ISRO To Launch NVS-01 Navigation Satellite On May 29
Hyderabad, May 23 (Maxim News): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the NVS-01 navigation satellite on May 20 at 10.42 am from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, in the Tirupati district, using a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
This Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle mission is designed to deploy the NVS-01 navigation satellite, weighing about 2232 kg. into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Subsequent orbit raising maneuvers will be used for taking the satellite to the intended orbit.
The NavIC (navigation with Indian Constellation) services are designed to be used with the first of the second generation satellites, called NVS-01. The NVS series of satellites will assist and augment the NavIC.
This series also incorporates LI band signals to widen the services for the first time, an indigenous atomic clock will be flown in NVS-01. (Maxim News)
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