ISRO successfully executes its 100th launch; students invited to witness launch

The Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO successfully launched their GSLVF15 carrying the NVS02 at 623 am at Andhra Pradeshs Sriharikota This is ISROs 100th launch from the countrys spaceport ANI reportedAs per ANI GSLVF15 is the 17th flight of Indias Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV and 11th flight with Indigenous Cryo stageIt is the 8th operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous Cryogenic stage GSLVF15 payload fairing is a metallic version with a diameter of 34 meters LIFTOFF The GSLVF15 has successfully taken flight carrying NVS02 into its planned orbitStay tuned for more mission updates GSLV NAVIC ISROmdash ISRO isro January 29 2025The GSLVF15 with indigenous Cryogenic stage will place NVS02 satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit ISRO said in a statement ANI citedMany students were given the opportunity to witness the launch near the launchpad itself and they could hardly contain their joy at becoming a part of this chanceTeerth from Gujarat told ANI I came from my college to witness the 100th launch I am really excited ISRO is not launching various foreign countries satellite so we are generating income from that also so it is a really impressive step from the Indian government and ISROAnother student Avinash from Bihar told ANI that it was his first time witnessing a launchReally excited about it we are here to witness the take off All the best to the scientists and anyone else who have worked on this We are really excited for this this is the first time I get to witness this we had been trying for four years to witness this and finally we got the chance the student saidEarlier on Tuesday Director of Space Applications Centre SACISRO Nilesh Desai said that the launch would help update Indias Regional Navigation Satellite System from 4 to 5 satellites ANI reportedDesai said We are going to launch at 623 am this GSLVF15 mission which will carry the NVS02 satellite into orbit Finally it will be put in the geostationary orbit at 36000 kilometres and it will increase the number of satellites of our navigation constellation from 4 to 5 and that will improve the overall accuracy of the positioning which we get from this navigation satelliteSeven satellites will be in orbit as part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS satellite constellation India now has five of the seven in orbit after the 100th launch ANI citedThis is the 5th in the series of operational NavIC satellites NavIC satellite is our earlier named IRNSS satellite configuration which is called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System it is a part of this satellite constellation where we will put seven satellites Older satellites are getting replaced with a new series of satellites Desai addedAccording to ANI Indias independent regional navigation satellite system Navigation with Indian Constellation NavIC was created to give users in India and a region that extends roughly 1500 km beyond the Indian landmass precise Position Velocity and Timing PVT servicesStandard Positioning Service SPS and Restricted Service RS are the two service categories that NavIC will offer Over the service region NavICs SPS offers position precision of over 20 meters and timing accuracy of over 40 nanosecondsWith Inputs from ANI