ISRO

3 mn readISRO recently launched NVS-01, first in the series of five satellites which is in the process of designing and building under UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru. Planned to meet country’s requirements of navigation, timing and positioning, it is a next generation satellite. India is using Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) series for civilian and defense navigation, positioning and timing services within India and covers additional 1500 kilometers, beyond its borders. The motivating factor this time for the country is, including of indigenous atomic clock in NVS-01. ISRO in a statement said, ‘NVS series of satellites will sustain and augment the NavIC with enhanced features. This series incorporates L1 band signals additionally to widen the services. For the first time, an indigenous atomic clock will be flown in NVS-01’. Currently, NavIC series of satellites carry foreign origin atomic clocks.