ISRO says GSLV-F15 integration full, prepared for launch

ISRO’s launch automobile GSLV-F15 carrying the NVS-02 satellite tv for pc on the launch pad forward of its launch, at Satish Dhawan House Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on January 25, 2025.
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ISRO on Sunday (January 26, 2025) mentioned integration of its rocket GSLV-F15 with satellite tv for pc NVS-02 is full.

The GSLV-F15 rocket with Indigenous cryogenic stage is able to be launched on January 29, with the satellite tv for pc NVS-02 on board, the area company mentioned. This would be the a hundredth mission from Satish Dhawan House Centre in Sriharikota. “GSLV-F15 integration full! Take a sneak peek on the unbelievable teamwork behind this mission: Countdown: Lower than 3 days to launch! Be a part of us as we unlock new frontiers,” the company mentioned in a submit on social media ‘X’.

“GSLV-F15 will place the NVS-02 satellite tv for pc right into a Geosynchronous Switch Orbit and the launch will happen from the Second Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan House Centre,” mentioned ISRO.

NVS-01, the primary of the second-generation satellites, was launched on board GSLV-F12 on Might 29, 2023.

NVS-02, the second satellite tv for pc within the NVS collection, is configured with navigation payload in L1, L5 and S bands along with ranging payload in C-band like its predecessor-NVS-01, ISRO mentioned.

In response to ISRO, Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is India’s impartial regional navigation satellite tv for pc system designed to supply correct Place, Velocity and Timing (PVT) service to customers in India in addition to the area extending about 1,500 km past the Indian landmass, which is its main service space.

NVS-01/02/03/04/05 are envisaged to reinforce the NavIC base layer constellation with enhanced options for making certain continuity of providers, added ISRO.

The area company mentioned NVS-02 makes use of a mixture of indigenous and procured atomic clocks for exact time estimation.

NVS-02 satellite tv for pc was designed, developed and built-in on the U R Satellite tv for pc Centre (URSC) with the help of different satellite-based work centres, it added.

GSLV-F15 is the seventeenth flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite tv for pc Launch Car (GSLV) and the eleventh flight with the Indigenous Cryo stage, mentioned ISRO . Additionally it is the eighth operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous Cryogenic stage, it added.