It may look inefficient if judged only by its LEO lift figures, but ISRO is shaping this vehicle around deep-space and eventual interstellar mission requirements, and the design is tuned for high-energy injection rather than brute LEO mass. In that sense, its numbers fall in line with other heavy deep-space launchers. The SLS Block-1 sits at roughly 2,700 tonnes on the pad and delivers about 27 tonnes to TLI. China’s Long March 10 comes in around 2,200 tonnes with a similar ~27-tonne TLI capability. ISRO’s LMLV, expected to weigh around 2,800 tonnes at liftoff and throw about 30 tonnes toward the Moon, fits right into that family of high-energy vehicles.
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"With this achievement, ISRO has successfully demonstrated boot-strap mode starting of a gas-generator cycle cryogenic engine without any auxiliary start-up system, perhaps for the first time in the world - a significant milestone towards enhancing the restart capability and mission flexibility of future LVM3 flights. "
