🚀 Space | India's ISRO successfully orbits navigation satellite NVS-03 • What: ISRO's GSLV-F18 launch vehicle lifted off on October 30, 2026 from Launch Pad 2 at Sriharikota Satish Dhawan Space Center, placing navigation satellite NVS-03 into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). This was GSLV's 20th flight. • Satellite: NVS-03 is the third satellite in the next-generation navigation satellite series for continuing NavIC (IRNSS) navigation services. Pre-launch brochure cited payload mass of approximately 2,250kg. • Features: carries both in-house developed atomic clocks and adopted atomic clocks, added L1 signal to existing L5·S signals. • Service coverage: NavIC's main service area is mainland India and approximately 1,500km beyond. ✅ NavIC is India's independent regional navigation system, and this launch added one more satellite. 👉 Source: ISRO Mission Page https://www.isro.gov.in/Mission_GSLVF18.html (@isro, October 30, 2026)