Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh praised ISRO on its 100th successful rocket launch
Sriharikota: Following the successful Wednesday morning launch of the Indian Space Research Organization’s GSLV-F15 carrying the NVS-02, Union MoS Jitendra Singh expressed pleasure on Wednesday. Interestingly, this was the 100th launch from the nation’s spaceport for ISRO.
The union MoS referred to it as a “historic moment,” claiming that his affiliation with the Department of Space was a privilege.
Singh posted on X, saying, “Congratulations @isro for reaching the historic #100thLaunch milestone from #Sriharikota. Being a member of the Department of Space at this momentous occasion of this record achievement is an honor. Team #ISRO, with the successful launch of the GSLV-F15/NVS-02 Mission, you have once again made India proud. It has been an incredible journey, starting with a modest start by Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan, and a few others. And once PM Sh @narendramodi “unlocked” the space industry and gave people the assurance that “sky is not the limit,” there was a huge surge.
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In addition to expressing thanks, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan noted that the 100th launch marks an important turning point in the Indian space program.
Speaking at the ceremony, Narayanan said, “I am very pleased to report from ISRO’s spaceport that this year’s maiden launch was completed successfully. The navigation satellite NVS-02 is accurately injected into orbit by the GSLV-F15 vehicle launch vehicle. This mission marks an important milestone for India since it is the 100th launch from our launch facilities.
“A generation of leaders carried on our space program, which was envisioned and initiated by visionary leader Vikram Sarabhai. We have created six generations of launch vehicles up to this point. In 1979, APJ Abdul Kalam served as project director and Satish Dhawan oversaw the development of the first launch vehicle. We have completed 100 launches since then, including today’s launch,” he said.
The chairman of ISRO further emphasized that during these launches, 548 spacecraft and 120 tons of payload—including 23 tons of 433 foreign satellites—were carried into orbit.
“The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE) mission, the Aditya L-1 mission, the Mars orbit mission, the three Chandrayan missions, and other noteworthy achievements of the Indian space program have all taken place at this launch site. V Narayanan praised the hard work and devotion of our current and former workers, partners, and family members, as well as the preceding generation of leaders.
The GSLV-F15 is the 11th flight of India’s indigenous cryo stage and the 17th flight of the country’s geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV). This is GSLV’s eighth flight using an in-house cryogenic stage. The metallic GSLV-F15 payload fairing has a diameter of 3.4 meters.
According to a statement from ISRO, the NVS-02 satellite would be launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit by the GSLV-F15, which has an in-house cryogenic stage. India’s Regional Navigation Satellite System will be upgraded from four to five satellites thanks to the launch.
India’s autonomous regional navigation satellite system, Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), was created to provide customers in India and an area that extends around 1500 km beyond the Indian landmass precise Position, Velocity, and Timing (PVT) services.
Standard Positioning Service (SPS) and Restricted Service (RS) are the two service categories that NavIC will provide. Over the service region, NavIC’s SPS offers location precision of over 20 meters and timing accuracy of over 40 nanoseconds.
