Isro’s NVS-03 launch successful: Navigation satellite placed in orbit; NavIC gets a boost
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the NVS-03 navigation satellite using a GSLV rocket. This mission aims to strengthen the NavIC constellation, providing improved positioning and timing services across India and surrounding regions.
Why it matters
Expanding the NavIC system reduces India's reliance on foreign navigation systems like GPS and enhances domestic capabilities for civilian and strategic applications.
SRIHARIKOTA: India's regional satellite navigation system, NavIC, which was facing a shortage of operational satellites, got a boost with the successful launch of NVS-03 on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday by Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro).GSLV-F18 carrying 2,250kg next-generation navigation satellite -- NVS-03 -- lifted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota at 11.51pm on Friday, as scheduled. It was the 20th flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). Around 18 minutes later, NVS-03 satellite was placed in a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) of 37,023km apogee and 170km perigee.NVS-03 is the third satellite in Isro's next-generation navigation satellite system, designed to ensure continuity of services under the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), operationally known as NavIC. The satellite carries an indigenously developed atomic clock along with procured atomic clocks.
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