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. "
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India’s private space sector is scaling faster than ever, and the new battleground is Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Once the exclusive domain of ISRO, LEO is now where startups are designing satellites, building rockets, and creating data infrastructure in space.
In this ground report, ThePrint’s Udit Hinduja travels to Hyderabad and meets three of India’s most ambitious space-tech companies.
In this ground report, ThePrint’s Udit Hinduja travels to Hyderabad and meets three of India’s most ambitious space-tech companies.
