Rajkotupdates.news: ISRO Launches Next Generation Navigational Satellite NVS-01: Revolutionary in Space Navigation

. May 29, 2023

NVS-01 : The space agency aims to enhance navigation continuity with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services with this mission.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists on Monday successfully launched the NVS-01 next-generation navigation satellite on the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle or GSLV Mk-II from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

The space agency aims to enhance navigation continuity with the Indian Constellation (NavIC) services with this mission. To meet the nation's positioning, navigation and timing requirements, ISRO has established a regional navigation satellite system called Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC).

The NVS-01 satellite is part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), also known as NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation). NavIC is India's indigenous satellite navigation system designed to provide accurate position and timing services to users in the country and surrounding region. With the launch of NVS-01, ISRO aims to enhance the capabilities and coverage of the NavIC system.

The successful launch of NVS-01 took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. The satellite was launched into space by ISRO's reliable workhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). PSLV has a proven track record of delivering payloads to various orbits and has played an important role in many successful ISRO missions.

Know About NVS-01 Satellite:

1. The 51.7 m tall Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, on its 15th flight, carries the 2,232 kg navigation satellite NVS-01.

2. The satellite will provide real-time position and timing services in a region of about 1,500 km around India and the mainland.

3. NVS-01 is one of India's first second-generation NavIC satellites with advanced features including terrestrial, aerial and maritime navigation, precision agriculture, location-based services in mobile devices and marine fisheries.

4. NavIC's signals are designed to provide user positions accurate to better than 20 meters and timing accuracy better than 50 nanoseconds, ISRO said.

5. This mission is the sixth operational flight of GSLV with indigenous cryogenic stage. The mission life of NVS-01 is expected to be better than 12 years, ISRO said.