The Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday successfully launched the Navic constellation. This satellite is part of India’s regional navigation system (IRNSS) network and augments coverage provided by global navigation satellite fleets operated by the US, Russia, China, and Europe. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle – Mk II rocket deployed the 2,232-kilogram spacecraft NVS-1 into its sun-synchronous dawn-to-dusk orbit. The GSLV Mk II, with an indigenous cryogenic stage, is ISRO’s workhorse and the heaviest rocket it has ever built. It is also the first time ISRO has used an indigenous rubidium atomic clock on board a navigation satellite. This is … Continue reading ISRO’s Launch of GSLV With NavIC Satellite to Space