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ISRO launches NVS-03 on GSLV-F18 in bid to restore India's NavIC navigation system
The rocket lifted off from Sriharikota at 11:51 pm on Friday. The real test comes in the next few days, when the satellite must raise its own orbit, the step at which its predecessor failed.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the navigation satellite NVS-03 on its GSLV-F18 rocket from Sriharikota at 11:51 pm IST on Friday, October 30, in a mission meant to bring India's own satellite navigation system, NavIC, back to the minimum strength it needs to work on its own.
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