ISRO completes 100th launch from Sriharikota with GSLV-F15/NVS-02
ISRO's GSLV-F15 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota at 06:23 hrs on 29 January 2025 carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite, the 100th launch from India's spaceport.
Summary
ISRO completed a century of launches from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on 29 January 2025, when GSLV-F15 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at 06:23 hrs carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite. GSLV-F15, the 17th GSLV launch, used an indigenous cryogenic stage and placed NVS-02 in the intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit with high precision. NVS-02 belongs to the NavIC series; ISRO said on 2 February 2025 that orbit-raising to the designated slot could not be carried out because the oxidiser valves for the thrusters did not open, leaving the satellite healthy but in an elliptical orbit. MoS Jitendra Singh noted that Sriharikota's first launch pad came up in 1993 and the second in 2004.
Key facts
- Date and time
- 29 January 2025, 06:23 hrs
- Site
- Second Launch Pad, SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota
- Rocket
- GSLV-F15 (17th GSLV launch)
- Payload
- NVS-02 navigation satellite (NavIC)
- Orbit
- Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
- Milestone
- 100th launch from Sriharikota
- Later issue
- Orbit raising not done; oxidiser valves did not open (ISRO, 2 Feb 2025)
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Which launch vehicle carried out ISRO's 100th launch from Sriharikota on 29 January 2025?
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Correct answer: D — GSLV-F15
ISRO: GSLV-F15 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad on 29 January 2025, the 100th launch from Sriharikota.
The NVS-02 satellite launched on 29 January 2025 belongs to which Indian system?
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Correct answer: A — NavIC
ISRO: NVS-02 is a navigation satellite of the NavIC series, India's independent regional navigation satellite system.
Consider the following statements about the GSLV-F15/NVS-02 mission: 1. It lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota. 2. It was the 17th launch of GSLV. 3. NVS-02 was raised to its designated orbital slot within a week of launch. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
ISRO: GSLV-F15 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad and was the 17th GSLV launch; orbit raising could not be carried out because the oxidiser valves did not open.