{"id":169679,"date":"2025-02-01T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T09:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=169679"},"modified":"2025-02-01T15:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T09:32:03","slug":"isro-launches-nvs-02-marks-100th-mission-from-sriharikota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/isro-launches-nvs-02-marks-100th-mission-from-sriharikota\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO Launches NVS-02, Marks 100th Mission from Sriharikota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) marked a historic milestone with its 100th launch from Sriharikota on January 29, 2025. The GSLV-F15 rocket successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 6:23 a.m., placing the NVS-02 navigation satellite in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit 19 minutes after launch. This mission strengthens India\u2019s Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) system, reinforcing India\u2019s self-reliance in satellite-based navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NVS-02 and NavIC System<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Part of:<\/strong>\u00a0Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Replaces<\/strong>: IRNSS-1E satellite at 111.75\u00b0E<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Payload Bands<\/strong>: L1, L5, S bands + C-band for ranging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atomic Clock<\/strong>: Combination of indigenous and procured atomic clocks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Purpose<\/strong>: Enhancing Position, Velocity, and Timing (PVT) services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NavIC Satellite System<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India\u2019s regional navigation satellite system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provides two services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standard Positioning Service (SPS): Accuracy better than 20 metres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Restricted Service (RS):<\/strong>\u00a0Secure service for strategic use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Primary Service Area:<\/strong>\u00a0India &amp; 1,500 km beyond Indian landmass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second-Generation NavIC Satellites (NVS Series)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NVS-01<\/strong>: Launched May 29, 2023 (first with an indigenous atomic clock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NVS-02:<\/strong>\u00a0Launched on January 29, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Future Satellites<\/strong>: NVS-03, NVS-04, NVS-05<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) marked a historic milestone with its 100th launch from Sriharikota on January 29, 2025. The GSLV-F15 rocket successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 6:23 a.m., placing the NVS-02 navigation satellite in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit 19 minutes after launch. This mission strengthens India\u2019s Navigation with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":169685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5357],"tags":[130],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-169679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-january-2025","tag-isro-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169686,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169679\/revisions\/169686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169679"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=169679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}