Today, ISRO touched a new milestone and it is a prestigious moment for every individual in the country as we started our journey to space on a cycle and we launched the first big rocket on August 10, 1979. Now we have launched the 100th rocket and the new mission will take the navigation game of India to the next level. So let’s get into the article to check out the full details.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched their GSLV-F15 which carried the NVS-02 at 6:23 AM at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It is worth mentioning that the latest mission is also the first for the space agency’s Chairman V Narayanan and it is worth mentioning that it is the first venture of ISRO this year.
It is also revealed that the latest GSLV-F15 is the 17th flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and the 11th flight with indigenous cryogenic stage. It is the 8th operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous cryogenic stage. GSLV-F15 payload fairing is a metallic version with a diameter of 3.4 meters and the GSLV-F15 with indigenous Cryogenic stage will place NVS-02 satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The latest launch will take place from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
For those who are not aware, the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is India’s independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide accurate Position, Velocity and Timing (PVT) service to users in the country and the region extending about 1500 km beyond Indian land mass.
The NavIC features two types of services – Standard Positioning Service (SPS) and Restricted Service (RS). NavIC’s SPS can provide a position accuracy of better than 20 meters and timing accuracy better than 40 nano seconds over the service area.
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