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GSLV MK III-Launcher and Spacecraft

The GSLV MK III is a three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle designed to carry communication satellites into geosynchronous orbit. It uses two solid strap-on boosters and a liquid core stage along with a cryogenic upper stage. All three propulsion elements as well as other advanced systems like navigation and guidance are new developments for this launch vehicle.

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GSLV MK III-Launcher and Spacecraft

The GSLV MK III is a three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle designed to carry communication satellites into geosynchronous orbit. It uses two solid strap-on boosters and a liquid core stage along with a cryogenic upper stage. All three propulsion elements as well as other advanced systems like navigation and guidance are new developments for this launch vehicle.

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GSLV MK III- Launcher and

spacecraft
Details about the vehicle.

It is a three-stage vehicle designed to carry heavy communication satellites into


Geosynchronous transmitter orbits (GTO). It has two solid strap-on motors
s2000, a core liquid booster l110 and a cryogenic upper stage c25. The strap-on
motors are located on the either side of the core liquid booster.

To accommodate heavier payloads a 5m dia. OPF (Ogive Payload Fairing is also


employed. The ignition of the two-solid strap-on motors results in a lift off
from the launch pad. L110 will ignite during the s2000 thrusting stage itself at
114s after lifting off to augment the thrust of the vehicle and continue to
function after the strap-on motor separation which occurs at 140 s after
liftoff.

New additions to this launch vehicle:

All the three propulsion elements of GSLV MkIII – the solid S200 stages, the
liquid L110 core stage carrying hypergolic liquid propellants and C25 cryogenic
upper stage – are new developments. Besides these systems, the other advanced
systems that constitute GSLV MkIII include Navigation, Guidance and Control
system and stage separation systems. The vehicle performance and its flight
status are closely monitored by S-band telemetry and C-band transponder
respectively

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