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After PSLV and SSLV, ISRO decides to make heavy rocket LVM3 under PPP mode

After PSLV and SSLV, ISRO decides to make heavy rocket LVM3 under PPP mode

Chennai, Jan 23, After its two rockets -- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) – the Indian space agency is now looking at making its heaviest rocket LVM3 under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model. The LVM3 is Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest rocket with a maximum carrying capacity of four ton to Geo Transfer Orbit (GTO) and eight ton to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The Indian space agency and NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL) , the commercial arm of Department of Space, have begun the work to make the LVM3 under PPP mode. A stakeholder meeting…
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