India's space agency ISRO launched its GSLV-F18 rocket carrying the next-generation NVS-03 navigation satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on Oct. 30, 2026, at 2:21 p.m. EDT (1821 GMT / 11:51 p.m. IST).
The 164-foot-tall (50-meter) rocket lifted off from the Second Launch Pad on the 20th flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
The 4,921-pound (2,232-kilogram) NVS-03 satellite is designed to strengthen India's Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) system, the country's regional alternative to GPS.
