NEW DLEHI: A GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite NVS-02 lifted off from this spaceport on Wednesday, marking ISRO‘s 100th mission.
This launch represented the initial mission under the leadership of newly appointed Isro chairman V Narayanan, and stood as the organisation’s first launch of the year.
Following the completion of the 27.30 hour countdown, the 50.9 metre tall rocket successfully took off from the second launch pad at precisely 6.23 am on Wednesday, with dense exhaust fumes visible at its base.
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F15) launch follows its predecessor, GSLV-F12, which successfully deployed the navigation satellite NVS-01, the first satellite in the second generation series, on May 29, 2023.
It was GSLV’s 17th flight and 11th flight with an indigenous cryo stage. It was also the eighth operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous cryogenic stage.
NVS-01, the first of the second-generation navigation satellites, was flown with an indigenous atomic clock on May 29, 2023. Like its predecessor, NVS-02 has been configured with navigation payload in L1, L5 and S band in addition to ranging payload in C-band.
