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Sriharikota: The GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission was accomplished on Monday, May 29, 2023 at 10:42 hours IST with the successful launch of GSLV F12 from the second launch pad at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota.

This Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) mission is designed to deploy the NVS-01 navigation satellite, weighing about 2232 kg, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Subsequent orbit raising maneuvers will be used for taking the satellite to the intended orbit.

NVS-01 is the first of the second-generation satellites envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services.

NVS series of satellites will sustain and augment the NavIC with enhanced features. This series incorporates L1 band signals additionally to widen the services. For the first time, an indigenous atomic clock will be flown in NVS-01.

Distinguished scientist Tapan Misra has congratulated Team ISRO and S Somnath, Chairman, ISRO for the successful launch of GSLV F12.

GSLV F12 carried ISRO’s first triband navigation satellite, NVS 01.

Tapan Misra is former Senior Advisor ISRO and ex-Director Space Applications Centre and Physical Research Laboratory.

In a message Misra said: “I have a special attachment for this satellite. It carried our first indigenous atomic clock to space. I played a small role in nurturing this ambitious activity during my tenure as Director SAC”.