ISRO successfully launched the NVS - 01 next-generation navigation satellite on-board the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle or GSLV Mk-II on Monday

Onboard the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle or GSLV Mk-II, scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the NVS - 01 next-generation navigation satellite on Monday from the second launch pad at the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

With this mission, the space agency hopes to improve the reliability of the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services. Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), a regional navigation satellite system, was built by ISRO to satisfy the country's positioning, navigation, and timing needs.

The five points of the NVS - 01 satellite are as follows:

1. On its fifteenth mission, the 51.7-meter-tall Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle carried the 2,232-kg navigation satellite NVS-01.

2. Real-time locating and timing services would be provided by the satellite over India and an area that is 1,500 km from the continent.

3. NVS-01 is the first of India's second-generation NavIC satellites, which bring with them improved features for navigation on land, in the air, and at sea, precision farming, location-based services for mobile devices, and marine fisheries.

4. According to ISRO, the NavIC signals are made to give users positional precision greater than 20 metres and temporal accuracy higher than 50 nanoseconds.

5. The GSLV with an indigenous cryogenic stage has flown six operational missions as of this mission. According to ISRO, NVS-01 should have a mission life of more than 12 years.