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Four satellites short and running on one clock: how NVS-03 pulled NavIC back
ISRO's GSLV-F18 placed the 2,250-kg NVS-03 navigation satellite in orbit on Friday night, restoring capacity to NavIC, which had been hobbled since a defunct atomic clock on IRNSS-1F failed in March. ISRO chairman V. Narayanan said about 80 per cent of launch-related spending goes to Indian private and public companies.
At 11.51 pm, a launch to put NavIC's spine back: ISRO flies a rocket with a risky change
ISRO will launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on the GSLV-F18 rocket from Sriharikota at 11.51 pm on Friday. The 2,232-kg satellite goes into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, and ISRO will fly it with its pyrotechnic valves already open, a departure from protocol meant to avoid the connector failure that stranded NVS-02 in January 2025.
Six space startups get ₹1 crore each to put AI on board Indian spacecraft
IN-SPACe has picked six private space companies for seed grants of up to ₹1 crore each under its AI INSPIRED programme, out of a ₹6 crore outlay. Agnikul Cosmos, Digantara, EON Space Labs, OrbitAid Aerospace, Omnipresent Robot Technologies and TakeMeToSpace are the grantees.
ISRO to launch NVS-03 on Friday night to begin rebuilding a NavIC short of satellites
ISRO will launch NVS-03 on the GSLV-F18 rocket from Sriharikota at 11.51 pm on Friday. NavIC currently has three satellites in orbit against a minimum requirement of four, and cannot provide standalone positioning.
Four launch pads by 2029, a Gaganyaan test in two months: ISRO lays out its next three years
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said on Sunday that India plans four functional launch pads by 2029 and a 2,000-acre Small Satellite Launch Vehicle complex at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu. The first uncrewed Gaganyaan test is planned within two months, to be followed by two more, and Chandrayaan-5 will be a joint lunar mission with Japan carrying a 350-kg rover.
ISRO to launch navigation satellite NVS-03 on October 30
ISRO will launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on board a GSLV Mk II rocket on October 30. The launch will be from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The satellite supports the government's goal of real-time tracking of around 12,000 trains.
Next-gen heavy lift vehicle, Chandrayaan 4 and 5: ISRO's plan at ESTIC 2026
ISRO will display a proposed next-generation heavy lift launch vehicle capable of placing over 30,000 kg in low Earth orbit, along with the Chandrayaan 4 and 5 projects, at ESTIC 2026 in New Delhi from October 27 to 29, chairman V. Narayanan said.