Each satellite had three atomic clocks.
The rocket will deliver the satellite to the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), from where it will be taken forward by firing the onboard motors.
India will send its first second-generation navigation satellite on the morning of May 29 using its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said on Monday.
For the first time indigenous atomic clock will be flown in navigation satellite NVS-01.
According to the Indian space agency, the rocket GSLV-F12 carrying the 2,232 kg NVS-01 navigation satellite is scheduled to lift off at 10.42 am from the second launch pad at the Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh.
The rocket will deliver the satellite to the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), from where it will be taken forward by firing the onboard motors.
ISRO said that NVS-01 is the first of the second generation satellites, envisaged for Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services.
The NVS series of satellites will maintain and enhance NAVIC with advanced features.
This range additionally includes L1 band signals to expand the services.
The Indian space agency used imported atomic clocks on all the nine navigation satellites launched earlier.
Each satellite had three atomic clocks.
It was said that the NAVIC satellites were performing well until three clocks in IRNSS-1A – the first satellite – failed.
ISRO sources had earlier told IANS that some of the atomic clocks were not working properly. Clocks are used for accurate time and place.
Simply put, NavIC or formerly Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) is similar to GPS (Global Positioning System) of America, GLONASS of Russia and Galileo of Europe as well as Beidou of China.
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