CARE (Demo Flight)
LVM-3
Indian Space Research Organization
Mission
CARE (Demo Flight)
Type: Test Flight
The CARE is a mock-up of the planned Indian crewed space capsule. Its mission is to study re-entry and thermal behaviour. CARE does not have the pressure-vessel of the final capsule, but is only a structural mock-up. It will re-enter and land in the bay of Bengal to be retrieved.
For the suborbital flight, it is mounted upside-down inside the payload fairing.
This launch uses a non-functional 2nd stage. CARE separates from the launch vehicle after 1st stage shutdown.
Trajectory
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Location
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
88 rockets have launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.

Rocket
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III) – Indian Space Research Organization
- Family: LVM-3
- Length: 43.4 m
- Diameter: 4 m
- Launch Mass: 629 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 10000 kg
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III) was manufactured by Indian Space Research Organization with the first launch on 2014-12-18. Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III) has 6 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 6 launches. The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.
Agency
Indian Space Research Organization – ISRO
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: ISRO
- Administration: Chairman: S. Somanath
- Founded: 1969
- Launchers: PSLV | GSLV
- Spacecraft: Gaganyaan
- Country: IND
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to “harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration.”