At 10:42 a.m. on Monday, ISRO successfully launched the NVS-01 and GSLV-F12 sophisticated navigation satellites from Sriharikota. The Satish Shawan Space Centre served as the launch site. To augment the continuity of the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIS) services with the launch of the satellite.Lift-off images📸 pic.twitter.com/QnCRYJondb— ISRO (@isro) May 29, 2023 Notably, NVS-01 is Indias first second-generation NavIS satellite that accompany enhanced features. Approximately 130 kilometres from Chennai, the space ports second launch pad saw the breathtaking liftoff of the 51.7-meter-tall rocket.Reportedly, the NavIC signals are designed to provide users with positional accuracy of more than 20 metres and temporal accuracy of more than 50 nanoseconds. Apart from this, the rocket is planned to deliver the 2,232 kg satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) at a height of roughly 251 km almost 20 minutes after take-off.The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), which comprises a constellation of seven satellites and a network of ground stations that are operating around-the-clock, was the other moniker previously given to NavIC.Taking it to Twitter, ISRO shared, “GSLV-F12/ NVS-O1 Mission is accomplished. After a flight of about 19 minutes, the NVS-O1 satellite was injected precisely into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Subsequent orbit-raising manoeuvres will take NVS-01 into the intended Geosynchronous orbit.”GSLV-F12/ NVS-O1 Mission is accomplished.After a flight of about 19 minutes, the NVS-O1 satellite was injected precisely into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Subsequent orbit-raising manoeuvres will take NVS-01 into the intended Geosynchronous orbit.— ISRO (@isro) May 29, 2023
