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MIRROR NOW's launch broadcast follows the satellite into transfer orbit, with further maneuvers needed before it can enter service.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 119,266 views a day, 73 times a normal first day on this channel (1,629).
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- 0:43GSLV-F18 lifts off from Sriharikota into the night sky.
- 1:10ISRO chairman Dr. V. Narayanan announces the successful, precise orbital insertion of NVS-03.
- 3:00Narayanan outlines further launch plans and progress toward the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, G1.
- 3:31A computer-generated visualization depicts NVS-03 separating from the rocket.
- 3:55The broadcast begins repeating the launch footage and mission control address.
Flames illuminate the launch pad at Sriharikota before the rocket climbs into the night. In MIRROR NOW's broadcast, the countdown gives way to an announcement from ISRO chairman Dr. V. Narayanan: the NVS-03 navigation satellite has been precisely placed into orbit.
The launch footage has drawn nearly 118,000 views in its opening 23 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos. But the useful detail is what the satellite carries: an Indian-built atomic clock and a civilian L1 signal intended to improve compatibility with devices such as smartphones and smartwatches.
Despite the video's reference to "India's GPS System," the mission serves NavIC, India's own navigation network, rather than the American GPS constellation. MIRROR NOW's description says the new satellite is intended to improve navigation accuracy. It has reached its transfer orbit, not yet its operational destination, and still needs further maneuvers before entering service.
The broadcast combines launch footage, flight graphics and Narayanan's address, rather than presenting the mission as one uninterrupted sequence. A computer-generated view depicts satellite separation, followed by applause in mission control; the footage then repeats.
Narayanan also looks beyond this launch, saying ISRO is moving closer to G1, the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission. That update comes just before the broadcast returns to the satellite's final flight stages.
India's national space agency, responsible for space exploration and related technologies. It operates the NavIC satellite navigation system.
More on Wikipedia ›An Indian rocket scientist and cryogenic engineer who has chaired ISRO and served as secretary of India's Department of Space since January 2025.
More on Wikipedia ›An Indian spacecraft being developed for human spaceflight, designed to carry three people into low Earth orbit.
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- Channel
- MIRROR NOW
- Subscribers
- 2,360,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 9,774,235
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,783,637 (on a normal day: 1,231,426)
- Video published
- November 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 117,760 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 119,266
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The launch broadcast drew an unusually large early audience for MIRROR NOW's regular videos.
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