ISRO launches GSLV NVS-01 mission

New Delhi: On Monday, May 29 Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission which was scheduled for today at 10:42 am IST from the second launch pad at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. 

This Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) mission is designed to deploy the NVS-01 navigation satellite, weighing about 2232 kg, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. 

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Subsequent orbit-raising maneuvers will be used for taking the satellite to the intended orbit.     

NVS-01 is the first of the second-generation satellites envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services.

NVS series of satellites will sustain and augment the NavIC with enhanced features. This series incorporates L1 band signals additionally to widen the services. For the first time, an indigenous atomic clock will be flown in NVS-01.

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The GSLV-F12 is the 15th flight of India’s GSLV and the 9th flight with an indigenous cryogenic stage. This is the 6th operational flight of a GSLV with an indigenous cryogenic stage. The configuration of GSLV-F12 payload fairing is 4 m dia ogive version, according to the details provided by ISRO.

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