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NVS-03 ready as India works to restore NavIC satellite network
Space Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha, per the Times of India, that a further four satellites are on the way to bring NavIC back to full strength. NVS-03 is cleared…
Space Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha, per the Times of India, that a further four satellites are on the way to bring NavIC back to full strength. NVS-03 is cleared for launch after engineers addressed problems that surfaced when NVS-02 went up in 2025, with NVS-04 and NVS-05 to come after it and one more satellite still needed to round out a planned seven-satellite core fleet, though no launch dates have been set. Right now, standalone positioning is out of reach: only IRNSS-1B, IRNSS-1L and NVS-01 remain in service, short of the four working atomic clocks the system needs, a gap that opened in March when the last clock aboard IRNSS-1F died. The fixes proven on CMS-03 will carry over to the satellites still to fly.
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The minister's statement is a technical update, not a launch schedule: NVS-03 being ready is one step, but full standalone positioning needs the atomic clocks on multiple satellites to keep working in orbit, which cannot be confirmed before launch. NVS-04 and NVS-05 are still to follow, and a further satellite is planned to complete the seven-satellite base constellation, all without an announced launch date. The launch date itself, once set, is the fact to watch for.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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