Isro’s NVS-03 launch successful: Navigation satellite placed in orbit; NavIC gets a boost

GSLV-F18 carrying 2,250kg next-generation navigation satellite -- NVS-03 -- lifted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota at 11.51pm on Friday, as scheduled. Around 18 minutes later, NVS-03 satellite was placed in a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) of 37,023km apogee and 170km perigee.

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