Space Wrap newsletter: Back to back GSLV successes help ISRO win back some pride


A GSLV rocket carrying second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, October 30, 2026.

A GSLV rocket carrying second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, October 30, 2026.
| Photo Credit: @NitinNabin/X.com

In the early hours of October 30, when the GSLV-F18 vehicle soared into the dark skies from the space port in Sriharikota and placed the NVS-03 satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit as intended, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its industrial partners will have heaved a sigh of relief.

For ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan, whose tenure thus far has been a mixed bag with hits and misses, the success of the NVS-03 satellite launch could not have come at a more opportune time.

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