Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a navigation satellite NVS-01 through Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) on May 29, 2023. The lift-off will be from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh on upcoming Monday.

NVS-01 navigation satellite weighs 2,232 kilograms and the space agency’s three-stage heavy rocket will deploy it into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). According to ISRO, GSLV-F12 will deploy NVS-01 into the GTO. The scientists at the national space agency are preparing to execute the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission at the SHAR range.

The launch of the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission is scheduled on Monday, May 29 at 10:42 hours IST from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, ISRO said in a media release on Monday.

NVS-01 is the first of the second-generation satellites envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services, it said. For the first time, an indigenous atomic clock will be flown in NVS-01.

Subsequent orbit raising manoeuvres will be carried out 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, it added.

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