Isro successfully launches the NVS-02 satellite; Create history with the 100th launch from Sriharikota

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) launched the morning of its historic number 100 of the satisfied space center in Sriharikota.

The GSLV-F15 with the NVS-02 satellite was deployed from the second spatial port platform at 6.23 am

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Nineteen minutes later, the GSLV-F15 with indigenous cryogenic stage placed the NVS-02 satellite in a geosynchronous transfer orbit as expected.

“The first 2025 launch has been achieved successfully. The satellite has been placed in the planned orbit, ”said the president of ISRO, Dr. V. Narayanan, who assumed the position of the space agency earlier this month.

The GSLV-F15 is the 17th flight of the Geosíncrono de la India (GSLV) and the 11th flight with indigenous cryogenic stage. It is GSLV’s eighth operating flight with an indigenous cryogenic stage.

The NVS-02 is the second satellite of the NVS series, and part of the navigation of India with the Indian constellation (Navic).

According to Isro, the India Independent Regional Navigation Satellite System of India is designed to provide a precise position, speed and time service (PVT) to users in India and the region that extends approximately 1,500 km beyond the mass of Indian land, which is its main service area.

NAVIC provides two types of services: standard positioning service (SPS) and restricted service (RS). Navic SPS provides a position precision of more than 20 meters (2σ) and time precision of more than 40 nanoseconds (2σ) on the primary service area.

It is expected that five second generation navic satellites, NVS-01/02/03/04/05, increase the Navic-based layer constellation with improved characteristics to guarantee the continuity of the services. The NVS satellite series incorporates L1 band signals to expand services.

NVS-01, the first of the second generation satellites, was launched aboard GSLV-F12 on May 29, 2023. For the first time, an indigenous atomic clock was flew in NVS-01.

NVS-02, the second NVS series satellite, is configured with navigation payload in L1, L5 and S bands, in addition to the payload of the C band as its predecessor-NVS-01. It is configured on standard I-2K bus platforms with a 2,250 kg takeoff mass and a power management capacity of ~ 3 kW. It will be placed at 111.75ºE, replacing Irssss-1E. NVS-02 Use a combination of indigenous atomic watches and acquired for a precise time estimate.

The NVS-02 satellite was designed, developed and integrated in the UR Satellite Center (USC) with the support of other satellite-based work centers.

Published – January 29, 2025 07:36 am ist