ISRO Makes History with 100th Launch from Sriharikota
Launch of GSLV-F15/NVS-02 Image credit ISRO
ISRO Places Eagle Eyes in Sky to Scan Landmass in South Asia
By Raisina Correspondent
New Delhi, January 29: The ISRO on Wednesday morning announced that the GSLV-F15/NVS-02 mission has been successfully accomplished. “India reaches new heights in space navigation,” said ISRO.
The space agency stated that the “GSLV-F15 has successfully taken flight, carrying NVS-02 into its planned orbit”. “GSLV-F15 is the 17th flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and 11th flight with Indigenous Cryo stage,” added ISRO in an update post on X.
The powerful navigation system placed in the space will allow India to scan landmass up to 1500 kms from the Indian territories.
“It is the 8th operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous Cryogenic stage and 100th launch from the India’s Spaceport Sriharikota. GSLV-F15 payload fairing is a metallic version with a diameter of 3.4 meters,” added ISRO in its update.
Earlier, ISRO had stated that the space agency is preparing for its landmark 100th launch from Sriharikota. “GSLV F15 will lift-off from the second launch pad at 06:23 hrs on January 29, 2025, carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite. This will be the 100th launch to lift-off from Sriharikota. Over a span of 99 launches, various missions have been carried out from Sriharikota,” ISRO had stated.
The GSLV-F15 with indigenous Cryogenic stage will place NVS-02 satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The launch took place from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR.
“Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is India’s independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide accurate Position, Velocity and Timing (PVT) service to users in India as well as to region extending about 1500 km beyond Indian land mass,” added ISRO in a statement.
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NavIC will provide two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Service (SPS) and Restricted Service (RS). “NavIC’s SPS provides a position accuracy of better than 20 m (2σ) and timing accuracy better than 40 ns (2σ) over the service area,” stated ISRO.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh lauded ISRO for achieving the milestone of the 100th launch from Sriharikota. “It’s a privilege to be associated with the Department of Space at the historic moment of this record feat. Team ISRO, you have once again made India proud with successful launch of GSLV-F15 / NVS-02 Mission,” he added.
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