GSLV-F12/NVS-01 Mission

GSLV-F12/NVS-01 Mission

• GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission is accomplished successfully on Monday, May 29, 2023.
• This Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) mission deployed NVS-01 navigation satellite, weighing about 2232 kg, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
• NVS-01 is the first of the second-generation satellites envisaged for the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) services.
• NVS series of satellites will sustain and augment the NavIC with enhanced features. This series incorporates L1 band signals additionally to widen the services. For the first time, an indigenous atomic clock will be flown in NVS-01.

PSLV-C56/DS-SAR Mission

• The launch of PSLV-C56 carrying DS-SAR satellite, along with 6 co-passengers from the first launch-pad of SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota is accomplished successfully on July 30, 2023
• The DS-SAR satellite is developed under a partnership between DSTA (representing the Government of Singapore) and ST Engineering.
• Once deployed and operational, it will be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore.
• ST Engineering will use it for multi-modal and higher responsiveness imagery and geospatial services for their commercial customers.
• DS-SAR carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). This allows the DS-SAR to provide for all-weather day and night coverage, and capable of imaging at 1m-resolution at full polarimetry.

The co-passengers are:

• VELOX-AM, a 23 kg technology demonstration microsatellite.
• ARCADE Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer (ARCADE), an experimental satellite
• SCOOB-II , a 3U nanosatellite flying a technology demonstrator payload
• NuLIoN by NuSpace, an advanced 3U nanosatellite enabling seamless IoT connectivity in both urban & remote locations.
• Galassia-2, a 3U nanosatellite that will be orbiting at low earth orbit.
• ORB-12 STRIDER , satellite is developed under an International collaboration

PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 Mission

• PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 is launched successfully on April 22, 2023
• This is a dedicated commercial mission through NSIL with TeLEOS-2 as primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as a co-passenger satellite.
• The TeLEOS-2 satellite is developed under a partnership between DSTA (representing the Government of Singapore) and ST Engineering.
• Once deployed and operational, it will be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore.
• The mission has the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM), where the spent PS4 stage of the launch vehicle would be utilized as an orbital platform to carryout scientific experiments through non-separating payloads.
• The payloads belong to ISRO/Department of Space, Bellatrix, Dhruva Space, and Indian Institute of Astrophysics.