ISRO will launch the navigation satellite NVS-03 from Sriharikota on October 30 to strengthen NavIC, India's regional navigation system, which has been working below its optimal level.

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• ISRO will launch the navigation satellite NVS-03 aboard the GSLV Mk II from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on October 30, 2026.
• ISRO Chairman Dr V. Narayanan indicated the launch date on October 22.
• NVS-03 is the third satellite in the second-generation NVS series of navigation satellites.
• The satellite is meant to strengthen NavIC, India's own regional satellite navigation system.
• NavIC has been operating below its optimal level because atomic clocks failed on several of its first-generation satellites.
• A minimum of four fully working satellites is needed for NavIC to provide positioning and navigation services.
• The GSLV Mk II uses an indigenous cryogenic upper stage.
• The same rocket type successfully launched the EOS-05 earth observation satellite on September 4, 2026.

Tags: NVS03, NavIC, GSLVMkII