ISRO Marks Milestone 100th Rocket Launch with GSLV-F15 Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation is in line to mark the launch of its 100th satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC in Sriharikota on January 29, 2025. GSLV-F15 will take the NVS-02 satellite to a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), catapulting it into a significant milestone in the ISRO's space exploration so far.
Scheduled to launch at 06:23 hrs IST, the GSLV-F15 will be launching with an indigenous cryogenic stage. That is the 17th flight of the GSLV rocket series and, for sure, the 11th launch featuring the indigenous cryogenic stage for India.
The NVS-02 satellite, to be launched into orbit, is a part of the second-generation Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) system, India's own regional satellite navigation system. The satellite has been designed to improve positioning services with new features, including support for the L1 frequency band, improving its service reliability. The mission of this satellite will be to give accurate PVT services to the users all over India and extend up to 1500 km beyond Indian borders.
The NVS-02 satellite will be weighed at 2,250 kg; it will have a number of navigation and ranging payloads with different frequency bands (L1, L5, S, and C) and will take the place of IRNSS-1E in the location 111.75 degrees East. Designed to provide an accuracy of SPS better than 20 meters and a timing accuracy of under 40 nanoseconds, it will be operating at its own capacity.
ISRO’s 100th mission marks a major achievement in the nation’s space exploration and technology development, underscoring India’s growing capabilities in space science
