NVS-03

Sriharikota (Gurpreet Singh): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has added another satellite to India's home-grown navigation network with the successful launch of NVS-03. The mission has brought the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) system back to its minimum operational strength of four satellites. The satellite was launched aboard the GSLV-F18 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 11:51 pm on Friday. Around 18 minutes after liftoff, the launch vehicle released NVS-03 into its designated Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). NVS-03 belongs to ISRO's second-generation navigation satellite programme. Its addition is expected to improve India's ability to provide…