NVS-03 lifts off at night to strengthen India's NavIC navigation

The Sriharikota broadcast follows the countdown and ascent, with ISRO presenting the satellite as a long-serving addition to India's own positioning system.

Channel: Aaj Tak · IndiaStory of November 1, 2026Trari Newsroom

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ISRO NVS-03 Launch Live: भारत का GPS सैटेलाइट लॉन्च LIVE | Space Mission 2026 | Aaj Tak News

Spectators hold up illuminated phones in the viewing gallery as launch controllers prepare to send NVS-03 into space. After the final countdown, GSLV-F18 rises from its pad, lighting up the night above Sriharikota.

India's Hindi-language news channel Aaj Tak reports that the navigation satellite launched successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre late on October 30. The spaceport is on India's southeastern coast, in Andhra Pradesh.

The mission is intended to strengthen NavIC, India's satellite navigation system. Although the broadcast describes it as India's own GPS, NavIC is a separate system: GPS is the American navigation network. Both provide positioning and timing services, with NavIC designed around India and its surrounding region.

An opening ISRO presentation says NVS-03 carries an Indian-made atomic clock and is designed to operate for more than twelve years. Precise timekeeping is central to satellite navigation, because even tiny timing errors can affect a calculated position.

English and Hindi launch commentators describe the rocket's stages, including its strap-on boosters and cryogenic upper stage. The broadcaster's description gives an elongated transfer orbit as the planned destination; the footage's clear milestone is liftoff and the rocket's ascent, rather than a demonstrated start of navigation services.

A studio anchor then explains the satellite's intended role in helping users find their way. Viewers looking for the launch itself can go to 08:41; after the studio explanation, the broadcast repeats the earlier sequence.

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The launch broadcast drew about 334,000 views since yesterday, placing it among India's most-watched news videos over that period.

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