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Did India Just Launch Its Third Navigation Satellite? 🚀

India’s Indian Space Research Organisation sent a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle‑F18 rocket into space on Friday.

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Key Points

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Launch vehicle used: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle‑F18.

Satellite name: Navigation Satellite‑03, third in the series.

Purpose: strengthen India’s indigenous navigation system called NavIC.

Features: includes an Indian‑made atomic clock and additional navigation signals.

Goal: provide reliable location services across India and up to 1,500 km beyond.

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The rocket carried Navigation Satellite‑03, the third satellite in the new navigation series.

This satellite has advanced atomic clocks and extra signals to make the NavIC system more accurate.

The Ministry of External Affairs and the Prime Minister praised the scientists for boosting India’s own space capabilities.

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7 words

Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle‑F18

A powerful rocket that places satellites into a specific orbit around Earth.

Navigation Satellite‑03

A space device that helps determine positions on Earth.

Atomic clock

A very precise clock that uses the vibrations of atoms.

NavIC

India’s version of GPS, a system that shows where you are.

indigenous

Made within the country, not bought from elsewhere.

self‑reliance

Being able to do something without needing help from other countries.

critical technologies

Important scientific tools needed for advanced projects.

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