Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
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family of Indian satellite launch vehicles
Key facts
- Function
- Medium-lift Launch System
- Manufacturer
- ISRO
- Country of origin
- India
- Cost per launch
- US$47 million
- Height
- 49.13 m (161.2 ft)
- Diameter
- 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
- Mass
- 414,750 kg (914,370 lb)
- Status
- Mk I: Retired Mk II: Active
- Launch sites
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre
- Total launches
- 18 + 6 (planned)
- First flight
- Mk.I: 18 April 2001 Mk.II: 15 April 2010
- Last flight
- Mk.I: 25 December 2010 Mk.II: 30 July 2025
- Carries passengers or cargo
- INSAT GSAT ( South Asia Satellite ) GISAT NVS NISAR
- No boosters
- 4 L40 Hs
- Propellant mass
- 42,700 kg (94,100 lb) each
- Powered by
- 1 L40H Vikas 2
- Maximum thrust
- 760 kN (170,000 lb f )
- Total thrust
- 3,040 kN (680,000 lb f )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- expendable launch vehicle
- Has part
- Launch Vehicle Mark III
- Country of origin
- India
- Manufacturer
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- Image
- GSLV F11 GSAT-7A campaign- Vehicle roll out 03.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) is a class of expendable launch systems operated by ISRO. GSLV has been used in eighteen launches since 2001.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.