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=== Launch Vehicle Mark-3 === {{Main|LVM3}} [[File:LVM3 M4, Chandrayaan-3 - Launch vehicle lifting off from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota 03.webp|thumb|LVM3 M4 lifting off from [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre#Second Launch Pad|SDSC SLP]], carrying [[Chandrayaan-3]] (2023)]] Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3), previously known as GSLV Mk III, is the heaviest rocket in operational service with ISRO. Equipped with a more powerful cryogenic engine and boosters than GSLV, it has significantly higher payload capacity and allows India to launch all its communication satellites.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 November 2018 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-masters-rocket-science-with-isro-sucessfully-launching-gsat-29-satellite/story-m72QQBzx7fxEYLyyoMRgPI.html |title='India masters rocket science': Here's why the new ISRO launch is special |newspaper=Hindustan Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |archive-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115195243/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-masters-rocket-science-with-isro-sucessfully-launching-gsat-29-satellite/story-m72QQBzx7fxEYLyyoMRgPI.html |url-status=live}}</ref> LVM3 is expected to carry [[Gaganyaan|India's first crewed mission to space]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Gaganyaan: Isro's unmanned space mission for December 2020 likely to be delayed |url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/current-affairs/gaganyaan-isro-s-unmanned-space-mission-for-dec-2020-likely-to-be-delayed-120081600635_1.html |newspaper=Business Standard |date=16 August 2020 |access-date=19 March 2021 |via=Press Trust of India |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413203718/https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/current-affairs/gaganyaan-isro-s-unmanned-space-mission-for-dec-2020-likely-to-be-delayed-120081600635_1.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and will be the testbed for [[SCE-200]] engine which will power India's [[heavy-lift launch vehicle|heavy-lift rockets]] in the future.<ref name="Episode 90">{{Cite web |title=Episode 90 β An update on ISRO's activities with S Somanath and R Umamaheshwaran |url=https://astrotalkuk.org/episode-90-an-update-on-isros-activities-with-s-somanath-and-r-umamaheshwaran/ |date=24 October 2019 |access-date=19 March 2021 |publisher=AstrotalkUK |archive-date=29 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029030030/https://astrotalkuk.org/episode-90-an-update-on-isros-activities-with-s-somanath-and-r-umamaheshwaran/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Decade-wise summary of LVM3 launches: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Decade ! Successful ! Partial success ! Failure ! Total |- | 2010s | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/update/14-nov-2018/gslv-mkiii-d2-successfully-launches-gsat-29 |title=GSLV MkIII-D2 successfully launches GSAT-29 |publisher=ISRO |access-date=14 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224155/https://www.isro.gov.in/update/14-nov-2018/gslv-mkiii-d2-successfully-launches-gsat-29 |archive-date=14 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2020s | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3<ref>{{cite web |title=ISRO launches LVM3-M3 OneWeb India-2 mission with 36 satellites; all you need to know |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/isro-lvm-iii-rocket-with-36-oneweb-satellites-launch-11679790470686.html |website=MINT |date=26 March 2023 |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326010816/http://www.livemint.com/news/india/isro-lvm-iii-rocket-with-36-oneweb-satellites-launch-11679790470686.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |}
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