Indian GSLV MKII carrier rocket successfully resumes flight, launching GSLV-F12 / NVS-01 navigation satellite

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Rain and Snow on the way, grass Luo Yuzi, registration for many times how failed clue delivery! CTOnews.com, May 29, today 13:12, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the first second-generation IRNSS navigation satellite, NVS-01 / GSLV-F12, using a GSLV MKII carrier rocket at the Sadish Dawan Space Center. Eighteen minutes after takeoff, the satellite successfully entered the geosynchronous transfer orbit and the launch mission was a success.

This is the world's 81st space launch in 2023, India's fourth, and GSLV MKII rocket launch for the first time. The launch is India's first geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) launch mission after more than a year, and it is also a re-flight mission after the failed launch of the GSLV MKII carrier rocket in August 2021.

CTOnews.com found that the geosynchronous transfer orbit of the GSLV MKII carrier rocket has a carrying capacity of about 2.5 tons, and has carried out a total of eight missions before, of which 6 were successful and 2 failed.

According to reports, the NVS-01 satellite, which weighs about 2232 kilograms, is the first of the second generation satellites envisaged for the Indian Constellation Navigation (NavIC) service. The NVS series of satellites will support and enhance NavIC with enhanced capabilities. The series includes additional L1-band signals to expand the range of services. It is worth mentioning that the NVS-01 will carry India's native atomic clock for the first time.

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