Isro's GSLV-F15 rocket carrying navigation satellite NVS-02 lifts off from Sriharikota

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has crossed a perylar with the 100th launch of its rocket. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F15) will take the NVS-02 satellite to the orbit, thus further improving India’s Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), also known as Navigation of Indian Constellation (NavIC). Launch would occur at 6:23 AM on Wednesday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

The NVS-02 satellite will add to the existing NavIC starset, ushering the total operating satellites up from four to five. This upgrade will not just allow better precision of services in India and its riming zones but it will also grant several other locations the same opportunity. Nilesh Desai, the director of ISRO’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) believes, “We are starting our GSLV-F5 mission at 6:23 AM to carry the NVS-02 satellite to orbit at 36,000 geostationary status.

Finally, it will be put in the geostationary orbit at 36,000 . NavIC consists of seven satellites that allow autonomous positioning, similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS). Desai said, "This is one of our new satellites among the seven satellites that make up IRNSS. We have earlier had four series of satellites that were operational in space. NavIC satellite is our earlier named IRNSS satellite configuration which is called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. It is a part of this satellite constellation where we will put seven satellites.

NavIC is replacing the old satellites with the new series of satellites. The former space scientist and professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Sriharikota, expressed NavIC as “India’s native GPS,” which can boldly highlight the accuracy of its position. He said, “This constellation normally has seven satellites, they are able to complement each other hence the positioning of the region will be beforehand and very accurate.

A clock based on Rubidium is one of the methods and we are using the range finding system among others. An atomic clock on the satellite is calibrated with the ground clocks to show the exact time. Finally, NavIC is going to be the Indian GPS.”