From which launch centre was the GSLV-F18/NVS-03 mission flown?
- A.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
- B.Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
- C.U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru
- D.Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
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The correct answer is Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The navigation satellite NVS-03 rode to orbit on the GSLV-F18 vehicle, which lifted off from Sriharikota on 30 October 2026 at 23:51 hours, and the rocket placed the spacecraft in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit as intended. Option A, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, is a development establishment associated with launch vehicle technology rather than the spaceport from which this flight departed, so it cannot be the launch site named for this mission. Option C, the U R Rao Satellite Centre, is linked with satellite building work and not with the lifting off of vehicles, so it is wrong here as well. Option D, the Space Applications Centre at Ahmedabad, is the establishment credited with the indigenous rubidium atomic clock flown on the first satellite of this series, NVS-01, but it is not a launch centre. Only Sriharikota answers the question asked.
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Practice Questions
NVS-03 is which satellite of the second-generation NavIC series?
- A.First
- B.Second
- C.Third
- D.Fifth
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The second-generation series of navigation satellites runs from NVS-01 to NVS-05, and NVS-03 is the third of those five spacecraft to be launched.
Read the full explanation →At which orbital slot is NVS-03 to be stationed?
- A.83 degrees East
- B.93.5 degrees East
- C.111.75 degrees East
- D.55 degrees East
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After the launch vehicle released NVS-03 into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit, the spacecraft began a series of burns meant to lift it into its working geosynchronous position, and the slot assigned to it is 111.75 degrees East.
Read the full explanation →In which frequency bands does NVS-03 carry its navigation payloads?
- A.L1 and L5 only
- B.L5 and S only
- C.L1, L5 and S
- D.L1 and S only
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The navigation payloads aboard NVS-03 transmit in all three of these bands, and the addition of the L1 signal to the legacy L5 and S signals is one of the gains the second-generation series brings to NavIC.
Read the full explanation →Which organisation carried out the launch of GSLV-F18 with NVS-03?
- A.DRDO
- B.ISRO
- C.HAL
- D.BEL
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The congratulations were addressed to the scientists and engineers of ISRO, the organisation that carried out the launch of GSLV-F18 with NVS-03 and that builds and operates the satellites of the NavIC constellation.
Read the full explanation →NVS-03 has been launched to strengthen which Indian system?
- A.GAGAN
- B.Bhuvan
- C.NavIC
- D.Antrix
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The mission was described as an important step towards strengthening NavIC, which is India's indigenous satellite navigation system, and NVS-03 was said to carry enhanced capabilities that will support navigation services for citizens.
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