Countdown For Launch Of ‘Indian GPS’ Satellite Commences

New Delhi: The countdown for the Monday morning flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket carrying India’s first second-generation navigation satellite NVS-01 began at 7.12 a.m. on Sunday, said an official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Interestingly, for the first time, an indigenous rubidium atomic clock developed by ISRO`s Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad will be flown in NVS-01.

Simply put, the NavIC an acronym for Navigation with Indian Constellation (formerly with a long winding name Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS) is similar to the GPS (Global Positioning System) of the US, Glonass of Russia and Galileo of Europe as well as China`s Beidou.

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GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission is set for launch on Monday, May 29, 2023, at 10:42 hours IST from SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. https://t.co/bTMc1n9a1n

NVS-01 is first of the India’s second-generation NavIC satellites 🛰️ that accompany enhanced features.

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— ISRO (@isro) May 23, 2023

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