ISRO’s NVS-02 Mission Suffers Setback After Thrusters On Spacecraft Fail To Fire

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) efforts to position the NVS-02 satellite in its intended orbit faced a setback on Sunday after the spacecraft’s onboard thrusters failed to ignite.

Launched on January 29, the NVS-02 satellite, essential for India’s space-based navigation system, aboard the GSLV-Mk 2 rocket, marking ISRO’s 100th launch from the Sriharikota spaceport. “But the orbit raising operations towards positioning the satellite to the designated orbital slot could not be carried out as the valves for admitting the oxidizer to fire the thrusters for orbit raising did not open,” the space agency said in an update to the GSLV-F15 mission on its website, according to PTI.