Pariksha SaathiPM congratulates ISRO scientists and engineers on the successful launch of GSLV-F18 carrying NVS-03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31 October 2026 congratulated India's scientists and engineers at ISRO on the successful launch of GSLV-F18 carrying NVS-03. The Prime Minister said the mission marks an important step towards strengthening NavIC, India's indigenous satellite navigation system, and that NVS-03, equipped with enhanced capabilities, will further advance India's pursuit of self-reliance in critical technologies and strengthen navigation services for the benefit of citizens. He lauded the dedication and ingenuity of India's space scientists, saying their continued achievements make the nation proud.
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Learning context
ISRO's page on NVS-02 (24 January 2025) describes Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) as India's independent regional navigation satellite system, designed to provide accurate Position, Velocity and Timing (PVT) service to users in India and in the region extending about 1500 km beyond the Indian landmass, its primary service area. NavIC provides two types of services, the Standard Positioning Service (SPS) and the Restricted Service (RS); the SPS gives a position accuracy of better than 20 m and a timing accuracy better than 40 ns over the primary service area. Five second-generation NavIC satellites, NVS-01 to NVS-05, are envisaged to augment the NavIC base layer constellation with enhanced features for ensuring continuity of services, and the NVS series additionally incorporates L1 band signals to widen the services. NVS-01, the first of the second-generation satellites, was launched onboard GSLV-F12 on 29 May 2023, and for the first time an indigenous atomic clock was flown in it.
Reference: ISRO, 'NVS-02: Advancing India's Regional Navigation Capabilities', 24 January 2025
Check yourself: which satellite was the first of NavIC's second-generation satellites, which rocket launched it and when, and what was flown in it for the first time?
NVS-01; GSLV-F12, on 29 May 2023; an indigenous atomic clock.
Revision task: from this release, note the launch vehicle and the satellite on whose launch the PM congratulated ISRO, the system the mission strengthens and what the PM said NVS-03 will do; from the note, NavIC's primary service area, its two services, the planned NVS series and the launch of the first NVS satellite.
Test yourself
According to the Prime Minister, the successful launch of GSLV-F18 carrying NVS-03 marks an important step in strengthening which Indian system?
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Answer: NavIC
Congratulating ISRO on the successful launch of GSLV-F18 carrying NVS-03, the Prime Minister said the mission marks an important step in strengthening NavIC, India's indigenous satellite navigation system, and that NVS-03, equipped with enhanced capabilities, will further India's pursuit of self-reliance in critical technologies and strengthen navigation services.
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