"You have once again made India proud": Union MoS Jitendra Singh lauds ISRO on its successful 100th rocket launch

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 29 (ANI): Union MoS Jitendra Singh on Wednesday expressed pride after the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched their GSLV-F15 carrying the NVS-02 on Wednesday morning. Remarkably, this was ISRO's 100th launch from the country's spaceport.
Calling it a "historic moment," the Union MoS asserted that it was a privilege for him to be associated with the Department of Space.
Taking to X, Singh wrote, "Congratulations @isro for achieving the landmark milestone of #100thLaunch from #Sriharikota. It's a privilege to be associated with the Department of Space at the historic moment of this record feat. Team #ISRO, you have once again made India proud with successful launch of GSLV-F15 / NVS-02 Mission. From a humble beginning by Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan and few others, it has been an amazing journey. And a quantum leap after PM Sh @narendramodi "unlocked" the Space sector and instilled the confidence that "sky is Not the limit".
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ISRO Chairman V Narayanan expressed gratitude and said that the 100th launch is a significant milestone of India space programme.
Addressing the event, Narayanan said, "I am extremely happy to announce from the spaceport of ISRO that the first launch of this year has been successfully accomplished. The GSLV-F15 vehicle launch vehicle precisely injecting the navigation satellite NVS-02 into orbit. This mission is the 100th launch from our launch pads which is a significant milestone for India."
"Our Space programme was conceived and started by a visionary leader Vikram Sarabhai and taken forward by a generation of leaders. Till today, we have developed six generations of launch vehicles. The first launch vehicle was developed under the guidance of Satish Dhawan with APJ Abdul Kalam as the project director in 1979. From that till today, including today's launch, we have accomplished 100 launches," he added.
The ISRO Chairman also highlighted that over these launches, they have lifted 548 satellites to orbit and a total of 120 tons of payload including 23 tons of 433 foreign satellites.
"This launch site has witnessed several significant milestones of the Indian Space programme including three Chandrayan missions, the Aditya L-1 mission, the Mars orbit mission, the Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE) mission etc. I salute all the previous generation of previous leaders, our present and past employees, our partners and our family for their hard work and dedication, V Narayanan said.
GSLV-F15 is the 17th flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and 11th flight with the Indigenous Cryo stage. It is the 8th operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous Cryogenic stage. GSLV-F15 payload fairing is a metallic version with a diameter of 3.4 meters.
The GSLV-F15 with an indigenous Cryogenic stage will place the NVS-02 satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit, ISRO said in a statement. The launch will help update India's Regional Navigation Satellite System from 4 to 5 satellites.
Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is India's independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide accurate Position, Velocity and Timing (PVT) service to users in India as well as to region extending about 1500 km beyond Indian land mass.
NavIC will provide two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Service (SPS) and Restricted Service (RS). NavIC's SPS provides a position accuracy of better than 20 m and timing accuracy better than 40 nanoseconds over the service area. (ANI)