Sriharikota, January 29 (UITV) – Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched NVS-02 satellite through its GSLV-F15 rocket from Sriharikota. This is ISRO’s 100th launch. With the success of this mission, India has touched new heights in space navigation. This launch is being considered an important milestone in the history of Indian space research, as it has established a new dimension of technology and capability of India in the space sector.
The GSLV-F15 rocket took off at 6:23 am and successfully placed the NVS-02 satellite in its designated orbit. ISRO informed on social media platform X that “GSLV-F15 successfully took off and successfully completed the mission by taking NVS-02 to its designated orbit.” After this successful launch by ISRO, India’s position in space navigation has become stronger.
ISRO Chairman, V. Narayanan said that this mission is the result of hard work and dedication of the ISRO team. Recalling this historic day, he said, “We have achieved another historic milestone. We had achieved the success of the docking system on the 16th of this month and now with the 100th launch of ISRO, we are touching new heights in space.” He further said that approval has been received for many other missions this year and the next step of ISRO is to rapidly advance plans like Chandrayaan 3,4.
This flight of GSLV-F15 rocket was the 17th flight of GSLV rocket and it was the 11th flight with indigenous cryogenic stage. It demonstrates the state-of-the-art technological capability of ISRO, which is based on indigenous cryogenic technology. NVS-02 satellite is part of the Indian Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), which provides accurate navigation services in the Indian subcontinent and its surrounding areas.
The NVS-02 satellite is a second generation navigation satellite and is equipped with a C-band payload along with navigation payloads in L1, L5 and S-band. This satellite is designed to provide accurate position, velocity and timing services to users of the Indian subcontinent. Through this, accurate navigation services can be provided up to about 1500 km from the Indian land.
The NVS-02 satellite supports the L1 frequency band, which will significantly improve its services and reliability. The satellite weighs about 2,250 kg and is capable of handling 3 kW of power. ISRO said that the NVS-02 satellite will provide two types of services such as standard positioning service and restricted service. The standard positioning service of the NVS-02 satellite will provide position accuracy of better than 20 meters and time accuracy of better than 40 nanoseconds, making it reliable and accurate at the highest level.
The success of the NVS-02 satellite has given a new direction to the Indian navigation system, which will help India gain an even stronger position in space in the coming years. This mission has not only demonstrated India’s growing strength in space, but it also symbolizes the success of Indian satellite technology and the progress of ISRO. This success will serve as a source of inspiration for ISRO’s future missions and is an important step towards making India a global leader in the space sector.
