GUWAHATI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its 100th mission on Wednesday, January 29, at 6:23 AM from India’s Spaceport Sriharikota. The mission utilised the GSLV-F15 rocket, which carried the NVS-02 satellite. This is the 17th flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and the 11th flight with an Indigenous Cryogenic stage. Additionally, it is the 8th operational flight of GSLV with this technology. GSLV-F15 payload fairing is a metallic version with a diameter of 3.4 meters.
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The launch took place from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR).
The GSLV-F15 rocket, standing 50.9 meters tall and weighing 420.7 tons, is equipped with three stages: the first stage (GS1) with S139+4L40H, the second stage (GS2) with GL40HT, and the third stage (GS3) with the Indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS 15). The payload fairing, which has a diameter of 3.4 meters, is metallic in nature. The rocket placed the NVS-02 satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is India's independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide accurate Position, Velocity and Timing (PVT) services within India and up to 1500 km beyond Indian land mass.
NavIC will provide two types of services- Standard Positioning Service (SPS) with a position accuracy of better than 20 m (2σ) and timing accuracy of better than 40 ns (2σ), and Restricted Service (RS).