Space ISRO’s GSLV rocket places navigation satellite The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on May 29, 2023 successfully placed the NVS-01 navigation satellite, into Geo-synchronous Transfer Orbit. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), which placed the satellite, lifted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. The NVS-01 carried navigation payloads L1, L5 and S bands. For the first time, an indigenous atomic clock was flown in NVS-01. Note ISRO was formed on August 15, 1969, envisioned by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (Father of the Indian Space Program).
