Navigation satellite with indigenous technology rubidium atomic clock floated


- Another technical achievement of ISRO scientists and engineers

- Provide Global Positioning Services in areas like Internet, Emergency Services, Agriculture, Mobile Networks, Power Grids

Bengaluru/Mumbai: ISRO today achieved another technical achievement by successfully launching the navigation satellite NVS-01. The NVS-01 satellite was launched from the Satish Dhawan-2 Space Center in Sriharikota at 10:42 am today. ISRO sources informed that the heavy NVS-01 satellite weighing 2232 kg was launched by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F-12) rocket. Exactly 19 minutes after the satellite was launched, it successfully reached the geosynchronous transfer orbit of 251 km from Earth. An important technical achievement is that the GSLV-F-12 also has a cryogenic engine of indigenous technology. The GSLV rocket is 51.7 meters tall and has three segments. Its weight is 420 tons.

ISRO Chairman S. Somnath was present along with scientists and engineers at his Bengaluru office when NVS-01 was successfully floated.

S. Somnath expressed his happiness and said that this navigation satellite is the first of the five NVS-01 satellites. In fact, we have built an Indian constellation of seven satellites. With the help of today's NVS-01 satellites, mobile phones, fishermen, agriculture sector, Internet, power grid, emergency services, financial institutions, civil service institutions etc. in India have excellent timing and direction. ,will provide accurate, fast service. That means this satellite will provide excellent service for 12 consecutive years as its own indigenous Global Positioning System (GPS) in India over a wide area of ​​1,500 km. We have modernized the NVS-01 by making some important technical improvements.

NVS-01 has L-1, L-5, S band etc scientific instruments. Also, for the first time ISRO has installed a fully indigenous rubidium atomic clock (also called rubidium atomic frequency standard) in NVS-01. The rubidium atomic clock is the heart (the most important scientific device) of the NVS-01 satellite. Rubidium Atomic Clock has been developed by Space Application Center (Ahmedabad), a subsidiary of ISRO. This type of Rubidium Atomic Clock can be made by very few countries in the space research field of the world.

S. Somnath also informed that ISRO will now deploy weather and climate forecasting satellite INSET-3DS and NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NESAR--NISAR) satellite through GSLV. .

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