Isro's NVS-03 launch: The Kargil lesson and why India wants its own 'desi GPS'
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Fri, 30 October 2026
5 reports- Times of India14:41first to report
Isro aims to restore 4-satellite quorum for India’s desi GPS
- Times of India18:40
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.
- Times of India19:27
- thehindubusinessline.com19:32
ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) lifted off for the twentieth time in the final minutes of Friday as it carried NVS-03, the latest entry in India’s NavIC series of satellites
- indiatimes.com20:15
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Sat, 31 October 2026
3 reports- orissapost.com04:00
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Friday launched India’s next-generation navigation satellite, NVS-03, aboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F18 rocket. The launch took place at 11:51 pm at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. “GSLV-F18 carrying NVS-03 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota,” India’s space agency ISRO […]
- indiatimes.com04:00
The rocket lifted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 11.51pm. After a flight of around 18 minutes and 40 seconds, the satellite was precisely injected into its designated elliptical orbit.
- timesofoman.com04:00
ISRO launched the NVS-03 navigation satellite aboard the GSLV-F18 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota
Mon, 2 November 2026
1 report- indiatimes.com22:00
The satellite launched on Oct 30 marked an important milestone for India’s Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC). The satellite, NVS-03, is the latest addition to a system conceived to give India independent access to positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services, without having to rely on foreign-controlled satellite navigation networks.