] UpperstageC25

Length 13.5m44ft[1]
C25stagetest Diameter 4.0m13.1ft[1]

ThefirsthottestoftheC25cryogenicstagewas Propellant 27,000kg60,000lb[1]

conductedatISROPropulsionComplexIPRCfacilityat mass

Mahendragiri,TamilNaduon25January2017.[18]The Engines 1CE20

stagewashottestedforadurationof50seconds Thrust 200kN20tf[1]
demonstratingallstageoperations.Alongerdurationtest
443sec
for640secondswascompletedonFeb182017.[19]
Specific

impulse

Burntime 586sec
Vehicledescription
Fuel LOX/LH2
FirstStage

TheS200solidmotorsareusedasthefirststageofthelaunchvehicle.Eachboosterhasadiameterof
3.2metres,alengthof25metres,andcarries207tonnesofpropellant.Theseboostersburnfor130
secondsandproduceapeakthrustofabout5,150kilonewtons525tfeach.[3]

AseparatefacilityhasbeenestablishedatSriharikotatomaketheS200boosters.Anothermajorfeature
isthattheS200slargenozzlehasbeenequippedwithaflexseal.Thenozzlecanthereforebe
gimballedwhentherocketsorientationneedscorrection.[20]

Inflight,asthethrustfromtheS200boostersbeginstotailoff,thedeclineinaccelerationissensedby
therocketsonboardsensorsandthetwinVikasenginesontheL110liquidpropellantcorestageare
thenignited.BeforetheS200sseparateandfallawayfromtherocket,thesolidboostersaswellasthe
Vikasenginesoperatetogetherforashortperiodoftime,[20]similarofthatAmericanTitanIIIandTitan
IVbooster.

SecondStage

Thesecondstage,designatedL110,isa4meterdiameterliquidfueledstagecarrying110tonnesof
UDMHandN2O4.ItisthefirstIndianliquidengineclusterdesign,andusestwoimprovedVikasengines,
eachproducingabout700kilonewtons70tf.[6][7]TheimprovedVikasengineusesregenerative
cooling,providingimprovedweightandspecificimpulse,comparedtoearlierrockets.[21]TheL110core
stageignites113secondsafterliftoffandburnsforabout200seconds.[7]

ThirdStage

ThecryogenicupperstageisdesignatedtheC25andwillbepoweredbytheIndiandevelopedCE20
engineburningLOXandLH2,producing186kilonewtons19.0tfofthrust.TheC25willbe4metres
13ftindiameterand13.5metres44ftlong,andcontain27tonnesofpropellant.[21]

Thisenginewasinitiallyslatedforcompletionandtestingby2015,itwouldhavebeentheC25stage
andbeputthroughaseriesoftests.ISROcrossedamajormilestoneinthedevelopmentofCE20
enginefortheGSLVMKIIIvehiclebythesuccessfulhottestfor640secondsduration[19]on19February
2017atISROPropulsionComplex,Mahendragiri.Thetestdemonstratedtherepeatabilityoftheengine
performancewithallitssubsystemslikethrustchamber,gasgenerator,turbopumpsandcontrol
componentsforthefullduration.Alltheengineparameterswerecloselymatchingwiththepretest
prediction.
ThefirstC25stagewillbeusedontheGSLVIIID1mission[22]inlatemay2017launch.[23]Thismission
willputinorbittheGSAT19Ecommunicationsatellite.[24]WorkontheC25stageandCE20enginefor
GSLVMkIIIupperstagewasinitiatedin2003,theprojecthasbeensubjecttomanydelaysdueto
problemswithISRO'ssmallercryogenicengine,theCE7.5forGSLVMKIIupperstage.

Payloadfairing

Thepayloadfairinghasadiameterof5metres16ftandapayloadvolumeof110cubicmetres
3,900cuft.[1]

Launches

Launch
Launch Payload
Flight date/time Variant Payload Result
Pad Mass
UTC

18December
LVM3 CrewModuleAtmosphericRe
2014
X
Second 3,775kg[26] Success
entryExperimentCARE
04:00[25]
Suborbitaldevelopmenttestflight[27][28][29]
X ThisflightcarriedanonfunctionalversionoftheC25upperstagetosimulateitsweightand
attributes.[20][22]

ThelaunchofLVM3vehicleon18Decemberwassuccessful,withboththelaunchvehicleand
theCAREmodulemeetingtheparametersofthemission.[2]

5June2017 MkIII Second GSAT19E 3,200kg[22]

D1 ForlaunchingnewgenerationGSATweighingabout3.5t.[22][24][30]
Willhaveafunctionalcryogenicstage.[22]
March2018
MkIII Second GSAT20
D2 planned

FutureImprovement

ThereisaproposaltoincludetheSCE200[31]inLVM3inordertoboostitspayloadcapacityto6
tonnestoGTO.[32]

Comparablerockets

AngaraA3
DeltaIV
Falcon9
HIIA
LongMarch3B
 TitanIIIC

Seealso

Comparisonoforbitallaunchersfamilies
Comparisonoforbitallaunchsystems
GeosynchronousSatelliteLaunchVehicle
ISROOrbitalVehicle
PolarSatelliteLaunchVehicle

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Externallinks

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lv.html#gslvmk3
NewScientistarticleincludingGSLVIIIdiagramhttp://www.newscientist.com/special/india/mg185
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