The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched the second generation navigation satellite series from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SHAR), about 130 km from Chennai.
A five-hour countdown has begun for the May 29 launch of the GSLV rocket carrying the navigation satellite at Sriharikota.
This important launch will guarantee that NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) services will continue to operate.
NavIC is an Indian regional satellite navigation system similar to GPS that provides accurate and real-time navigation in India and an area that extends up to 1,500 kilometers around the Indian mainland.
The position and timing accuracy of the navigator signals are intended to be better than 20 meters and 50 nanoseconds, respectively.
The 51.7 meter tall Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, which was on its 15th flight, lifted off the navigation satellite NVS-01 weighing 2,232 kg.
According to ISRO, the rocket is supposed to deploy the satellite into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) at an altitude of about 251 km after about 20 minutes of lift-off.
NVS-01 carries the navigation payloads L1, L5 and S groups and in correlation with the previous one, the second generation satellite will also transmit an indigenously made rubidium atomic clock.
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