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Lunar Module Launch Vehicle (LMLV)

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August 26, 2025

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Why in News?

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan said recently that the space agency was in the process of building its heaviest rocket ever, and had named it Lunar Module Launch Vehicle (LMLV).

  • Design - Improved version of the NGLV (Next Generation Launch Vehicle).
  • Payload It would be capable of carrying about 27 tonnes to the Moon and 80 tonnes to low Earth orbits, which are between 200 and 2,000 km from the planet’s surface.
  • Development status - It would be ready by 2035.
  • Purpose – It would be used for the lunar missions, including the first human mission to the Moon, planned by 2040.
  • Stages - It will be a 3-stage rocket, with
    • The first two stages using liquid propellent and
    • The third stage using a cryogenic propellant.

ISRO’s Key Launch Vehicles

  • LVM-3 – It carried Chandrayaan-3 to the Moon and since then has been human-rated for use in the Gaganyaan mission, India’s human spaceflight program.
  • NGLV (Next Generation Launch Vehicle) – It is a heavy-lift rocket that was supposed to carry the modules for India’s space station, the Bharat Antariksh Station, or BAS.

India plans to set up a five-module Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) by 2035.

  • Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) - It is to place satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) used for Chandrayaan-2 moon mission in 2019.

Reference

The Indian Express | Lunar Module Launch Vehicle (LMLV)

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