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ISRO Launch Vehicles
SLV
Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) was India's first experimental satellite launch vehicle, which
was an all solid, four stage vehicle weighing 17 tonnes with a height of 22m and capable of
placing 40 kg class payloads in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The successful culmination of the
SLV3 project paved the way to advanced launch vehicle projects such as the Augmented
Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the
Geosynchronous satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
GSLV
It was developed to enable India to launch its INSAT type
satellites into geo-stationary orbit and to make India less
dependent on foreign rockets. The GSLV rocket forms an
important part of the 20 years Indian National Space
Programme. The purpose of the programme is to satisfy
India’s needs for telecommunications, Earth sounding,
environmental monitoring and other systems as well as
facilitating the country’s entrance into the world space
market by building a massive satellite network.
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