GSLV-F15 with navigation satellite lifts off as ISRO’s 100th mission
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Sriharikota: ISRO on Wednesday launched its 100th mission from this spaceport with a GSLV rocket carrying the navigation satellite NVS-02.
Additionally, it was the first mission for V Narayanan, the recently appointed Chairman of the space agency. It is ISRO's first endeavour this year
As the 27.30 hour countdown concluded, the 50.9 metre tall rocket, emanating thick fumes on its tail, lifted off majestically from the second launch pad here at a prefixed time of 6.23 am on Wednesday.
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F15) follows the GSLV-F12 mission which successfully carried navigation satellite NVS-01, the first of the second generation satellites on May 29, 2023.
The key applications of the satellite would be terrestrial, aerial and maritime navigation, precision agriculture, fleet management, location based services in mobile devices, orbit determination for satellites, Internet-of-Things (IoT) based applications, emergency and timing services, ISRO said.
With PTI inputs