ISRO on January 29, 2025 launched its historic 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The GSLV-F15 with the NVS-02 satellite lifted off from the spaceport’s second launch pad.
NVS-02 is the second satellite in the NVS series.
The GSLV-F15 is the 17th flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and 11th flight with Indigenous Cryo stage.
It is the 8th operational flight of GSLV with an indigenous Cryogenic stage.
The first launch, on August 10, 1979, was the experimental flight of the Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3 E10) carrying the Rohini Technology Payload.