The heavy-lift launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is popularly called "Bahubali," and is also known as the Launch Vehicle Mark- III (LVM-3)

. The LVM-3 is the most powerful rocket that ISRO has developed

. LVM-3 facts:

• It is a three-stage rocket that uses two solid-fuel boosters and a liquid-fuel core stage

• It has a lift-off mass of 640 tonnes and can carry a payload of up to 4,000 kilograms into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO)

• It has been used to launch different satellites, including the GSAT-19 communication satellite, the Astrosat astronomy satellite, and the Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission

• It will also be used to launch the Gaganyaan crewed mission, which will be India's first human spaceflight

• It stands 43.5 meters tall