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ISRO’s GSLV-F18 rocket carrying the second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: PTI The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F18) on Friday (October 30, 2026) successfully launched the NVS-03 satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, according to the ISRO. The GSLV-F18...

ISRO’s GSLV-F18 rocket carrying the second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: PTI The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F18) on Friday (October 30, 2026) successfully launched the NVS-03 satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, according to the ISRO. The GSLV-F18...

For NavIC’s core services to function effectively, at least four satellites are theoretically required. However, information shared by the Indian government indicates that only three of the constellation’s 11 satellites are currently capable of performing their primary functions. These include first-generation satellites IRNSS-1B and IRNSS-1I, along with second-generation satellite NVS-01. IRNSS-1B has already exceeded its...

For NavIC’s core services to function effectively, at least four satellites are theoretically required. However, information shared by the Indian government indicates that only three of the constellation’s 11 satellites are currently capable of performing their primary functions. These include first-generation satellites IRNSS-1B and IRNSS-1I, along with second-generation satellite NVS-01. IRNSS-1B has already exceeded its...

GSLV-F18/NVS-03 Mission is scheduled for launch on 30th October 2026, at 23:51 hours IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (Photo: X/@isro) | Photo Credit: ANI ISRO’s third space launch of 2026, GSLV-F18, will carry the 2,250-kg NVS-03 satellite into orbit. The mission is crucial to India’s efforts to gradually revive its ageing NavIC navigation satellite...

GSLV-F18/NVS-03 Mission is scheduled for launch on 30th October 2026, at 23:51 hours IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR), in Sriharikota on October 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The story so far: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the NVS-03 satellite on October 30, in a mission that could...

A view of the GSLV-F18, India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle mission, will carry the NVS-03 navigation satellite on October 30, 2026. Photo: X/@isro The 24-hour countdown for the launch of India’s next-generation navigation satellite, NVS-03, has commenced and is progressing, ISRO said on Friday (October 30, 2026). The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying on board...

Citadel is an enormous space station that serves as a central hub for galactic politics. Photo: BioWare Published – October 30, 2026 05:11 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

While animals can respond to danger with fight or flight responses, plants can’t flee and have no nervous system, yet a bite on one leaf sets off an alarm that reaches other leaves within minutes. | Photo Credit: feey/Unsplash Researchers at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) here have identified a previously uncharacterised...

A visitor looks on at the famous Rembrandt painting, The Night Watch, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Stashed away in an attic in Maine, US, a painting titled ‘Portrait of a Girl’ was discovered two years ago; it sold for $1.41 million because of its uncanny resemblance to the 17th...