New Delhi: ISRO’s GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite tv for pc NVS-01 lifted off from Sriharikota spaceport on Monday. ISRO goals to enhance the continuity of the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) providers with the launch of the satellite tv for pc. The 51.7 metre tall rocket lifted off majestically from the second launch pad at Sriharikota spaceport, situated about 130 km from Chennai. Amid clear skies, it took off at a prefixed time of 10.42 am.
The second-generation navigation satellite tv for pc sequence is taken into account a big launch that will make sure the continuity of NavIC providers — an Indian regional satellite tv for pc navigation system, much like GPS, offering correct and real-time navigation within the nation and a area extending to 1,500 km across the mainland.
The indicators from NavIC are designed to offer person place correct to raised than 20 metres and timing accuracy higher than 50 nanoseconds, ISRO stated.
Nearly 20 minutes after lift-off, the rocket is scheduled to position the two,232 kg satellite tv for pc in a geosynchronous switch orbit (GTO) at an altitude of about 251 km.
NVS-01 carries navigation payloads L1,L5 and S bands.
The second technology satellite tv for pc would additionally carry an indigenously developed rubidium atomic clock. Earlier scientists at ISRO had used an imported atomic clock.
ISRO developed NavIC system to fulfill the positioning, navigation and timing necessities of the nation, significantly with regard to civil aviation and navy necessities.
NavIC was earlier referred to as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) and is designed with a constellation of seven satellites and a community of floor stations that function 24×7.
It provides two providers — Standard Position Service (SPS) for civilian customers and Restricted Service for strategic customers.
NavIC SPS indicators are interoperable with the US international navigation satellite tv for pc system indicators, GPS, Glonass from Russia, Galileo (European Union) and BeiDou, China.
Monday’s mission is the sixth operational flight of the GSLV with indigenous cryogenic stage. The mission lifetime of NVS-01 is anticipated to be higher than 12 years, ISRO stated.
