The launch of the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission scheduled for Could 29 10:42 hours IST from the second launch pad at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota is anticipated to reinforce ISRO’s navigation capabilities.
This Geosynchronous Satellite tv for pc Launch Automobile (GSLV) mission is designed to deploy the NVS-01 navigation satellite tv for pc, weighing about 2,232 kg, right into a Geosynchronous Switch Orbit. Subsequent orbit-raising maneuvers might be used for taking the satellite tv for pc to the supposed orbit.
Apparently, the NVS-01 is the primary of the second-generation satellites envisaged for Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) companies. NVS collection of satellites will maintain and increase the NavIC with enhanced options. This collection incorporates L1 band indicators moreover to widen the companies. For the primary time, an indigenous atomic clock might be flown in NVS-01.
In an interplay with THE WEEK, ISRO chairman S. Somanath had said that ISRO’s goal is to launch the subsequent collection of NavIC satellites, that are new technology navigation satellites with options just like the L1 band (the civilian cell band), this 12 months.
The NVS-01 satellite tv for pc is a navigation satellite tv for pc and the primary of the second-generation satellites of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite tv for pc System (IRNSS). It gives place, velocity, and time info to customers in India and its surrounding areas. “NVS-01 is the brand new designation for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite tv for pc System (IRNSS) satellite tv for pc IRNSS-1J. The identify was modified to NVS-01 with a purpose to replicate the truth that the satellite tv for pc is a part of the second technology of IRNSS satellites. The second-generation satellites are being constructed with enhanced options and capabilities, and they’re going to assist to enhance the accuracy and reliability of the NavIC navigation system,” remarked Girish Linganna, Aerospace and Defence Analyst and Director, ADD Engineering Parts India Restricted.
The satellite tv for pc is ready to exchange the IRNSS-1G satellite tv for pc launched in 2016, which is a part of a constellation of seven satellites offering navigational companies to the Indian area and is anticipated to have a mission lifetime of 12 years. It’s situated above the Earth in geostationary orbit and covers India and a area as much as 1,500 km past the nation’s boundary.
“Weighing 2,232 kg, the NVS-01 satellite tv for pc might be deployed right into a Geosynchronous Switch Orbit (GTO), which is a extremely elliptical orbit with an apogee (farthest level from Earth) of roughly 36,000 kilometers. It’ll then use its personal propulsion system to achieve its last geostationary orbit. It’ll incorporate L1 band indicators to widen the companies it provides,” mentioned Linganna.
Apparently, for the primary time, it is going to be geared up with its indigenous onboard atomic clock, which is able to enable for extra correct orbit-raising procedures, due to nanosecond-level precision time measurements. The US (GPS), Russia (GLONASS), and China (BeiDou) are the one different nations which have their very own navigation techniques.
