Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

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expendable launch system orbital launch vehicle rocket family

The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) is an Indian expendable launch system designed to place heavy communication and other satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch system → orbital launch vehicle → rocket family →
abbreviation	GSLV →
agencyProgram	Indian national space program →
countryOfOrigin	India →
designGoal	independent access to geosynchronous orbit →
developedBy	Indian Space Research Organisation →
developmentStart	1990s →
family	GSLV Mk I → GSLV Mk II → GSLV Mk III →
firstFlight	18 April 2001 →
firstFlightPayload	GSAT-1 →
firstFlightVehicle	GSLV D1 →
firstStageType	solid rocket motor with strap-on boosters →
launchCapability	geosynchronous transfer orbit → low Earth orbit →
launchConfiguration	core stage with four liquid strap-on boosters in early variants →
launchesCommunicationSatellitesOfType	GSAT → INSAT →
launchFrequency	low to moderate →
launchPadUsed	First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre → Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre →
launchSite	Satish Dhawan Space Centre →
manufacturer	Indian Space Research Organisation →
notableVariant	GSLV Mk II → GSLV Mk III / LVM3 →
operator	Indian Space Research Organisation →
organization	ISRO Launch Vehicle Programme →
primaryUser	Indian Space Research Organisation →
propellantType	cryogenic → liquid → solid →
purpose	launching communication satellites → placing satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit →
reusability	expendable →
secondStageType	liquid-fuelled stage →
stages	three-stage rocket →
status	operational →
successor	LVM3 →
technologyMilestone	first Indian rocket to use an indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage →
thirdStageType	cryogenic upper stage →
typicalPayloadToGTO	about 2 tonnes →
upperStagePropellantType	cryogenic →
usedForMissionType	communication → experimental → meteorology → navigation →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
GSLV Mk III ("GSLV launch vehicle family") → Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ("GSLV Mk I") → Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ("GSLV Mk II") →	family
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ("GSLV") →	abbreviation
Indian Space Research Organisation →	developedLaunchVehicle
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ("GSLV D1") →	firstFlightVehicle
Satish Dhawan Space Centre →	launches
INSAT series ("GSLV") →	launchVehicleUsed
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ("GSLV Mk II") →	notableVariant
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ("ISRO Launch Vehicle Programme") →	organization