The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the GSLV-F15/NVS-02 mission, marking a historic milestone as the 100th launch from India’s premier spaceport, Sriharikota. GSLV-F15 is the 17th flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and the 11th flight with the Indigenous Cryo stage. It is the 8th operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous Cryogenic stage and the 100th Launch from India’s Spaceport Sriharikota. GSLV-F15 payload fairing is a metallic version with a diameter of 3.4 meters.

The GSLV-F15 with an indigenous Cryogenic stage will place the NVS-02 satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit & the launch will take place from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR.

Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is India's independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide accurate Position, Velocity, and Timing (PVT) service to users in India as well as to regions extending about 1500 km beyond Indian land mass.

NavIC will provide two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Service (SPS) and Restricted Service (RS). NavIC's SPS provides a position accuracy of better than 20 m (2σ) and a timing accuracy of better than 40 ns (2σ) over the service area. This mission underscores India’s growing capabilities in space navigation and technology, further strengthening its independent regional satellite navigation system, NavIC.

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